Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]+1 !!! Thanks to your effort, it allowed find a very nice community of fantastic friends! Lluis El 18/10/2015, a les 6.36, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> va escriure: > Brian, > I am really grateful to you for all the effort you put in to keep this > online community together. Thanks a ton. > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 5:07 AM, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > wrote: > >> The LUG Gallery is back online, still at http://gallery.leica-users.org/ >> but the server computer is in a new location in a different city and >> county. >> >> After shutting it down, removing it from its rails and rack, getting it >> packed safely in the trunk of my car, driving it to the new location, >> carrying it in without dropping it (it weighs 40 pounds) moving some steel >> shelves around to make room for it, and moving some cables around to get >> enough electricity for it, I was discouraged to find that I could not get >> it to turn on. >> >> After entirely too many hours of debugging, testing, and experimenting I >> finally discovered that the button I was pushing to turn it on was not the >> "on" button. The actual "on" button is so small it can only be pressed >> with >> something like a paperclip. In the past I had used a fiber-tip pen to >> operate it a few times, and as a result the button was painted black and >> was nearly invisible. Pressing the real "on" button did a dandy job of >> turning it on, and the rest of the installation went without incident. >> >> This server is a maxed-out SunFire X4200, which in its time was a >> screamingly fast system. It is still faster than most current server >> systems, but its 16GB of RAM is a bit dated. You can buy one just like it >> on eBay today for $500. >> >> Brian Reid >> LUG Saloonkeeper >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information