:: DHCPD Dead
The server has stopped dishing IP addresses to our thin client. Dale and
I nosed around in the server. All we determined for sure is we couldn't
start dhcpd from /etc/rc.d or /etc/rc.d/init.d. Rather than cause
unintended problems for Goose, we stopped troubleshooting.
Also, it looks as though there is just one network interface card in the
server so there is probably no connection to the outside world...unless
another box is the gateway.
:: Crowded Office
We had a crowd last night. Dale and Kevin were there doing hardware
troubleshooting and repair on refurbs. Dale's son, Mark, was doing
triage testing on boxes and demanning the failures. Two new volunteers,
Valerie and Ashley, began training. They dbanned drives.
At the end of the evening, Mark, Dale and I began to clean up and
straighten up the work tables so we have more room. Next week we'll
finish dbanning the current set of computers and start loading VL and
Puppy on them.
We could use two to four durable 4-port KVM switches to make room on the
work tables for debanning and installing OSes and to increase volunteer
productivity.
:: USB Detection Problem
Most of boxes we debanned were Dells. Dale loaded VL 5.8 on one to take
home to study. When I demonstrated how VL automounts USB pen drives for
Valerie and Ashley, the box failed to detect my PNY USB stick.
I don't know whether this is a random event or a chronic problem with
this Dell model. Further testing is required as we've got quite a few of
these particular models in stock.
:: Possible Intel Server for Warehouse
Goose thinks our networking problems are caused by an AMD kernel bug.
The server is running an AMD cpu. We can switch to a generic Intel
kernel one revision down from the installed kernel or switch the drive
array to an Intel based server. Goose prefers the hardware solution.
Kevin may have the hardware solution. He brought in an Altos (Unix)
server in a mid-tower case which was recently decommissioned from a
medical office. It has a dual Intel cpu mobo with just one processor
installed. The current cpu is a P3-733. I found two P3-933 cpus in our
stock of pulls. The server comes with 128 MB of registered ECC PC133
memory and no drives. Kevin found a matching 256 MB memory stick in our
pulls and what appears to be a 9 GB IBM SCSI drive. The mobo has Adaptec
scsi onboard.
Neither of us wrote down the mobo serial number. Otherwise, we could
look up the mobo online to determine whether it will accept 933 MHz
cpus. Maybe next week.
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