[frgeek-michiana] Re: Thursday WH Report 07-29-2010
- From: chuq <chuq00@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:57:46 -0400
I think a KVM for debanning is a bit of a waste, especially seeing as
how once you put it in and start it you can remove the disk and move to
the next system, not to mention that if you just run deban for about 20
minutes on each system that would be enough to ensure no data would be
had. I challenge someone to try to do a recover after a 20 minute
deban.
Instead of deban you can just run this command from any live distro (dsl
since it is small, boots faster than puppy)
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda bs=1M
If you were to boot the system with DSL check out everything really
quick then before shutting down run dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda bs=1M
you have been able to take care of all of your birds with a single shot
basically.
Chuq
On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 11:58 -0700, Phil Goldbach wrote:
> Yeah, well sometimes OEM parts still go bad quicker than refurbs.
> Hope it all goes well, Tony.
>
> I did some minor cleaning up again and started working on the systems
> that were on the Diagnostic table. I believe I recovered 3 systems,
> which mostly needed power supplies. One system had RAM in it, but it
> was not installed. Installed that and the machine works fine. We also
> had a Gateway P3 (933 mHz, 256 MB RAM) small form-factor desktop that
> only had USB connections for keyboard and mouse. Since we had one USB
> keyboard and mouse, I hooked the system up and it ran okay. Tom
> installed Ubuntu 10.04 on it and the machine ran rather slowly. The
> only other possible suggestion is to maybe try to increase the RAM and
> see if it the speed improves, otherwise, it's just too slow for
> 10.04.
>
> I'd like to be able to keep the Diagnostic table clean as this is
> where I feel that I can be o the most help in repairing systems and
> preparing them for D-BAN and Install. I've got a Diagnostic checklist
> sheet that I'll print up. If the system meets our requirements and is
> in good working condition, then it moves on. If the system needs
> repair, depending on the repair, I'll work on that. If the system is
> not repairable or too costly to repair (RAMBUS ram for example), then
> to Deman it goes.
>
> Perhaps for D-BAN, we can set up the 8-port KVM switch we used for
> installing Vector.
>
>
> Today I registered for classes at IvyTech. Going to complete my degree
> in Criminal Justice, with a concentration on Forensics. With the way
> my class schedule is this semester, I'll still be able to come to the
> warehouse on Thursday nights.
>
> Phil Goldbach
>
> "Men cry not for themselves, but for their comrades."
>
> --- On Mon, 8/2/10, Mike Cook <mikecook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Mike Cook <mikecook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Thursday WH Report 07-29-2010
> To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, August 2, 2010, 10:13 AM
>
> I don't know.... That sounds like a refurbished ACL at best. I
> hope they gave you a good deal on it. I always insist on new
> oem parts. Good luck with the PT.
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Germano
> Sent: Aug 2, 2010 9:46 AM
> To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Thursday WH Report
> 07-29-2010
>
> Good job everyone!
>
> Just wanted to give a quick update about my knee...
> some of you may remember that I tore my ACL and MCL in
> my left knee back in May. The MCL has mostly healed,
> and I had surgery about 3 weeks ago to give me a
> "new" (from a dead guy) ACL. I started physical
> therapy last week, and that is expected to take 2-3
> months. I'd like to get back to helping a little when
> I can, but I would definitely be useless for all of
> this heavy lifting stuff right now :)
>
> Tony
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