[TriLUG] Unexpected reboot of dargo

[Tanner Lovelace]

Ah, the old O'Donnell wit. ;-)   Yeah, but the complicating factor here is the
machine is a 2U case and therefore the card is at a right angle on a riser
exension and therefore needs one of those special thingies (technical term!)
to hold it down.  I didn't install the machine myself and couldn't
find any of those
brackets lying around Inflow so I had to make do with what I had.  I'm looking
around for one though, since I'll be back there this Saturday working
on the other
computers.

Cheers,
Tanner

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 09:32:40 -0500, Shane O'Donnell <shaneo at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> Tanner -
> 
> I've been reading lately where some newer model computers have started to
> include a bracket at the top of PCI cards with a notch that you can put a
> screw through and into a pre-threaded hole in the case, thus securing the
> PCI card in the slot.  Theoretically, if you use an "emerging technology"
> like this, you shouldn't have problems like the one you recently
> experienced.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Shane O.
> 
> BTW - "newer model computers" appears to be every PC-compatible system since
> 1982.  :-P
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf
> Of Tanner Lovelace
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:28 PM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Subject: [TriLUG] Unexpected reboot of dargo
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> In preparation for the upcoming rebuild this weekend of our main
> mail/web/kerberos/ldap/mysql server moya I was at our
> colo facility this evening installing another computer
> to help us out.  While there, I apparently brushed the internal
> network cable connected to dargo.  It appears the network
> card itself became loose and the PCI bus started giving
> lots of parity errors!  Because of this, I was forced to
> turn dargo off, reseat the network card and restart.
> Luckily it appears that there is no lasting damage
> but we unfortunately lost our 117 days of uptime.
> Anyway, things seem to be working now, but note that
> the trilug machines will be unavailable this Saturday
> starting at 10am and lasting up to 8 hours.
> 
> Cheers,
> Tanner
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