Friendly geeks chatting...re the talker project.

NWFreethinker says (9:04 PM):

brb...gotta check a backup...and if I'm lucky initiate a RAID 1 conversion

Ditmir says (9:04 PM):
ok
NWFreethinker says (11:52 PM):
bleh
Ditmir says (11:53 PM):
oh?
NWFreethinker says (11:53 PM):
lol
NWFreethinker says (11:53 PM):
I was hoping to bullet proof things a wee bit by mirroring
Ditmir says (11:53 PM):
ah
NWFreethinker says (11:53 PM):
as from dad's point of view this will be a mission critical app
NWFreethinker says (11:54 PM):
and had spent considerable time getting all set up so it'd be possible
NWFreethinker says (11:54 PM):
only to discover after taking the drives dynamic
NWFreethinker says (11:54 PM):
and achieving blue screen of death status
NWFreethinker says (11:54 PM):
requiring FINDING and then using an install disk, the repair console, and a new boot.ini to fix...
Ditmir says (11:55 PM):
ew. fun.
NWFreethinker says (11:55 PM):
that y'all can't get there from here. At least not without a 3rd HDD and a "scream twice and start over with a reformatted Hard Drive adventure."
NWFreethinker says (11:55 PM):
argh.

Of course, 4:30 is going to come awfully early, and due to some truly enthusiastic road work, the entire region is at risk of shutting down tomorrow morning…there is talk of 30 mile backups and other big fun.

Ah well. Did get the “talker system” put together, and the old data backed up onto a USB drive. And tested that a 16’ keyboard and nouse cord set, wire-loomed together to prevent tangling with Dad and/or medical equipement, actually works out pretty well. At the same time, got some waste wood pushed through the table saw to create a tray for the keyboard and mouse to rest on..

I’m having another glass of club soda, then off ta bed. G’night all!