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| I hope our outage is over... |
| 2004-01-04 |
| We're up — for now, anyway. WinNT was helpfully telling me that our hard drive was becoming unstable, so it was time to swap servers. We now have a spiffy new hard drive, with much more room, and an upgraded operating system. We also came up with a bunch of obscure entries in the event log that I've been researching frantically I've got the latest hotfixes and critical updates installed. As soon as I get the DCOM error (don't ask me, I'm asking someone else) fixed, we should be staying up reliably. The drive on our old server, by the way, refused to boot when I got it home. It seems to have been on its very last legs. Sorry for the inconvenience. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #37 Rantburg Jones... I got a Rantburg Jones... I got a Rantburg Jones, oh baby, ooo-eee-ooo..." |
| Posted by: Tyrone Shoelaces 2004-1-4 11:12:27 PM |
| #36 Jeebus Holy Christmas, Fred-- don't EVER do that again, it's not funny! |
| Posted by: TPF 2004-1-4 10:04:04 PM |
| #35 If I didn't use WinNT my employers wouldn't give me any money. |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-1-4 9:59:56 PM |
| #34 Glad you are back Fred! Now I can get over the shakes..... BTW: Don't you know better then to use Win NT (Not There) for mission-critical applications. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-1-4 9:56:30 PM |
| #33 I'm pretty sure I was responsible for half of those e-mail Paul referenced: "anybody seen Fred? anybody seen Fred? anybody seen Fred? OMG DON'T TELL ME AL-Q FINALLY GOT THE ONE INDISPENSABLE PERSON IN THE WHOLE US of ..." Oh. I'm better now. Glad to see you back! |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-1-4 9:53:35 PM |
| #32 I run lots of LAMP (linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP) boxes and have wondered why you did this asp stuff. There is a simple asp ext for apache that can be set up to "house-keep" old .asp incoming to new .php links. (done it before). We all pick our own misery (mine is os/2 Rexx)I still use it (even on win32) because I don't have to think to get things done. Cheers, rd |
| Posted by: Red 2004-1-4 9:44:32 PM |
| #31 KILL! KILL! KILL!......oh! It's back up!...Sorry about that. (hahaha) |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-4 9:18:20 PM |
| #30 I use Apache and Linux and PHP for some projects at work, and there's an Apache server running here, too, that I use for a few other things. I've got a Linux box at home, that I don't use for much but double-checking changes on Rantburg. I actually prefer MySQL to SQL Server for many things, which is why it's running here. I've thought about switching a time or two. But I'm more comfortable working with ASP than I am with PHP. I have to stop and think with PHP. If I can keep the script kiddies out, I think we'll be stable enough. If not, then I'll have to redo all the links on the site and all the articles that others have linked to over the past couple years will fail. Not a good thing... |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-1-4 9:00:55 PM |
| #29 Fred, In all seriousness, do yourself a big favor to cut your admin time and increase the reliability and uptime: Go linux or BSD, and use Apache. Its simply the superior solution. And its in use in places you woucd never imagine. Check out OpenBSD (the most securable OS readily available on the planet) and SE-Linux (NSA makes it) One you get on Apache you'll marvel at what a piece of crap IIS is. You need help migrating, sound off. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-1-4 8:32:38 PM |
| #28 Last night I had the server at home with me, sitting on the floor like a faithful pup. I'd gotten the configuration bugs worked out, and the ones that appeared today hadn't shown up yet. E-mail was down, naturally. I put up yesterday's items, going from al-Jizz to Daily Times to Arab News, etc., like I always do, just so we didn't miss a day. It felt... lonely. |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-1-4 7:38:46 PM |
| #27 Missed ya... now where was I.... :) |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-4 7:29:06 PM |
| #26 "Then I had that setback with the Cheez Whiz. But I'm MUCH BETTER now!" |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2004-1-4 7:16:41 PM |
| #25 Rantburg withdrawl is a bad scene. I kept listlessly visiting LGF and Instapundit, but they just didn't give me what I needed. I feel MUCH better now! |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2004-1-4 7:10:43 PM |
| #24 Thia Rantburg Withdrawl Syndrome was most unpleasant, i'm glad it has ended for now |
| Posted by: Paul Moloney 2004-1-4 6:53:38 PM |
| #23 heh heh |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-1-4 6:51:14 PM |
| #22 I had the Rantburg DT's, for sure. Welcome back Fred and the gang...I sure missed you this weekend! Fred, I had the chance to look around a bit this weekend, and I'd like to suggest a few more entries for your blogroll... The Head Heeb offers a lot of analysyis of hard newz (like RB) and does a lot of good stuff on Africa. I found Belmont Club through USS Clueless, and I like his "big picture" thinking. I also like Patterico for domestic events and commentary, and I caught Frank G hanging out in the comments... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2004-1-4 6:47:31 PM |
| #21 from Fred's post above I see my challenge was unnecessary, my thanks and a happy new year to my fellow RB'ers! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-1-4 6:15:09 PM |
| #20 Whew! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-1-4 6:01:06 PM |
| #19 I think you have some fervent fans, Master Pruitt. I'm kicking in $20 for the server costs, and I would hope others would as well for this site's worth Frank G |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-1-4 5:31:44 PM |
| #18 Fred - glad to see you back up and humming! About being down... DON'T DO IT AGAIN! I don't think my heart could take a second dose. I was beginning to see black helicopters... Was almost ready to dig out Big Bertha (the 10-gauge double-barrel) and come hunting perps on your behalf! |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-1-4 5:23:53 PM |
| #17 Glad to know you're back up. The worst thing was not being able to email you and find out what the problem was. I thought about setting up a "backup" weblog on typepad (it would cost me nothing, but the url would be a pain in the butt) in case there were further technical difficulties, but since I couldn't get in touch, I didn't. Now I can, but there's no point now. |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2004-1-4 4:59:01 PM |
| #16 Unbelievably worried!! Glad you are back and going again. Where is the tip jar for the new server? |
| Posted by: SamIII 2004-1-4 4:45:41 PM |
| #15 Welcome back, fred! We were all worried! |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-1-4 4:41:03 PM |
| #14 Praise the Lord and pass the URLs!! I was deep in the throes of RWS (Rantburg Withdrawal Syndrome: drooling, uncontrollable twitching, moaning inconsolably, rhythmically bashing my head on the keyboard, etc.) when all of a sudden I accidently brushed my mouse with my hand and clicked on your link- and voila!! There you were!! Everything's all better now. Life is good. Welcome back, Fred. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2004-1-4 4:17:26 PM |
| #13 Welcome back, Fred. Don't understand a word you wrote, but as long as you do.... :-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-1-4 4:10:30 PM |
| #12 Penguin---don't do that AK-47 thing again!! I have half a dozen bullet holes in the house logs, and the chickens buk-buk-buk'ed quite a storm! |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-1-4 3:46:29 PM |
| #11 Ahhh,RB. |
| Posted by: raptor 2004-1-4 3:44:14 PM |
| #10 As soon as RB came back, I was so joyful I went outside and fired my AK-47 in the air, and ululated with glee. |
| Posted by: Penguin 2004-1-4 3:28:35 PM |
| #9 Oh, the panic when one's site goes down! Glad you're back. |
| Posted by: Alan Sullivan 2004-1-4 3:27:43 PM |
| #8 Glad your back :) |
| Posted by: djohn66 2004-1-4 3:20:29 PM |
| #7 Fred! the indispensable Fred has returned! We missed you; glad it was technical limitations only and not something else. Its not the same without you! |
| Posted by: Jennie Taliaferro 2004-1-4 3:16:21 PM |
| #6 We have all been going through RBWS Rantburg Withdrawl Syndrome. I have had emails from other Rantburgers, saying, "Have not seen RB up, same with you?" Good to have you back, Fred. We appreciate your dedication to your site! |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-1-4 3:13:23 PM |
| #5 As long as you're back, baby. As long as you're back. And if you need some advice should you decide to migrate to Linux/Unix, let me know. I also have some perl/bash and PostgreSQL experience. |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-1-4 3:06:23 PM |
| #4 Great to see RB back up and running and if you need any help that I can provide, don't hesitate to ask. |
| Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-1-4 3:01:35 PM |
| #3 Thanks. I've learned more about DCOM and RPC in the past 48 hours than I ever wanted to know. I'll have a network professional look over the site tomorrow, just to make sure. Unless we crash first, of course. |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-1-4 2:57:09 PM |
| #2 Same here FG, glad to have RB back! |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2004-1-4 2:53:40 PM |
| #1 Separation Anxiety, big-time! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-1-4 2:50:16 PM |