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Re: [Wlug] Dec Meeting announcement / linux-raid problem

by Eric Martin

I forgot to thank everybody for their help. I used dd_rescue to clone the disk and forced mdadm to activate the array and everything was good. Of course now my backup hard drive is throwing errors so it's either heat in the cabinet that's killing hds or a bad mb. I guess I'll be pulling the back off of my entertainment center... On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 4:52 PM, John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > >>>>> "Eric" == Eric Martin <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com> writes: > > Eric> Now, the main reason for my email. My mythbox / home file > Eric> server runs linux soft-raid in RAID5 with 3 500GB disks. One > Eric> disk went bad a while ago and the array never rebuilt itself. > > So you only had two 500Gb disks left in the array? > > Eric> The other day, the second disk went bad. Am I hosed? > > Possibly, it depends on how bad the second disk is. What I would do > is try to use dd_rescue to copy the 2nd bad disk onto a new disk > (possibly your original bad disk if you feel brave!) and then try to > re-assemble your raid 5 using that. You might or might not have > corruption in the filesystem, so make sure you run an fsck on it. > > Now, in the future, you should run a weekly check of the array for bad > blocks or other problems, so that you get notified if a disk dies > silently. I use the following crontab entry: > > # > # cron.d/mdadm -- schedules periodic redundancy checks of MD devices > # > # Copyright © martin f. krafft <madduck(a)madduck.net> > # distributed under the terms of the Artistic Licence 2.0 > # > > # By default, run at 00:57 on every Sunday, but do nothing unless the > day of > # the month is less than or equal to 7. Thus, only run on the first > Sunday of > # each month. crontab(5) sucks, unfortunately, in this regard; > therefore this > # hack (see #380425). > 57 0 * * 0 root if [ -x /usr/share/mdadm/checkarray ] && [ $(date +\%d) > -le 7 ]; then /usr/share/mdadm/checkarray --cron --all --idle --quiet; fi > > and I get a nice weekly report on both arrays on my main filerserver > at thome. > > Eric> I've been googling for 'rebuild bad linux software raid' but all > Eric> I get is the rebuild command. Also, I don't see any tools that > Eric> will move bad data to another spot on the disk. This is my > Eric> first time using software raid so I'm in a bit over my head. > > The first thing is to ask for help on the linux-raid mailing list, > which is hosted on vger.kernel.org. > > But somethings you can do to help is to give us more information. > Like: > > cat /proc/mdstat > > mdadm -E /dev/sd... > > or /dev/hd... depending on whether your SATA or IDE drives. > Basically, use the devices you got from the /proc/mdstat output as > your basis. > > Give us this output, and we should be able to help you more. > > John > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- Eric Martin

Jan. 16, 2011

WLUG.. Already?!? Yup! June 12th 2025 Topic: Nix Package Manager, Presenter: Xavier Ruiz

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody! Fellow WLUG member Evan White has asked his friend Xavier to speak at WLUG and he's graciously agreed. Xavier Ruis is one of the organizers of the Boston Typescript club and will be giving a talk about the Nix Package manager! https://nixos.org/ Nix is a packaging system that allows for the creation of "declarative builds and deployments" It works on all the distros as well as the NixOS linux distribution. Here's all the vital details! Date: June 12th, 2025 Time: 7pm Location: Technocopia, 44 Portland Ave. Worcester MA Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA Afterwards we'll head out to dinner and continue the conversation. I hope to see you there! Tim -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

June 9, 2025

Re: [Wlug] Ubuntu vs Kubuntu

by brad

On Thursday 20 April 2006 20:12, Mike wrote: > At the last meeting someone mentioned some kind of fallout between Ubuntu > and Kubuntu. I missed most the details and was wondering if anyone had a > link to an article that explains this. I have been searching, but Google > isn't playing nice today. > for some reason i get the impression that this dispute has passed and been resolved. calling it a fallout would be an exaggeration. although if you're interested I would suggest reading comments and posts from those involved in the dispute. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kubuntu-users/2006-April/004871.html http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/1917 the lead developer of kubuntu was recently interviewed, though that topic didn't come up, it was brough up in the comments of the story on dot.kde.org, which is where i got the above links from. http://behindubuntu.org/interviews/JonathanRiddell/ http://dot.kde.org/1144898425/ -- brad

April 21, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Free Stuff

by Michael Frysinger

any takers on the PC case/p233/sun sparc ipx ? -mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Hughes" <HughesM(a)TOMSNYDER.com> To: <wlug(a)wlug.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 11:22 AM Subject: [Wlug] Free Stuff > I want to reduce the amount of stuff in my apartment, so I have free > stuff to give away: > > 1) Sun Sparc IPX > 2) Sun monitor (16" I think ... But it's huge) > 3) Full tower PC case ... No power supply > 4) Compaq 286 Laptop ... It works! > 5) Super Nintendo (controllers, games, etc) > 6) Pentium 233 + motherboard > > I'll bring all of it to the meeting, if you want something email me. If > lots of people want any of those items, I'll ask Andy to raffle them > off. > > -Marc > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Jan. 15, 2002

RE: [Wlug] Burning ISO's

by Keller, Tim

Your other solution might be to bribe a member of wlug to make a copy of their 7.3 disks in exchange for a free beer after the meeting tonight. unfortunately, 1. I don't drink beer and 2. I won't be able to attend, otherwise I'd make a copy for you... Later, Tim. -----Original Message----- From: Simoncini, Matthew [mailto:Matthew.Simoncini@bsci.com] Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 12:55 PM To: 'wlug(a)mail.wlug.org' Subject: [Wlug] Burning ISO's Hi everyone, I recently downloaded the iso's for Red Hat 7.3 and wanted to burn them to CD so I can install the distro on my home PC. I've never burned iso's before, so this is new to me. I have the following setup: Work PC running Windows 2000 w/ iso images for Red Hat 7.3 saved to hard drive CD Burner Prassi PrimoCD Plus 2.0 burner software by Veritas

June 13, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Linux

by Setag Lib

Hi to you Andy too! Thank you for fast reply. I actually already got Microsoft Linux installed! It was very easy I am still having some questions though. I can't get on the internet, what is wrong? My Digital camera does not work either, why not? Also, now that we are such good friends, I would like to tell you about my late father who has recently died in Nigeria. If you are interested in helping my family get a chest of diamonds out of the country, I would be willing to make it worth your while. Thank you again! Setag P.S. This seemed a lot funnier shortly after the last wlug meeting. I guess it lost a bit when it got held up by the non-subscribed email thing. Of course if you still think Setag Lib (read it backwards) is real ... please send your bank account information so I can proceed with those diamonds.

Oct. 28, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Some old stuff hanging around that I'm giving away too

by Andy Stewart

On Thursday 12 December 2002 2:55 pm, Simoncini, Matthew wrote: > FYI: > > I've got a few PC's laying around at home that I'd like to donate to the > WLUG raffle or anyone else who thinks they can use one. These are by no > means powerful machines, but could probably be used as a firewall or low > end mail server. Hi everybody, I have no problems with folks bringing old equipment to WLUG meetings for raffle, trade, give away, sale, or whatever. We've done it before and it has worked out just fine. My only request is that if you don't get rid of your stuff, you take it back with you. Thanks, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

Dec. 12, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Wlug Tonight?

by Chuck Anderson

Sounds like you are volunteering to give a talk! On Thu, Mar 08, 2018 at 05:50:57PM -0500, thinkbrown(a)gmail.com wrote: > We're clearly well prepared for these meetings. > > On Mar 8, 2018 17:49, "Tim Keller" <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > There is no Wlug tonight. I actually misread the calendar and thought is > > was next weekm My plan is to have Wlug next Thursday. > > > > Thanks, > > Tim. > > > > On Thursday, March 8, 2018, Joel <joelgroup(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hey Tim, > > > > > > Is WLUG on for tonight? > > > > > > If so, regular time and room? > > > > > > Asking as everything else last night and tonight has been canceled (6 > > thing total). > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > Joel

March 8, 2018

Re: [EXT] Who was that guy?

by Gelman, Ian

Sultan Jilani! Absolute legend Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ From: Richard Klein via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2022 5:07:15 PM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Cc: Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> Subject: [EXT] [WLUG] Who was that guy? They're looking to hire a mechanical engineer where I work, and talking about how a lot of the best candidates have been from WPI. That got me thinking about one guy who'd been at several meetings, and graduated maybe 2 years ago, though I don't think he was an engineering major. He had a legendary appetite and I think he moved to Nashua. I'm pretty sure his name had 2 syllables and started with 'S'. I keep thinking "Salman", but I'm pretty sure that's wrong. Who was that guy? -- Rich

July 14, 2022

Information for Linux newbies?

by Kevin Harrington

As i mentioned at the meeting this past week I am going to be giving a seminar for linux newbies and would like to pull from people that know better then i do on what i should teach people. What i would like to know is: What are some things that you wish you had known as a newbie? Think back to your very first linux install and any short-cuts, tips, tricks, and gatcha's that would make peoples first experience easier. There is a lot of windows resentment after the slow trainwreck that is vista, so lets see if we can get a few new converts! P.S. one of the big concerns for a few people that i have talked to has been games, if anyone has a list of new-ish games that work or any tips specific to making the most recent generation work under linux, that would make things much easier ;)

Nov. 18, 2007

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