Comments for Darkavich's Daily Ramblings http://www.yourservice.com/blog Ramblings of a Mad Sys-Admin Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:30:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Happy meaning of life day! by Darkavich http://www.yourservice.com/blog/?p=1076&cpage=1#comment-78 Darkavich Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:30:17 +0000 http://www.yourservice.com/blog/?p=1076#comment-78 I just know a bunch of DEAD BEEF jokes. I just know a bunch of DEAD BEEF jokes.

]]> Comment on Happy meaning of life day! by Thomas http://www.yourservice.com/blog/?p=1076&cpage=1#comment-77 Thomas Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:14:07 +0000 http://www.yourservice.com/blog/?p=1076#comment-77 But do you or can you make jokes in base 16? :P But do you or can you make jokes in base 16? :P

]]> Comment on thank you sooo much SDG&E! by Darkavich http://www.yourservice.com/blog/?p=1052&cpage=1#comment-76 Darkavich Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:07:39 +0000 http://www.yourservice.com/blog/?p=1052#comment-76 Mike, I have a Gen1 and a Drobo Gen2 (only real difference between them is firewire) With regards to the catalog, that was an easy fix with fsck_hfs -r. the real problem was the corrupted transaction log. I had to disable transactions, then re-fsck, then unmount, then pull cable, then re-plug in and let the mac re-fsck and all was good. I am almost done syncing all the data off. One last large volume. Mike, I have a Gen1 and a Drobo Gen2 (only real difference between them is firewire)

With regards to the catalog, that was an easy fix with fsck_hfs -r. the real problem was the corrupted transaction log. I had to disable transactions, then re-fsck, then unmount, then pull cable, then re-plug in and let the mac re-fsck and all was good.

I am almost done syncing all the data off. One last large volume.

]]> Comment on thank you sooo much SDG&E! by Mike O'Brien http://www.yourservice.com/blog/?p=1052&cpage=1#comment-75 Mike O'Brien Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:32:11 +0000 http://www.yourservice.com/blog/?p=1052#comment-75 I really hope this catalog rebuild works for you. What kind of Drobo do you have? I have a Gen 1 Drobo and a Drobo S and I do what you're planning: the Gen 1 is an rsync backup for the S. Recently the Gen 1 got confused by something-or-other. It went into relayout and stayed that way for a week. I was eventually instructed to reset it by Data Robotics: 1) Pull power to it. 2) Eject all the drives. 3) Connect it to the Mac and power it up with no drives. Wait for Dashboard to see it. It is now reset. 4) Disconnect it, power it down and put the drives back in. 5) Reconnect it and power it back up. See if your filesystem's back. If so, the Drobo was just confused. From everything I've heard, if you have catalog worries, by far the best utility to grab is Disk Warrior. This sort of disaster is what Drive Warrior is all about: Catalog and directory rebuilds. I really hope this catalog rebuild works for you. What kind of Drobo do you have?

I have a Gen 1 Drobo and a Drobo S and I do what you’re planning: the Gen 1 is an rsync backup for the S.

Recently the Gen 1 got confused by something-or-other. It went into relayout and stayed that way for a week. I was eventually instructed to reset it by Data Robotics:

1) Pull power to it.

2) Eject all the drives.

3) Connect it to the Mac and power it up with no drives. Wait for Dashboard to see it. It is now reset.

4) Disconnect it, power it down and put the drives back in.

5) Reconnect it and power it back up. See if your filesystem’s back. If so, the Drobo was just confused.

From everything I’ve heard, if you have catalog worries, by far the best utility to grab is Disk Warrior. This sort of disaster is what Drive Warrior is all about: Catalog and directory rebuilds.

]]> Comment on Basic Digital Photography class week 3.5 by Marilyn http://www.yourservice.com/blog/?p=1026&cpage=1#comment-72 Marilyn Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:27:07 +0000 http://www.yourservice.com/blog/?p=1026#comment-72 Sounds like a good session. Get a flashlight with a red lens so you don't blind yourself & others around you. Thanks for passing along great info! Sounds like a good session. Get a flashlight with a red lens so you don’t blind yourself & others around you.

Thanks for passing along great info!

]]> Comment on Basic Digital Photography class week 2 by Kim Sannes http://www.yourservice.com/blog/?p=1003&cpage=1#comment-71 Kim Sannes Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:14:04 +0000 http://www.yourservice.com/blog/?p=1003#comment-71 I am lazy and skip your steps 2 - 9 with: http://www.eye.fi I am lazy and skip your steps 2 – 9 with: http://www.eye.fi

]]> Comment on Basic Digital Photography class week 2 by Marilyn http://www.yourservice.com/blog/?p=1003&cpage=1#comment-70 Marilyn Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:01:50 +0000 http://www.yourservice.com/blog/?p=1003#comment-70 Step 2 helpful; I use USB cables on all cameras...worth pursuing a card reader & will research "power issues." iPhoto loads as soon as I attach my camera and sucks everything out after telling me to name the event. So easy. I took a class on self-portraiture, always a good subject! I'll change my FB profile picture to one result tonight. I appreciate the excellent notes. Step 2 helpful; I use USB cables on all cameras…worth pursuing a card reader & will research “power issues.”

iPhoto loads as soon as I attach my camera and sucks everything out after telling me to name the event. So easy.

I took a class on self-portraiture, always a good subject! I’ll change my FB profile picture to one result tonight.

I appreciate the excellent notes.

]]> Comment on more testing… by Darkavich http://www.yourservice.com/blog/?p=873&cpage=1#comment-62 Darkavich Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:43:04 +0000 http://www.yourservice.com/blog/?p=873#comment-62 test comment test comment

]]> Comment on sometimes security prevents you from doing what you want. by Alan Knox http://www.yourservice.com/blog/?p=879&cpage=1#comment-58 Alan Knox Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:33:00 +0000 http://www.yourservice.com/blog/?p=879#comment-58 Steve, Thank you for the kind words, and thank you for helping me track down that setting in facebook. I've posted about this on the plugin page as well. -Alan Steve,

Thank you for the kind words, and thank you for helping me track down that setting in facebook. I’ve posted about this on the plugin page as well.

-Alan

]]> Comment on The year of hell by dimplecheek http://www.yourservice.com/blog/?p=820&cpage=1#comment-56 dimplecheek Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:40:14 +0000 http://www.yourservice.com/blog/?p=820#comment-56 I LOVE the Star Trek theme! It's nice to read about your life and all that is going on. I LOVE the Star Trek theme! It’s nice to read about your life and all that is going on.

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