After much waiting, and fussing over whether or not my motherboard could handle it, i have finally obtained a new 300GB hard drive for use in my mailserver. The data from the failed RAID array has been copied byte-for-byte to a file on the new disk, and filesystem repairs are being attempted on this file (in case hardware problems were causing the ( Read more... )

realising that it is merely my mail spool that is hosed, and not my mail delivery software, i have aliased my usual email address to my address at the math department. now i just have to see if the departmental sysadmins try to lynch me for the sudden surge in traffic as all the delayed mail finds its way across their network onto their servers.

The filesystem repair is returning errors. The RAID array upon which the filesystem is now reporting a failed drive (having previously reported no failures). I suspect that the power failure may have caused simultaneous drive failures and one of the other drives isn't being reported as failed yet either. This would explain some of the corruption I ( Read more... )

The speed of the repair halved while I was sleeping, several more hours of downtime seem likely.

Some filesystem corruption appeared to have happened when my server had its failure the other day. The filesystem on which the mailspool resides has been taken down for repair. At the current rate of repair, this should take somewhere between 6 and 7 hours. During this time, all mail to melon.org will bounce. With luck, the repair will go smoothly ( Read more... )

apparently the power supply on my mailserver melted down yesterday evening. i should be replacing it tomorrow night ( Read more... )

Due to an inability to log into my server for the past few days (I think my connections are down), I haven't been able to check most of my email. If you have sent me anything since last Thursday morning, I have not yet had a chance to read it, and am sorry if it was time-sensitive. I will be working to remedy this shortly.

As of last Wednesday, I am back at my mooring on the island. It's good to be back.

My new cellphone is now working. The number to call me at is now +1(416)937-5596. This phone has an answering service, so I will generally be leaving it on the boat, as a home phone ( Read more... )

I have decided to abandon internet telephony, and subscribed to cellphone service earlier today. There seem to be some technical difficulties, and my new phone isn't working yet. I suspect that my old prepaid phone is low on minutes, and I will not be adding more minutes to it, so until my new phone works, I will be effectively phoneless ( Read more... )