Openfiler RAID – Grrrrr
Well, it built to 60%, then it said it was finished. Then it failed the drive. The new one. Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot? So I powered it down and swapped the IDE cabl...
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Openfiler RAID is rebuilding… Slowly
Got the new drive in the Openfiler box and it’s rebuilding slowly. It’s about 48% done right now and it’s been running the rebuild since about...
Coming to you wireless!
I am making this post from my lappy in the kitchen dining room (the wireless doesn’t really reach from the computer room to the kitchen – I’ll...
Nate Comes to the Rescue!
Nate came in this morning with not only the power supply for the WAP, but also an 80GB hard drive! He read my blog entry and dug around before coming in to work...
Before the Sony rootkit there was MediaMax
Before Sony started installing rootkits on everybodys computers using the First 4 Internet DRM, they were installing other DRM software called SunnComm MediaMax...
You Win Some, You Lose Some
Got home today to find my new BIOS chip had arrived in the mail! Quick before dinner I plugged it into the socket and booted up the server. We have liftoff! Tha...
Bruce Schneier on Sony’s Rootkit
Bruce Schneier has a very good column in Wired about the Sony Rootkit. It’s a tale of extreme hubris. Sony rolled out this incredibly invasive copy-protec...
Boing Boing’s Sony DRM Roundups
Boing Boing has just posted their second Sony DRM Roundup. It’s a list of links to all kinds of stories about the Sony DRM ‘rootkit’. Their fi...
Stupid Rookie Mistake
I made a totally stupid rookie mistake this evening. Yesterday Nate, a co-worker, gave me one of his old servers. It’s a pretty nice box, a 3U case with a...
Sony issues non-apology apology
Over on Boing Boing, they have a letter from Sony about their DRMed CDs. It’s really a non-apology and they really downplay the issues. Big surprise. To O...