I needed to print today. It had been four days since I had last used the printer. I turned on the Epson 4900, and ran a nozzle test. Two tiny Photo Black ink lines, and the rest blank. No labels on any of the patterns; that must come from the Black ink only. I ran a head … [Read more...]
The computer that didn’t fail
Remember the Sherlock Holmes short story about the dog that didn’t bark? Read on. A few days ago I booted a seldom-used workstation so that I could run an infrequently-used app. It went through the POST, but hung after that, with a blinking underscore cursor in the upper left … [Read more...]
Synology 1812+ failure, part 2
As luck would have it, the NAS that died was the main file server, the most complicated one to test and restore. Backups were performed to other devices from it, and it was the main target for workstation backup. There was a secondary target to keep errors from propagating, but I … [Read more...]
Synology 1812+ failure
On Friday, after the new server arrived, I went into the server room to scout out a place to put it. I noticed that my main Network Attached Storage (NAS) box, a Synology 1812+, was bleating piteously. I checked out the lights. Across the top, one blinking amber, and the rest … [Read more...]
Dell PowerEdge R420 OOBE
In the previous post I reported on the difficulty in actually getting my hands on the server. Once it was firmly in my possession, unpacking and setup was a piece of cake, at least in the early going. These powerful 1U servers are really dense, and it’s a surprise to pick up such … [Read more...]
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