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Notices by Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info), page 3

  1. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 15:58:50 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    Retrieved the 1TB drive and looked at the March 22, 2017 file. The archive is fine, there's just no unpacked file size calculation data stored in the .tar.gz archive for some reason.

    Also, the 2017 archives had the Abit and FIC FTP archives at the time. The Compaq FTP archive would then be added in May 2018.
    In conversation Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 15:58:50 EDT from web permalink
  2. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 14:21:21 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
    The site will be down on or around September 12, 2023 due to Comcast finally upgrading the network in our area. I think mid-split is finally going to be here, though the actual configuration for our bought modem would be further away.
    In conversation Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 14:21:21 EDT from web permalink
  3. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 14:19:10 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    Additional notes: Some additional fans were added to the server, as the hard drives would end up being around 50°C otherwise.

    This was in addition to the CPU being around 60°C under load... though the fact that it had no thermal paste after ~5 years didn't help.
    In conversation Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 14:19:10 EDT from web permalink
  4. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 14:17:01 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
    Post-upgrade notes: the system drive had exhibited massive read errors, coincidentally after the storage upgrade... and no, it was not the IDE cable.

    I had to mirror the drive to another one. That was around September 1, 2023. Though interestingly, I had to position the IDE cable at the right position, otherwise the data transfer speed would literally be in the kilobyte range.

    Old drive: Hitachi 180GXP IC35L060AVV207 - 61.4GB
    Current drive: Western Digital Caviar WD800BB-22JHC0 - 80GB

    That particular Western Digital was one of the many eBay purchases that sat mostly in storage until it was used in a Windows XP build, but even then, it wasn't used often. Found some unique data on that drive and sent that to the NAS before using it as a replacement system drive. It also had nearly 20K hours on it and no bad or pending sectors when initially examined.
    In conversation Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 14:17:01 EDT from web permalink
  5. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 14:00:36 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    Some notes: the last backup of the site before the recent upgrade was March 22, 2017, though the size of that archive has a discrepancy of full vs packed and will test it. The January 15, 2017 archive is more trustworthy and that size is ~95GB unpacked. The March 22, 2017 archive should be ~110GB unpacked.

    The current September 6, 2023 archive is ~575GB unpacked due to the additional FTP archive data that was added since May 2018, though the FIC FTP archive may have been present in the 2017 archives, but that will be checked after retrieving the 1TB hard drive.
    In conversation Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 14:00:36 EDT from web permalink
  6. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 13:49:56 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
    I have finally created a backup of the site data, htdocs. The 4TB scratch disk should be formatted once again, as the entire www-data directory set is no longer needed. I have already removed it from the NAS as it was supposed to be temporary.

    The recent database and htdocs mirror are being sent to the NAS, and all very old server data will be burned on two Blu-ray 25GB discs. That same data will remain on the older 1TB drive, but removed from the NAS.

    I have yet to mirror the site configuration; that was planned about two months prior to the upgrade.
    In conversation Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 13:49:56 EDT from web permalink
  7. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Monday, 14-Aug-2023 21:13:00 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
    There was unscheduled downtime due to me adding 2TB to the server. Finally, I am creating a backup of the current server data.

    However, the drive is being zeroed because it was used as an NTFS drive with a GPT flag, and as a result, will be until tomorrow when I will start doing so.

    This is actually a part of the delayed server upgrade.
    In conversation Monday, 14-Aug-2023 21:13:00 EDT from web permalink
  8. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 20:12:46 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    Another thing being done is finally upgrading an old machine to Windows 10. Also, finding some practically unobtanium (read: expensive) 8GB RAM (2x 4GB DDR2) that works on an Intel board; most are AMD-supported because of the large RAM chip count. Hasn't really been much of an issue since DDR3 era; only real issue now is server vs. desktop compatibility nowadays.

    8 or 16 memory chips for a 4GB DDR2 stick work on Intel boards, usually. AMD boards usually use 16 to 32 memory chips for a 4GB stick.

    Installing an AMD-supported RAM stick on an Intel board will either show up as half-read (4GB stick as 2GB) or beeps indicating unrecognized RAM.
    In conversation Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 20:12:46 EDT from web permalink
  9. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 19:51:27 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
    I was busy collating some Android stuff from the file server, probably to add to the main server at some point.


    The stuff as follows:

    Blackview BV8000 Pro
    Hisense Sero 7 Pro
    Motorola Atrix HD


    The Blackview BV8000 Pro phone is better off at Android 7 if you want to use it as an actual phone, otherwise you can use Android 8. I handed the phone back to Mom as it will eventually be used as a glorified web camera monitor.

    The Hisense Sero 7 Pro tablet stays with me; it is on its third mainboard. USB port finally fixed (someone epoxied it; hasn't broken since!). Slow unit... unless a 4.2.x - 4.4.x custom ROM is used.

    The Motorola Atrix HD phone is only dual core; this was Mom's first Android phone. The later custom ROMs do not handle screen drawing too well; so only real use is as a phone (if possible). Cannot use this fully as stock because AT&T will likely have phased out this device a long time ago.
    In conversation Saturday, 05-Aug-2023 19:51:27 EDT from web permalink
  10. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 07:12:12 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    Since these follows are merely tests on this setup, I unfollow them right after; this is why the Following section in my profile is 0.
    In conversation Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 07:12:12 EDT from web permalink
  11. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 07:07:59 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
    That said, Mastodon 4.x follows still do not work despite the 500 patch, so the site will probably have to be HTTPS. Amusingly, Soapbox follows still work regardless, as it seems to use a forked Mastodon 3.x format.
    In conversation Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 07:07:59 EDT from web permalink
  12. Clarissa Walker started following Alex Gleason.
    In conversation Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 07:02:28 EDT from activity permalink
  13. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 06:34:54 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    So linking repos from notabug have no valid image thumbnail filename here. Something to figure out someday.
    In conversation Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 06:34:54 EDT from web permalink
  14. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 06:32:44 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    So that worked.

    Main repo for the GNU social fork:
    https://notabug.org/gnusocialjp/gnusocial
    In conversation Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 06:32:44 EDT from web permalink

    Attachments

    1. Invalid filename.
      gnusocialjp/gnusocial
      from gnusocialjp
      GNU social is a social communication software used in federated social networks. It is widely supported and has a large userbase. It is already used by the Free Software Foundation.
  15. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 06:31:28 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    Okay, so it's just notabug links so far; seems there's no valid image linking to them in some way.

    Home page:
    https://notabug.org/
    In conversation Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 06:31:28 EDT from web permalink

    Attachments

    1. NotABug.org: Free code hosting
      from Gogs
      Gogs is a painless self-hosted Git service.
  16. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 06:27:03 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
    Another test link: a Github one this time.

    https://github.com/madires/Transistortester-Warehouse
    In conversation Wednesday, 26-Jul-2023 06:27:03 EDT from web permalink

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    1. GitHub - madires/Transistortester-Warehouse: The Transistortester's warehouse for firmware, hardware, documentation and more.
      The Transistortester's warehouse for firmware, hardware, documentation and more. - GitHub - madires/Transistortester-Warehouse: The Transistortester's warehouse for firmware, hardware, docu...
  17. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 21:11:02 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
    Updated GNU social to the latest fork (GNUsocial.jp variant). A few more subtle changes there.

    This particular branch is here:
    https://notabug.org/gnusocialjp/gnusocial/src/develop

    Reference:
    http://cwcyrix.nsupdate.info/gnu-social/public/notice/34
    In conversation Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 21:11:02 EDT from web permalink

    Attachments

    1. Invalid filename.
      gnusocialjp/gnusocial
      from gnusocialjp
      GNU social is a social communication software used in federated social networks. It is widely supported and has a large userbase. It is already used by the Free Software Foundation.
    2. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Dec-2022 01:58:30 EST - Ami Sapphire's Notices
      Testing a fork of this setup from someone who runs an instance in Japan. Has some subtle changes and fixes there; so... http://cwcyrix.nsupdate.info/gnu-social/public/url/19
  18. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 05:54:30 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    Okay, the database is more responsive after these changes... probably a coincidence.
    In conversation Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 05:54:30 EDT from web permalink
  19. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 05:53:45 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
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    Yeah, the terabyte drive is to not be trusted... until I should try it out on a USB 3.x enclosure.

    The 500GB image had an entirely different hash, even after zero-filling the drive.
    In conversation Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 05:53:45 EDT from web permalink
  20. Clarissa Walker (amisapphire@cwcyrix.nsupdate.info)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 05:49:15 EDT Clarissa Walker Clarissa Walker
    Cosmetic change to the site data path: sitedata -> www-data

    Also, the mariadb systemd config is cleaned up... once again.

    I still have a copy of the pre-migration MariaDB config; this will be part of the server backup. I say this because I made changes to that as well.
    In conversation Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 05:49:15 EDT from web permalink
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Clarissa Walker

Clarissa Walker

Detroit, MI

http://cwcyrix.nsupdate.info

Hobbyist computer tweaker/repairperson, webmistress, procrastinator. Does things on my own time. Also known as CW Cyrix.

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