Subj : Server crashing
To   : Ian Moote
From : Leonard Erickson
Date : Thu Nov 09 2000 03:20 pm

 -=> Quoting Ian Moote to LEONARD ERICKSON <=-

 IM> Ohhhh! You're running PMView on the OS/2 box, but you're creating the 
 IM> thumbnails on the Netware volume!! Yeah, that makes coming up with a 
 IM> diagnostic procedure a little more difficult. [:)

Yeah, the reason for the convoluted setup is that I found a utility
that not only spots identical files, but can spot (most of the time)
"similar" graphics files. Things like re-sized images, or
cartoons/anime game frames that have different facial expressions, but
are otherwise the same.

But it only runs under Win9x. :-(

 IM> Well, since you're planning on installing the v4.2 anyway, maybe just 
 IM> work around it for now. For the amount of time that you've spent 
 IM> recovering from these crashes, installing the Backup Exec and NetWare 
 IM> v4.2 could be considered an _investment_. [:)

The reason for the delay is that I installed the "eval" (ie time
limited) version of Backup Exec that came with NW 4.2. I did it right
after a crash a few months back (The first crash I had in 2000). And
not until *after* the first time I ran it (and it stored the "install
date info in the bindery or some other inaccessible place) did I see
that the reboot after the crash had set the system date to Jan 1, 1980.

So the eval expired 20 years ago... :-(

BTW, that bit with the date is *annoying*. I've upgraded the BIOS of
the PC, it doesn't have a Y2K problem. And if I shut down the server,
the date is fine. 

But if it crashes, the date is set to Jan 1, 1980 when I reboot. And
the time isn't changed at all!



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