asciilifeform: plant per se imho ok, i've yet to see a thermal sad on a rk cpu
asciilifeform: mircea_popescu: these sad stix run hot.
asciilifeform: BingoBoingo btw is chair nao, so lesse if he agrees.
asciilifeform: mod6: plox to credit diana_coman with phree day of rk service, and yerself -- 8d
asciilifeform: i'd like to get'em purchased and sailing to BingoBoingostan asap.
asciilifeform: mod6: at your earliest convenience plox to comment re the proposed replacement drives.☟︎
asciilifeform: and ty BingoBoingo for the skilled hands.
asciilifeform: mod6, diana_coman you should be back in biznis nao, plz say asap if notice any problem.
asciilifeform: in the coming days BingoBoingo will obtain a blower to give added airflow to the pilot plant , oughta extend the life of the remaining sadsamsungs until we get the replacements in.
asciilifeform: when both of you ping me back with green light signal, i'ma zero the old sticks and have BingoBoingo mail'em to asciilifeformistan for the vivisection table
asciilifeform: !Q later tell mod6 plox to log into your unit and put it through any necessary tests
asciilifeform: !Q later tell diana_coman plox to log into your unit and put it through any necessary tests
asciilifeform: errybody should be back in biz in 3-4 hrs.
asciilifeform: diana_coman and mod6 will be bitwise-copied to the 2 virginal spares today, and the entire cluster will be moved onto new sticks . the latter will be obtained asap.
asciilifeform: this is the last time we use plastic-faced usb3 sticks.
asciilifeform: i'ma bitwise rescue your contents onto virgin
asciilifeform: diana_coman: meanwhile i'ma have to issue diana_coman and mod6 with spare sticks after all, so diana_coman plox to give signal when ok to power down your unit
asciilifeform: diana_coman: we found the culprit, will report here shortly
asciilifeform: vacant unit 'A' behaves same as diana_coman's , and exactly same after april kernel re-emplaced there
asciilifeform: ( there appear to be four affected units, incl. diana_coman's )
asciilifeform: update : eliminated august kernel as possible cause
asciilifeform: ( kernel lives on sd card, mounted as /boot )
asciilifeform: diana_coman: one other q -- which kernel are you presently using ?
asciilifeform: or any item whatsoever out of the ordinary
asciilifeform: diana_coman: plox to lemme know if you find any clue re why the machine fell.
asciilifeform: ( on other hand i have logs saving to external box -- and displayed -- in real time )
asciilifeform: diana_coman: this is not bad approach ( tho i still have my boxen set to come to life on boot, as sometimes i am away from console for entire day )
