General Blather

I have an old Sun server, with an integrated management console that uses SSH for access. That is, until the SSH client removed support for the old encryption used by the server. more »

Guessing something got overloaded down the wires, probably because of all of the air conditioners running on this hot, hot day. more »

Although I couldn't get the system past the disk check, and it seems to have a few unhappy blocks, the server has booted again. more »

The power went off for about three hours. Everything seems fine. more »

Affectionately named "big64" for its 64 CPU threads and 64GB of RAM, I've turned off and unplugged my Sun Enterprise T5220. more »