[NBLUG/talk] Lazy as can be

Glenn Kerbein glenn at spontaneousdancing.net
Fri Feb 1 20:04:35 PST 2013


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On 02/01/2013 02:18 PM, gandalf at sonic.net wrote:
> Ok, I'm really lazy. I generally don't upgrade servers unless I really, really have to. I've got this server and finding anything for it is a big pain and some of the stuff on it doesn't even work right.
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> It's running debian 2.6.8-11-amd64-k8 which is not even a standard lineage install. What it has been doing very, very well for many years is file serving for a windows network, some private web serving, and doing backup services for multiple machines abroad and local.
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> How much of a pain is this to upgrade or should I just go build something and replace it. I think it's running one of the old AMD 3400 CPUs.
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> Yes, yes I've been trying to get the modem working and am running into issues configuring the serial ports. Compliing drivers doesn't even work as they don't recognize amd64 as a proper version; lovely.
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