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OT: Recovery of data from dead HDDs in RAID array
by Mark Rogers 30 Apr '08

30 Apr '08

Hopefully someone here will have some recommendations.. I have a customer with a Dell server, 4 disks in a RAID5 array, with 2 "dead" disks (I believe they have suffered hardware failures). As they have no backups and need the data (doh!) they've asked me for advice. As far as I am concerned it's a specialist job, but my experience of specialists is that I'd rather go by recommendation than random website claims of competence. So does anyone here have any recommendations? If they were my own disks I'd have a play with some Linux data recovery tools, but they're not so I had better not! -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0845 45 89 555 Registered in England (0456 0902) at 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG

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Re: [ALUG] [Fwd: Re: OT: laptop repairer near Ipswich?]
by Dave Cooper 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Yes Andy, and they understand about email addresses as well! Sorry, everyone! Thank you, Keith! Dave Andy Turner wrote: > > Hi Dave - gosh they speak a different language don't they? I presume he > is saying its not economic to repair? I'll bring it tomorrow anyway. > > Attached are the pics we took at Medemblik and a brief report of the > event. See you tomorrow at Wells SC 7pm. > > Andy > > > > Dave Cooper wrote: >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Subject: >> Re: [ALUG] OT: laptop repairer near Ipswich? >> From: >> <keith.jamieson(a)bt.com> >> Date: >> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:31:54 +0100 >> To: >> <main(a)lists.alug.org.uk> >> >> To: >> <main(a)lists.alug.org.uk> >> >> >> Dave >> >> I had a friend who had the same on their Christmas Present, a Melidon >> (SP?) which I put the disk into their sisters laptop and pulled off his >> info before they took it back under warrantee. If they don't have their >> info off the disk then I have had success using an external USB 2.5" >> disk caddy to copy off other laptop info. >> >> Can you get into the BIOS ok? Will it boot of a CD ? This will eliminate >> some issues, ie memory and cpu >> >> I would volunteer but I'm very busy ATM and with older laptops its not >> economically viable to repair them. I know its only 2 years old in this >> instance. >> >> Regards >> >> Keith >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> main(a)lists.alug.org.uk >> http://www.alug.org.uk/ >> http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main >> Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site above! >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >

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OT: laptop repairer near Ipswich?
by Dave Cooper 29 Apr '08

29 Apr '08

Hi, sorry this is off-topic, but I wonder if any of you Ipswichers can recommend anyone to fix a laptop in the your area? A friend has a 2 year old Hewlett Packard that starts to boot when it's switched on and then just powers down again. He was talking about taking it to PC W*rld, so he definitely needs our help! Thanks, Dave Cooper

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re blue tooth
by Barrys linux mail 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Hi just a line to say thanks for the help with blue tooth,i downloaded a blue tooth file transfer program and now i can get the photos from my phone to the computer. thanks again. Barry

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Perl problems
by Ruth Bygrave 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Am trying to install some Perl modules for creating/modifying mobipocket files. Perl version returns 5.8.8, which is apparently correct. On trying any install package I get perfectly correct ftp &c messages from CPAN, followed by a failed make with no explanation. The following is the final set of messages from the Palm::PDB package: "WARNING: LICENSE is not a known parameter. Checking if your kit is complete... Looks good 'LICENSE' is not a known MakeMaker parameter name. Writing Makefile for Palm -- NOT OK Running make test Can't test without successful make Running make install make had returned bad status, install seems impossible" so it apparently happens perfectly correctly up to the make pass, which chokes it. Regards, Ruth

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For Sale: Blackmagic Decklink PCI SD
by Richard Bensley 26 Apr '08

26 Apr '08

Hey All I am gutting one of my G5's and I have this decklink card going spare. Great for any Final Cut users who want to start using hardware based keying, ripping from things like digidecks or just for the sake of haivng access to fast affordable 10bit uncrompressed footage. This however does NOT include the breakout cables as I bought two of these originally OEM and I only bought one set of cables. This card barely saw, I only used it go gain access to the features it was providing on my main machine. This is PCI, not PCIe or PCI-X. I don't know if it will work n a G4 chassis. I am looking to get £80 including delivery. Or £70 with pickup, I live about 15 miles outside Norwich in Loddon. Email me or call me (number in signature). For a connection diagram see page 27 of this pdf manual: http://www.blackmagic-design.com/downloads/manuals/decklinkmacmanual.pdf For a wee piccy see here: http://www.creativevideo.co.uk/public/product_images/18_08_2005blackmagic_d… Cheers Rich -- Richard Charles Bensley richardbensley(a)gmail.com http://www.richardbensley.co.uk 07846466530

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Does anyone have any use for "thin ethernet" hardware?
by Chris G 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

I have quite a lot of old "thin ethernet" computer networking hardware, e.g.:- Lots of 50 ohm coaxial cable (originally 100 meters, but in pieces now, some quite long pieces though) Lots of 50 ohm BNC connectors, T pieces, terminators, etc. One or two PC network cards with BNC connectors. An Axis print server with BNC connector. A hub with a BNC connector (and RJ45 connectors). Free to a good home if anyone wants it, I'm near Ipswich, might be able to deliver in the area. -- Chris Green

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Re: [ALUG] Curiosity Collective Ipswich Exhibit Tomorrow
by samwise 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

On 25/04/2008, Simon Elliott <alug(a)sionide.net> wrote: > samwise wrote: > > They have re-imagined > > semaphore for the 21st Century, music made with Nintendo GameBoys > > > > Different artist but sounds a lot like what Bitshifter does... > > http://www.last.fm/music/bitshifter Yes, the guy doing the game boy music under the Curiosity Collective banner this week is Pixelh8 who has collaborated with a number of ppl doing similar work online ... Peter.

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Curiosity Collective Ipswich Exhibit Tomorrow
by samwise 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

Hi, I don't know if anyone is interested, but the Curiosity Collective that we've discussed at the Ipswich meets a few times is coming up to the last day of their exhibit. They are a local technological arts group who have set up in St. Mary's on the Quay church, on Key Street in Ipswich. They're in there all-day tomorrow, and have some really cool exhibits - I've been to one of their preview meetings. They have re-imagined semaphore for the 21st Century, music made with Nintendo GameBoys, mysterious hybrid-portrait-photographs and interactive-kaleidoscopic-video! http://curiositycollective.org/ Anyway, if you've not got anything on, I reckon it's well worth a walk down if you're around Ipswich town centre. Peter.

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PostPost problem with PlanetPlanet
by Ben Francis 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

I've been wondering (probably for years now). Why do all my blog posts get repeated twice in Planet ALUG? The RSS feed looks OK. Ben -- Ben Francis http://tola.me.uk

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