MicroVAX 3100 booting... (now WinNT shutdown)

From: Brian Chase <bdc_at_world.std.com>
Date: Thu Apr 26 12:09:29 2001

On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, John Foust wrote:

> [...]
>
> Then again, it's not like WinNT is running the Space Station Alpha
> or anything really important. It's just my hard disk and data.
>
> - John

I have to half-wonder if you're not being sarcastic here. The following
is taken from the publicly available logs of the first ISS crew:

   FROM: ALPHA
   TO: MCC-H MCC-M HSG-M
   SHIP'S LOG 22 FEB

   The day really gets off to a bad start. The server connection to the
   net is down hard. We worked on it last night until 0100 and could not
   bring it up. We were doing the file server part of network
   reconfiguration yesterday. This moved the FS to the lab-we also
   extended the Ethernet lan from the Node into the lab (not part of the
   procedure). This allowed the server to rejoin the network without
   delay, rather than waiting much later when the RF access points are set
   up. The plan was working well, and the server was online from mid
   afternoon. At about 2200, we were reconfiguring some mail files which,
   with a lot of help from Windows NT, got put in the wrong place during
   the backup procedure. When we finished restoring the files, the network
   was down and would not come back up. We worked this for several hours.
   Finally, jiggling some cables brings just a part of the net back. (that
   really instills confidence in the stability of your network).

   So as of 0700, we have to use the OCA machine for daily planning.
   Fortunately, ground has uplinked everything to the OCA's directories,
   so at least we have what we need onboard. But when we try and print,
   the printer locks up. It is not happy with the net now either. So Shep
   and Sergei start trying to figure out what is going on. After trying
   lots of other computer tricks that don't work, we put another network
   card in the server and that seems to fix the server problem. We power
   cycle the printer and that comes back. We are having a hard time
   understanding the how and why, but everything is working.

   [...]

-brian.
Received on Thu Apr 26 2001 - 12:09:29 BST