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 SA> -=> Quoting Mark Hoover to Sean Dennis <=-
 
 SA> MH> I'm not saying you do, but eventually there comes the practical
 SA> MH> cost of  keeping the hardware running when the components start
 SA> MH> dying. 
 
 SA>    I'm getting there...with the BBS HD (C) drive FAT table
 SA>    corrupted. I know norton could fix it.  But due to this
 SA>    particular error ( which lordnet DID grumble)...if I fix it then
 SA>    I fear the entire HD would go into lost chains and be wiped out.
 SA>    Since now for some reason the FAT points c:\ root and the
 SA>    c:\lorddir in the same area.  The only way to cure this problem
 SA>    is to backup and install over a reformat and do it piece by
 SA>    piece. Not a easy task at this point....sigh

 MH> I've gone through more hardware than I can count.  Mostly hard drives.
 MH> Replacement drives are usually as old as the one that just died so 
 MH> chances are it'll die shortly as well...:(

 MH> I do have a bunch of < 1GB drives floating around here.  They still 
 MH> work, although, not sure what I'd ever do with them.

 MH> I also had a pair of P233 machines acting as Linux routers.  Both died
 MH> of motherboard failure....:(  It was sad to see those go.  Both of
 MH> those  were replaced with P450's.  One was given to me, the other was
 MH> an eBay  special for $40.

 MH> I'm currently debating replacing my file server.  Currently it has a 
 MH> single 30GB drive in it.  I'd love to throw 3 300GB drives in it and 
 MH> RAID them, but I'd have to replace the motherboard to do it.

     Hardware I've been lucky only a power supply (bbs twice) and
     a floppy drive...and a keyboard is all I've had to replace
     in 20 years or so.

     Course tons of floppies that die.
     

... N'Grath: Babylon 5's own "Big Boss of Crime."
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