As alluded to in the Lunch Break Surf Report for today, yesterday afternoon was a bit hectic for me on the computer front. It seems as if yet another P.O.S. IBM Deskstar hard drive decided life was too painful to continue, and began its death spiral.
These drives have a notorious reputation, which I unfortunately only discovered after buying around 10 for the office. The one that decided to freak out yesterday was actually a RMA replacement drive sent to me by IBM after a previous drive kicked the bucket.
All was not lost in the near catastrophe, and I've spent a majority of my day today recreating my Debian Linux workstation. If all goes well, I should be up to full steam again sometime tomorrow.
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