Cleaning My Magic Keyboard

Not really a New Year Resolution but I was shamed into cleaning my keyboard by my partner who said “..it was an absolutely disgrace” (not incorrect!). My office is in the garden and I do regularly leave some annoying task to go do some gardening or work on the boat. With a consequence that my …

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The Empress (of Christmas excess)

The Empress is a Cambridge pub I rarely go in. Not really sure why as it’s generally OK. Perhaps it’s because it’s the “wrong side of the tracks”, as it’s on the other side of the railway down Mill Road. But the beer is decent and it’s friendly. I’ve never eaten but their pizza at …

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From a G4 Mac Mini to Getting a 68k Quadra!

This retro Mac hobby is getting a bit complicated and after getting rid of my old macs a few years back I appear to have caught the bug in a big way again. So much that I’ve hardly blogged about it. So here’s everything I’ve done from getting the G4 Mac Mini running to starting …

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Comment on Horningsea Apple Press Day by ferg

In reply to <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/@irix/113221986871425042">Raj Patel</a>. Thanks! One of the fermentation locks did not fit. So I had to use the chisel to make the plastic cork smaller!

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<p><a href="https://www.scotgate.org/@fergycool" rel="ugc">@fergycool</a> Nice jugs! Whats the chisel for?</p>

Horningsea Apple Press Day

Yesterday was our thirteenth Apple Press day. We missed one during Covid and last year for whatever reason the village’s apple trees had no fruit at all (quite bizarre). It’s a great community event. It started fifteen years ago. Closer to Cambridge there were many reports of anti social behaviour of people throwing apples. So …

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ACrow props?

It always amuses me how “Acrow props” – so ubiquitous in building work – are named. ..or so I thought. I originally thought that they were invented by a Polish guy called Mr Acrow! However, I was slightly wrong all that time. It’s quite bizarre as it came from two different places (I’m not quite …

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Bee hotels

Many years ago I made my first bee hotel in the garden. The design was very simple. A block of wood with one end cut at a slant. A piece of a cedar shingle to form the roof. Then painted bright green and yellow (I’d read that bright colours help attract insects). I drilled many …

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Rambling rose arch

I’m very pleased with my rambling rose hedge and arch. There are three roses, Two are traditional English ramblers. These have thousands (probably) of very small flowers that appear just once a year. They also grow up to 15m and have very vigorous growth. The other in the middle is a Graham Thomas that has …

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Growing Stuff: June Update

I’ve not had a great year so far in planting stuff or rather the weather has played havoc after an early start in growing stuff! We started well with salad (lettuce and rocket) from the poly tunnel very early in the year (March) then plenty of radishes for the apero. For the first time I …

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Netatalk: AFP over Appletalk and TCP/IP

Sharing files with retro computers can sometimes be problematic. Nowadays with Samba and ssh it’s easy. But back then such sharing protocols were nowhere near as ubiquitious as we find them now. AppleTalk Filing Protocol (AFP) was a fairly ubiquitous sharing protocol in the Mac world until Apple deprecated it in favour of SMB (SAMBA). …

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Comment on Retro Again – G4 Mac Mini Running Mac OS9 by Raj Patel

<a href="https://www.scotgate.org/@fergycool" rel="ugc">@fergycool</a> Oh, that is super cool! I picked up a lampshade G4 with a thought to make it an iTunes jukebox but a G4 Mini would be so much better in terms of a compact box in the study. Hmmm. If I buy one, I'm blaming you.... <wonders off to search for used G4 Minis>

Retro Again – G4 Mac Mini Running Mac OS9

I’ve just got a G4 Mac Mini up and running Mac OS9. About six months ago I gave away a MDD (Mirror Disk Door) Mac, that I’d been keeping around in order to install Mac OS9. I got fed up of it hanging around and since it would not boot onto Facebook Marketplace it went …

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Comment on First lot of potatoes in the ground (well dirt at least!). by ferg

In reply to <a href="https://mastodon.social/@sciencebase/112123294420684405">David Bradley</a>. Nice. I've still got onions (and more potatoes) to go in the ground. But I do have rocket and lettuce in the (mini) polytunnel that may be ready in a week or two!

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<a href="https://www.scotgate.org/@fergycool" rel="ugc">@fergycool</a> Did ours yesterday and onions, that's me done in until April

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Comment on Growing a RAID5 array – MDADM by Nikolay

Just enlarged my RAID5 too. I use 500 GB disks with 450 GB RAID partition. was 3 disks * 450 GB. adding 1 disk. mdadm commands returned to the prompt immediately. them reshape to 4 disks took = 9h 30 min fsck.ext3 = 35 min resize2fs = 5 min second fsck.ext3 = 40 min

Comment on Pruning the Apple tree by Ferg

I should say that was AFTER I'd pruned it. Hardly looks like I've touched it.

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Comment on Growing a RAID5 array – MDADM by Zoltan

Hi everyone, having some trouble with my raid6 array. After growing it (as read above) it started to behave strange, became read-only, and after a reboot it won't get assembled any more, and the configuration seems to be pretty messed up. I am a dummy enduser, so I hope this is the right place to ask for help, if not: would you please be so kind to redirect me? (And also sorry for the spam...) This is all the data I have: Drives: Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes Disk /dev/sdc: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes Disk /dev/sdf: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes (for OS only) Disk /dev/sdh: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes Disk /dev/sdi: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes Disk /dev/sdj: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes Disk /dev/sdk: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes Disk /dev/sdl: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes Disk /dev/sdd: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes Disk /dev/sde: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes Disk /dev/sdg: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes Disk /dev/sdm: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes Info /proc/mdstat tells me: Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10] md0 : inactive sdb[6](S) sdi[2](S) sdd[7](S) sdc[9](S) sdg[0](S) sdh[4](S) sdk[3](S) sda[1](S) sdj[5](S) 8790862464 blocks unused devices: This is in the /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf: ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid6 num-devices=9 UUID=8a45a28c:612ad22f:2fe13ab6:8e70c8e3 spares=1 MAILADDR root Run --examine on all the drives: root@tank:~/mdstuff# mdadm --examine /dev/sd[a-n] /dev/sda: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 8a45a28c:612ad22f:2fe13ab6:8e70c8e3 Creation Time : Thu Jun 4 17:48:40 2009 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 976762496 (931.51 GiB 1000.20 GB) Array Size : 6837337472 (6520.59 GiB 7001.43 GB) Raid Devices : 9 Total Devices : 9 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Sun Aug 22 08:35:17 2010 State : clean Active Devices : 5 Working Devices : 5 Failed Devices : 4 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 2401fc35 - correct Events : 2188228 Chunk Size : 32K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 1 8 144 1 active sync /dev/sdj 0 0 8 80 0 active sync /dev/sdf 1 1 8 144 1 active sync /dev/sdj 2 2 8 112 2 active sync /dev/sdh 3 3 8 128 3 active sync /dev/sdi 4 4 8 96 4 active sync /dev/sdg 5 5 0 0 5 faulty removed 6 6 0 0 6 faulty removed 7 7 0 0 7 faulty removed 8 8 0 0 8 faulty removed /dev/sdb: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 8a45a28c:612ad22f:2fe13ab6:8e70c8e3 Creation Time : Thu Jun 4 17:48:40 2009 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 976762496 (931.51 GiB 1000.20 GB) Array Size : 6837337472 (6520.59 GiB 7001.43 GB) Raid Devices : 9 Total Devices : 9 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Tue Jul 27 19:42:00 2010 State : clean Active Devices : 8 Working Devices : 9 Failed Devices : 1 Spare Devices : 1 Checksum : 23c52dfc - correct Events : 1299054 Chunk Size : 32K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 6 8 0 6 active sync /dev/sda 0 0 8 80 0 active sync /dev/sdf 1 1 8 144 1 active sync /dev/sdj 2 2 8 112 2 active sync /dev/sdh 3 3 8 128 3 active sync /dev/sdi 4 4 8 96 4 active sync /dev/sdg 5 5 8 16 5 active sync /dev/sdb 6 6 8 0 6 active sync /dev/sda 7 7 8 48 7 active sync /dev/sdd 8 8 0 0 8 faulty removed 9 9 8 32 9 spare /dev/sdc /dev/sdc: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 8a45a28c:612ad22f:2fe13ab6:8e70c8e3 Creation Time : Thu Jun 4 17:48:40 2009 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 976762496 (931.51 GiB 1000.20 GB) Array Size : 6837337472 (6520.59 GiB 7001.43 GB) Raid Devices : 9 Total Devices : 9 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Tue Jul 27 19:42:00 2010 State : clean Active Devices : 8 Working Devices : 9 Failed Devices : 1 Spare Devices : 1 Checksum : 23c52e1c - correct Events : 1299054 Chunk Size : 32K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 9 8 32 9 spare /dev/sdc 0 0 8 80 0 active sync /dev/sdf 1 1 8 144 1 active sync /dev/sdj 2 2 8 112 2 active sync /dev/sdh 3 3 8 128 3 active sync /dev/sdi 4 4 8 96 4 active sync /dev/sdg 5 5 8 16 5 active sync /dev/sdb 6 6 8 0 6 active sync /dev/sda 7 7 8 48 7 active sync /dev/sdd 8 8 0 0 8 faulty removed 9 9 8 32 9 spare /dev/sdc /dev/sdd: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 8a45a28c:612ad22f:2fe13ab6:8e70c8e3 Creation Time : Thu Jun 4 17:48:40 2009 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 976762496 (931.51 GiB 1000.20 GB) Array Size : 6837337472 (6520.59 GiB 7001.43 GB) Raid Devices : 9 Total Devices : 9 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Sun Aug 22 08:33:50 2010 State : clean Active Devices : 7 Working Devices : 7 Failed Devices : 2 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 2401fb4e - correct Events : 2188224 Chunk Size : 32K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 7 8 48 7 active sync /dev/sdd 0 0 8 80 0 active sync /dev/sdf 1 1 8 144 1 active sync /dev/sdj 2 2 8 112 2 active sync /dev/sdh 3 3 8 128 3 active sync /dev/sdi 4 4 8 96 4 active sync /dev/sdg 5 5 8 16 5 active sync /dev/sdb 6 6 0 0 6 faulty removed 7 7 8 48 7 active sync /dev/sdd 8 8 0 0 8 faulty removed mdadm: No md superblock detected on /dev/sde. mdadm: No md superblock detected on /dev/sdf. /dev/sdg: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 8a45a28c:612ad22f:2fe13ab6:8e70c8e3 Creation Time : Thu Jun 4 17:48:40 2009 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 976762496 (931.51 GiB 1000.20 GB) Array Size : 6837337472 (6520.59 GiB 7001.43 GB) Raid Devices : 9 Total Devices : 9 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Sun Aug 22 08:35:17 2010 State : clean Active Devices : 5 Working Devices : 5 Failed Devices : 4 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 2401fbf3 - correct Events : 2188228 Chunk Size : 32K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 0 8 80 0 active sync /dev/sdf 0 0 8 80 0 active sync /dev/sdf 1 1 8 144 1 active sync /dev/sdj 2 2 8 112 2 active sync /dev/sdh 3 3 8 128 3 active sync /dev/sdi 4 4 8 96 4 active sync /dev/sdg 5 5 0 0 5 faulty removed 6 6 0 0 6 faulty removed 7 7 0 0 7 faulty removed 8 8 0 0 8 faulty removed /dev/sdh: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 8a45a28c:612ad22f:2fe13ab6:8e70c8e3 Creation Time : Thu Jun 4 17:48:40 2009 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 976762496 (931.51 GiB 1000.20 GB) Array Size : 6837337472 (6520.59 GiB 7001.43 GB) Raid Devices : 9 Total Devices : 9 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Sun Aug 22 08:35:17 2010 State : clean Active Devices : 5 Working Devices : 5 Failed Devices : 4 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 2401fc0b - correct Events : 2188228 Chunk Size : 32K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 4 8 96 4 active sync /dev/sdg 0 0 8 80 0 active sync /dev/sdf 1 1 8 144 1 active sync /dev/sdj 2 2 8 112 2 active sync /dev/sdh 3 3 8 128 3 active sync /dev/sdi 4 4 8 96 4 active sync /dev/sdg 5 5 0 0 5 faulty removed 6 6 0 0 6 faulty removed 7 7 0 0 7 faulty removed 8 8 0 0 8 faulty removed /dev/sdi: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 8a45a28c:612ad22f:2fe13ab6:8e70c8e3 Creation Time : Thu Jun 4 17:48:40 2009 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 976762496 (931.51 GiB 1000.20 GB) Array Size : 6837337472 (6520.59 GiB 7001.43 GB) Raid Devices : 9 Total Devices : 9 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Sun Aug 22 08:35:17 2010 State : clean Active Devices : 5 Working Devices : 5 Failed Devices : 4 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 2401fc17 - correct Events : 2188228 Chunk Size : 32K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 2 8 112 2 active sync /dev/sdh 0 0 8 80 0 active sync /dev/sdf 1 1 8 144 1 active sync /dev/sdj 2 2 8 112 2 active sync /dev/sdh 3 3 8 128 3 active sync /dev/sdi 4 4 8 96 4 active sync /dev/sdg 5 5 0 0 5 faulty removed 6 6 0 0 6 faulty removed 7 7 0 0 7 faulty removed 8 8 0 0 8 faulty removed /dev/sdj: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 8a45a28c:612ad22f:2fe13ab6:8e70c8e3 Creation Time : Thu Jun 4 17:48:40 2009 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 976762496 (931.51 GiB 1000.20 GB) Array Size : 6837337472 (6520.59 GiB 7001.43 GB) Raid Devices : 9 Total Devices : 9 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Sun Aug 22 08:33:50 2010 State : clean Active Devices : 7 Working Devices : 7 Failed Devices : 2 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 2401fb2a - correct Events : 2188224 Chunk Size : 32K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 5 8 16 5 active sync /dev/sdb 0 0 8 80 0 active sync /dev/sdf 1 1 8 144 1 active sync /dev/sdj 2 2 8 112 2 active sync /dev/sdh 3 3 8 128 3 active sync /dev/sdi 4 4 8 96 4 active sync /dev/sdg 5 5 8 16 5 active sync /dev/sdb 6 6 0 0 6 faulty removed 7 7 8 48 7 active sync /dev/sdd 8 8 0 0 8 faulty removed /dev/sdk: Magic : a92b4efc Version : 00.90.00 UUID : 8a45a28c:612ad22f:2fe13ab6:8e70c8e3 Creation Time : Thu Jun 4 17:48:40 2009 Raid Level : raid6 Used Dev Size : 976762496 (931.51 GiB 1000.20 GB) Array Size : 6837337472 (6520.59 GiB 7001.43 GB) Raid Devices : 9 Total Devices : 9 Preferred Minor : 0 Update Time : Sun Aug 22 08:35:17 2010 State : clean Active Devices : 5 Working Devices : 5 Failed Devices : 4 Spare Devices : 0 Checksum : 2401fc29 - correct Events : 2188228 Chunk Size : 32K Number Major Minor RaidDevice State this 3 8 128 3 active sync /dev/sdi 0 0 8 80 0 active sync /dev/sdf 1 1 8 144 1 active sync /dev/sdj 2 2 8 112 2 active sync /dev/sdh 3 3 8 128 3 active sync /dev/sdi 4 4 8 96 4 active sync /dev/sdg 5 5 0 0 5 faulty removed 6 6 0 0 6 faulty removed 7 7 0 0 7 faulty removed 8 8 0 0 8 faulty removed mdadm: No md superblock detected on /dev/sdl. mdadm: No md superblock detected on /dev/sdm. Any Ideas what I can do here? I really don't wish to loose data... Thanks for your help in advance! Regards, Zoltan