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======TODO======

  * the formular plugin is giving me errors, need to figure this out (email assignment form)
  * update grade not-z scripts to handle/be aware of winter terms
  * update system page for (new)www
  * <del>redo DSLAB tweedledee/tweedledum with squeeze</del> rebuilt tweedledee, tweedledum on the way
    * rebuild DSLAB www, irc, auth as squeeze VMs
  * load balance/replicate www/wiki content between LAIR and DSLAB
  * adapt LAIR irc and lab46 to use self-contained kernels (how to do this?)
  * update system page for db
  * migrate nfs1/nfs2 system page to current wiki
  * update nfs1/nfs2 to squeeze
  * flake* multiseat page

======URLs======

Some links of interest:

  * [[http://www.llvm.org/|LLVM]]
  * [[http://www.reocities.com/harpin_floh/glglobe_page.html|GLglobe]]
  * [[http://www.heavens-above.com/|Heavens Above]]
  * http://wiki.debian.org/kristian_jerpetjoen
  * http://www.webupd8.org/2010/11/alternative-to-200-lines-kernel-patch.html
  * http://myproxylists.com/nix-brute-force
  * [[docs/plan9|My Plan9 Documentation page]]
  * [[system/sokraits_halfadder.offbyone.lan|The Sokraits/Halfadder System Documentation page]]
  * http://www.egghelp.org/commands/channels.htm
  * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/470617/get-current-date-and-time-in-php
  * http://www.rjsystems.nl/en/2100.php
  * [[http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/|BitSavers]]
  * [[http://mir.aculo.us/2010/06/04/making-an-ipad-html5-app-making-it-really-fast/|Time Zone HTML5 app]]
  * http://toic.org/2009/01/18/reverse-ssh-port-forwarding/
  * Divergent Thinking
    * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divergent_thinking
    * http://faculty.washington.edu/ezent/imdt.htm
  * https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/QemuEmulator
  * Socket Programming
    * http://www.linuxhowtos.org/C_C++/socket.htm
    * http://www.few.vu.nl/~jms/socket-info.html
    * http://www.lowtek.com/sockets/
    * http://www.tenouk.com/Module40.html
    * http://www.tenouk.com/Module42.html
    * http://www.tenouk.com/Module43a.html
  * ALIX
    * http://markshroyer.com/guides/router/
    * http://markshroyer.com/2010/12/openbsd-alix-via-ubuntu/
    * http://www.martinmellor.com/freebies/pinouts/IDE44_2_5_pinout.htm (IDE 44-pin pin-out)
  * BeagleBoard
    * http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian
  * Xen
    * http://www.tumfatig.net/20110125/running-openbsd-on-xen/ (OpenBSD HVM)
  * http://www.mydigitallife.info/fix-gmail-imap-invalid-credentials-or-web-login-requires-failure-error/
  * http://manoharvanga.com/hackme/
  * http://chneukirchen.github.com/sabotage/
  * http://www.linusakesson.net/programming/pipelogic/index.php

======Other Days======

======January 30th, 2013======

=====nfs1 ready to come back online=====
I discovered that I did run a cable between the NFS's... tried bringing NFS1 back up, but it caused load to be extraordinarily high and impacted performance, so I took it back down. Will likely aim for a weekend resync.
======January 23rd, 2013======

=====day of LAIR=====
Spent pretty much the whole day in the LAIR--- 9am-6pm. It was a blast. The multiseat machines held up admirably.

======January 22nd, 2013======

=====stuff=====
My classes pretty much all start tomorrow.. taking advantage of this free Tuesday to put finishing touches on things. Claimed one of the pod spots by LAIReast as my unofficial office.

======January 19th, 2013======

=====VLAN overhaul=====
Spent some quality time on this Saturday applying some sanity to the network. Made some pretty diagrams.

======January 18th, 2013======

=====Startup=====
The semester starts next week! We'll be ready. Deployed the interim replacement c107a-fs.

======January 17th, 2013======

=====more re-assembly=====
Yet more arranging, organizing.

======January 16th, 2013======

=====more reassembly=====
Continue to assert some order to the new room.

May have gotten LAIReast back up/juicebox talking to the outside world... 

======January 15th, 2013======

=====campus connection arrives=====
Lab46 is once again accessible from the world... new IP: 143.66.50.9

Further refinements made. Some attempt at getting LAIReast back up- figuring out VLANs, running cables, etc.

======January 14th, 2013======

=====LAIR move, day 2=====
The second of two big hauls took place, and we began our first re-assembly of the LAIR.

Got LAIRwest back up and running, no campus connection as of yet- scheduled for tomorrow.

The new pod layouts have commenced. Tri-Force design.
======January 12th, 2013======

=====Fedora Multiseat, take two=====
Attempting a second Fedora install on the second of 3 or 4 flake pods... both to verify my ability to reproduce similar results, but also to start contemplating documentation. Both drives so far have been 160GB SATAs, which seems a waste of resources... once the dust settles, I may well want to swap them out with smaller drives (or figure out how to boot from network and into RAM).

=====time sync issues (still)=====
Looks like that didn't fix it... they persist.
=====time sync issues (Again)=====
Turns out the issue still persisted... added more options... the following stanza, as a whole, was added today to address the problem (in **/etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf**):

<code>
mmap_disable = yes
dotlock_use_excl = no
mail_nfs_storage = yes
mail_nfs_index = yes
lock_method=dotlock
</code>

=====time sync issues with dovecot resolved=====
I thing I may have finally solved the dovecot time sync issues... not sure why they were only present now, with only 1 NFS server present, but hey... 

According to:

  * http://wiki.dovecot.org/NFS

The option **lock_method=dotlock** might work well.. and sure enough, it did. There are some other NFS options, but they are not currently applied (as far as I can tell).

======January 11th, 2013======

=====moving commences=====
B&G arrived to start moving stuff... I spent the morning (and pretty much the day) wrangling equipment into piles to be taken to Goff Road.

=====time sync=====
Trying to address the persistent claimed time sync issues with dovecot... all involved machines have been manually rsync'ed against caprisun.. clocks do not appear to be a problem. Issue persists.

======January 10th, 2013======

=====instaLAIR location=====
It has been decided we are to move the LAIR to Goff Road for the semester, room J106.

I ventured over there and took a look... a little smaller, but could conceivably work in the short (semester) term.

B&G will be assisting in our move... preparing necessary equipment for transport.

======January 9th, 2013======

=====Minimal services restored=====
With mounting student and user demands for Lab46 availability to resume, I finangled some things to get the LAIRwest rack back up and running.

As anticipated, there were no problems standing in my way.

Logs are generally noisier due to various co-services in LAIReast and LAIRsouth being unavailable, and there's some interesting time sync error going on with dovecot on mail.

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