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Mar 19 05:09:16 <CIA-64> 03bzhou * r9760 10optware/trunk/platforms/toolchain-cs08q1armel.mk: cs08q1armel native toolchain: added extra config args
Mar 19 05:09:21 <CIA-64> 03bzhou * r9761 10optware/trunk/ (make/cacao.mk platforms/packages-cs05q3armel.mk): cacao: 0.99.3 -> 0.99.4, promoted for cs05q3armel feed
Mar 19 23:22:40 <CIA-64> 03bzhou * r9763 10optware/trunk/make/unison.mk: unison: use stable version of 2.27.57
Mar 19 23:53:12 <scant> hi
Mar 19 23:53:37 <scant> is there a way i can tell if the flash drive I boot SlugOS 5.3-beta from is bad?
Mar 19 23:58:04 <Reedy> fsck it?
Mar 19 23:59:29 <scant> will that work for a flash drive?
Mar 19 23:59:45 <Reedy> should do, its still got a file systme on it
Mar 20 00:00:16 <scant> isn't there a difference between a corrupt filesystem and a bad flash drive?
Mar 20 00:00:26 <Reedy> depends whats bad about it
Mar 20 00:01:12 * scant doesn't know what's bad about the drive, but it's been in an active SlugOS NSLU machine for 2+ years
Mar 20 00:06:46 <Reedy> why do you think its bad?
Mar 20 00:09:11 <scant> random freezes, they may be related to using SlugOS 5.x and Samba
Mar 20 00:09:56 <scant> I'm using a different flash drive to see if the freezes will still occur
Mar 20 01:21:21 <rwhitby> scant: could be the power supply.  US slug power supplies die after a couple of years.
Mar 20 01:33:26 <scant> rwhitby: thanks for the suggestion
Mar 20 01:34:08 <scant> rwhitby: is there an easy way for me to test if my power supply is bad?
Mar 20 01:34:22 <ka6sox-work> I've had 4 die on me.
Mar 20 01:34:30 <ka6sox-work> but I've repaired 3 of the 4
Mar 20 01:38:16 <scant> were there symptoms you noticed before the power supplies died?
Mar 20 01:39:10 <rwhitby> I've never used US supplies myself, so I don't know.
Mar 20 01:39:33 <scant> is rwhitby not in the US?
Mar 20 01:39:42 <rwhitby> nope
Mar 20 01:39:53 <rwhitby> normally australia, this week in japan.
Mar 20 01:40:00 <scant> exciting
Mar 20 01:40:02 <scant> =)
Mar 20 01:40:18 <scant> non-US power supplies are more dependable?
Mar 20 01:40:45 <rwhitby> seems so
Mar 20 01:41:01 <rwhitby> 240V ones seem fine
Mar 20 01:41:36 <scant> hm... has anyone looked into why US power supplies die after a couple of years?
Mar 20 01:44:04 <scant> i wonder when Linksys will discontinue manufacturing the NSLU2
Mar 20 01:54:01 <ka6sox-work> I haven't seen a new one in 6 months here
Mar 20 01:55:06 <scant> like in a store?
Mar 20 01:55:35 <ka6sox-work> about 4 months ago I saw the last new one in Fry's
Mar 20 01:55:54 <ka6sox-work> I just opened my next to last new one
Mar 20 01:59:44 <scant> hm, i'll have to check out if stores near me are out of stock as well
Mar 20 02:17:42 <ka6sox-work> Check the Fried near you.
Mar 20 02:17:52 <ka6sox-work> Country Music Theme.
Mar 20 02:18:00 <ka6sox-work> (mine is Alice in Wonderland)
Mar 20 02:18:30 <ka6sox-work> rwhitby and I were in that store.
Mar 20 02:19:46 <ka6sox-work> http://cleardarksky.com/c/FiguerPCAkey.html?1
Mar 20 02:19:52 <ka6sox-work> whoops..wrong channel.
Mar 20 02:22:41 <scant> ka6sox-work: you're in australia along with rwhitby?
Mar 20 02:22:56 <ka6sox-work> no, 100miles West of LA.
Mar 20 02:23:20 <ka6sox-work> make that L.A.
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