I swear it just broke itself
Oct. 31st, 2014 10:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
janestarzThe pictures from the Open European Quilt Championships -- the few that I managed to snap -- are going to have to wait a while, because I am back on my laptop for now.
It all started with the Anarquendor site moving to Anarquendor.nl. I asked NoKey to provide us with the data of the site and forum, and incidentally also the data from my older websites, which are going to be discontinued since I haven't updated the Janestarz.com since 2008 or so.
When I got around to actually logging into his server to secure-FTP the files, I got only error messages.
He suggested I update my PC to the latest version of Kubuntu, 14.10, and that's when it all went downhill. Thank goodness I had the foresight to back-up my /home to my external Terabyte harddrive, because something broke.
Either the update to 14.10 went really wrong or that weird sound I'd been hearing was a failing harddisk after all, and it finally went dead.
At first I only suspected the USB keyboard not being recognised by the BIOS was the problem. I bought a second-hand old pre-USB keyboard at the thrift shop to work around this problem. When finally coming past the boot menu it was obvious that one of the drives / partitions is not being mounted.
And /home/janestarz no longer exists, which makes me suspect it was a failing harddisk after all.
If my info is correct, the motherboard (Pumilius_Rufus) was second-hand when I got it from a friend back in 2008. I faintly recall obtaining a new SATA harddisk around that time too, which would make it six years old.
In any case, yay for new friends coming along with a new boyfriend. Not only did Niller provide us with the lovely fluffy kitty that cuddled up under the blankets with me last night, but he will also sell me a second-hand motherboard for € 60,- and install Windows 8 on it for a cup of joe and an almond cookie (gevulde koek). I've been told when Windows 9 arrives in April you can upgrade the hated Windows 8 for free, and in any case I haven't got much of a choice anyway. I need my PC.
This laptop I'm using right now is nine years old and I'm still running an older version of Linux on it since the latest re-install of this thing made it completely useless for playing any kind of video, dvd, or music -- which is its main function in this household until my PC breaks again.
I might try my hand at Googling the error messages that have popped up on my PC just to see if I can fix it, but in a way I'm kind of happy I am no longer that kind of geek anymore.
So. I'm mostly offline, and I swear I'll be back, but I can read my e-mail on my phone and you've got my number if you really need me.
I will also need to come up with a new name for my new second-hand motherboard. Hmmm...
It all started with the Anarquendor site moving to Anarquendor.nl. I asked NoKey to provide us with the data of the site and forum, and incidentally also the data from my older websites, which are going to be discontinued since I haven't updated the Janestarz.com since 2008 or so.
When I got around to actually logging into his server to secure-FTP the files, I got only error messages.
He suggested I update my PC to the latest version of Kubuntu, 14.10, and that's when it all went downhill. Thank goodness I had the foresight to back-up my /home to my external Terabyte harddrive, because something broke.
Either the update to 14.10 went really wrong or that weird sound I'd been hearing was a failing harddisk after all, and it finally went dead.
At first I only suspected the USB keyboard not being recognised by the BIOS was the problem. I bought a second-hand old pre-USB keyboard at the thrift shop to work around this problem. When finally coming past the boot menu it was obvious that one of the drives / partitions is not being mounted.
And /home/janestarz no longer exists, which makes me suspect it was a failing harddisk after all.
If my info is correct, the motherboard (Pumilius_Rufus) was second-hand when I got it from a friend back in 2008. I faintly recall obtaining a new SATA harddisk around that time too, which would make it six years old.
In any case, yay for new friends coming along with a new boyfriend. Not only did Niller provide us with the lovely fluffy kitty that cuddled up under the blankets with me last night, but he will also sell me a second-hand motherboard for € 60,- and install Windows 8 on it for a cup of joe and an almond cookie (gevulde koek). I've been told when Windows 9 arrives in April you can upgrade the hated Windows 8 for free, and in any case I haven't got much of a choice anyway. I need my PC.
This laptop I'm using right now is nine years old and I'm still running an older version of Linux on it since the latest re-install of this thing made it completely useless for playing any kind of video, dvd, or music -- which is its main function in this household until my PC breaks again.
I might try my hand at Googling the error messages that have popped up on my PC just to see if I can fix it, but in a way I'm kind of happy I am no longer that kind of geek anymore.
So. I'm mostly offline, and I swear I'll be back, but I can read my e-mail on my phone and you've got my number if you really need me.
I will also need to come up with a new name for my new second-hand motherboard. Hmmm...
