Re: [Sheflug] I hate Windoze, Samba and RAID.

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

Alex Hudson wrote:
> 
>  You *did* copy
> the files over ftp as *binary*, didn't you? Autodetecting doesn't always
> work, and command line ftp commands often default to ascii. 


 Ooops. Didn`t even think about that. I so used to seeing it be sorted
for me under Linux. The one time I need a Micro$oft product to be
automated in some way (sod the autocorrect, autospell,
auto-make-you-a-cup-of-blooming-tea-whilst-you-write-drivel modes I want
auto-binary/ascii!!!) - it isn't there. Typical.

 It's enough to drive you to Linux.

> If this is actually what happened, you have 4.5Gb of meaningless 1s
> and 0s, I'm afraid.

 Well, it's not quite that bad. I worked it out - a mere 3.82Gb of
useless 0's and 1's (plus a Gb or so for Windoze itself, of course :-).

 A good chunk of that was mp3s. Another chunk was my photos -
fortunately I've still got the 80 odd original scans on PhotoCD.

 My most precious data is a couple of Tcl files which are on a server in
Boston - I've only lost my local backups. Phew.

 So after I'm done with Oracle (9 1/2 hrs - we`re at 119 Meg with 140
Meg to go...)

> Why SMB corrupted it is anyone's guess, but I don't care to offer an explanation
> since I find it unlikely that it did - I think the explanation will be with
> ftp.

 Yup. I'll be building in SMB support into my new kernel, on my new,
very bare machine. *Sob* *Blubber* *Whimper*
 The Oh-my-GOD-everything-is-in-this-thing kernel that RedHat install as
part of the standard distro allowed me to mount a SMB share - it's just
like using NFS, including all the security risks, no doubt.
 Works OK tho.

 Quite right, ftp, and a liberal helping of operator error. A big slice
in fact. Cake anyone?

 
> Cheers,
> 
> Alex.
> 
> P.S. I *did* warn you of the consequences of making a pact with UNIX satan,
> didn't I? Not that I'm sayng it's related, of course, but I suspect your
> machine of working against you ;))

 I would happily sell my soul to to *NIX devil. It's the Windoze one I'd
like to beat until it stops moving :-)

 Baz.
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