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formatted first bunch of drives (low lvl format takes forever)

swapped leads over to second lot... set gemini to format them... it said they're already formatted to 512byte no need to format... that's werid, is what is it...

swapped leads over to the next set... they're already done too?

made it re-check... was gemini f**king up, they all need formatting

takes a few days for each batch to format even doing loads in parralel


I was doing 24 in parallel before... then bumped it up to 60.... now just doing 120 a time

sod waiting


also... whytf did I buy so many drives :-o

for me... I'm mostly doing random little one off things I'll never have to do again... couple of times if I need to restart/shutdown etc. I've told it to make a log file of what we've done so can pickup where we left off (learnt that the hard way)

I basically have to use it for work now (management decisions), the models have come on a long way in the last year to the point that they are actually useful for tasks and not just single operations or questions. I'm using Claude Code and It's saved me a lot of time on things I'm perfectly capable of doing but it can output much faster, I still have to check everything to make sure its legit, make the odd correction here and there, but I do really like the fact that you can give it a task and just leave it running and doing its thing and it will resolve problems along the way. I'd never pay my own money to use it, though.

The key thing with using AI is to remember that not only can it hallucinate, you're not guaranteed reproducible results exactly the same way. The best thing you could do is ask it to write you a script to do exactly what you just described. Make scripts, tools, things you can use that mean you don't need to rely on AI in future or hope that it works the same way next time. That's the real power, giving you power back by saving you time on kitting you out, not replacing you altogether. Vibe coding and pumping slop to live sites, no. Making scripts, tools, prototypes, designing, parroting, yes all good.

can't believe you still have it!

also

Quote from: knighty on June 20, 2019, 14:36:03 PMI had a date with a 22 yr old a while back, I felt like a pedo

I said that 7 years ago...

my gf is 25, it's serious, bought a house together etc. etc. 

 

pretty off topic but on topic too... I needed to format a bunch of 520byke netapp sas drives to 512byte... I've done it before, it's a linux command line job... and I hate that stuff, make too many typos and forget the commands etc. etc..... I'd set at the server with a laptop open having to google everything as I went

thought I's fire up google gemini in chrome and get it to walk me through.... was a pain in the arse copying things back and forward...

so I installed the gemini cli software on the server in ubuntu.... and it's awesome... ok beats around the bush a little bit, but was a million times easier

5 disk shelves with 4x4tb drives in each, I told it to format them all, do 12 drives in each shelf all in parallel, every time a disk finishes formatting start flashing it's location led and start formatting another drive

then I buggered off and left it for 2 days (the formats are long/slow)

previously that would have taken me probably 2 weeks of going back and forth checking it / tweaking it etc.

at the end I got it to health check all the drives (it ran a whole bunch of checks I've never even heard of)

then i unplugged those disk shelves, plugged the next ones in and told it to do them... works perfect



ran an ubuntu vm on my main server to run the gps tracking software I use at work, I've always run it under windows before, tried linux but it was a total pita to setup/get it right, can;t just install it, have to set up databases, passwords, port forwarding, web server etc. etc...

same again, ran gemini cli, it did the lot for me... I didn't like the web interface on the new version of the gps server so it rolled back to an older version, and then an even older one to get the interface I like


so while I know naff all linux and I'm pretty anti AI.... I'm kind of changing my mind now :-o

I'm glad you're keeping it going, I bet there's not that many on the roads in as good a condition actually. Is it now considered a classic?

I've got my old spare rig I'm tempted to try with CachyOS (Linux) at some point, which is a new kid on the block but seems to be highly regarded and good for gaming too.

10 years since the OP and MR2 currently at specialist again

CV joints need replacing, clutch is showing signs of needing replacing, so doing that too.

Car is generally running well, new wheels on it in the last year, I got ages out the old cheap set but they were basically shagged, car had issues with them on, replaced them and the issues vanished!


Edit - still needs a respray, can't really afford it ATM, hopefully in the next couple of years.

Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on February 22, 2026, 12:30:52 PMI installed Win10 IoT Enterprise LTSC on my laptop using this guide/script and it was a painless process, so then I did my main rig. Had no issues at all, I think afterwards I disabled a couple of things that were re-enabled, like Windows Search indexing and that was about it.

If you don't want Microslop AI forced on you with the bugfest of Windows 11 I'd highly recommend it.

Thanks I'll have to do this, looks handy and buys me plenty of time, Win10 is bad enough, I CBA with 11, and Linux I'll inevitably get round to at some point.

Err, well I tried to get in I think a few months before Christmas, thought it must be my email, I'll take a look when I get time nearer Christmas

And here I am back for the grand national in April