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 

Not at all 

If anyone did have issues logging in for a long time do please stick your head in here and say hello and how long its been, I have no idea how long the emails have been broken for!

that must be why it's dead here, no one can log in

we're not getting old, deffo not

1 I Am Maximus  (FR) 9/2F
2 Iroko  (FR) 18/1
3 Jordans  (FR) 28/1
4 Johnnywho  (IRE) 12/1
5 High Class Hero  66/1
6 Favori De Champdou  (FR) 40/1
7 Final Orders  22/1


Ended up about a tenner down, next year I'll check if Paddy or anywhere else is doing best odds guaranteed again