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Re: Case 235672: still not functioning

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Oliver Zeff)
Mon Oct 1 15:57:18 2001

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Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 15:56:18 -0400
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From: Oliver Zeff <oze@MIT.EDU>
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At 11:53 AM 10/1/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Case 235672 has recently been updated and stands as follows.
>Please retain the case number in the subject line for future replies
>connected with this case.
>
>Most recent entry
>=================
>(Comment [10/01/2001 11:53:38 by bobsand])
>
>I reinstalled the software on this system .I can't tell
>if someone else is y]using the IP address yet. If the system
>does not come back up let us know.


This is Oliver over at the Aero/Astro Library. The computer is still
not booting up properly. I don't see the IP address message that
was coming up before, but now there are a few files that can't be
created from the start-up. Sorry... let me know if there's anything
I can try on my end.

Oliver

 >>Thread:

>bob
>
>Case History
>============
>
>Email Received [09/28/2001 14:55:09 by daemon]
>
>Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:55:05 -0400
>To: hotline@MIT.EDU
>From: Oliver Zeff <oze@MIT.EDU>
>Cc:
>Subject: Aero/Astro Library athena terminal
>
>
>Hello...
>
>         Here at the Aero/Astro Library, one of our Athena terminals
>is on the blink. I called the Hardware hotline and described the error
>message to them, and they suggested that I write an email to this
>address and explain the problem.
>
>         The machine appears to be down and when we try and reboot,
>this is the error message that appears:
>
>         IP: Hardware address '00:e0:29:33:e1:bc' trying to be our address
>         018.078.001.100! (the name of this computer I believe is aero-ref
>         or something to that effect - I actually can't check because the
>         login screen will not load)
>
>
>         The person on the hardware hotline suggested that someone has
>stolen our IP address and systems would have to do some case-tracking.
>
>         Thanks and let me know if I need to report this to another 
> support line.
>
>
>
>----------
>Oliver Zeff
>Senior Assistant
>Aero/Astro Library
>(617) 253-5516
>oze@mit.edu



----------
Oliver Zeff
Senior Assistant
Aero/Astro Library
(617) 253-5516
oze@mit.edu


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