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Fwd: Re: LIBSYS-2
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (john hewit-morey)
Tue Jan 15 15:28:32 2002
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Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 15:30:50 -0500
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From: john hewit-morey <jjmorey@MIT.EDU>
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>Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 15:23:26 -0500
>To: jjmorey@mit.edu
>From: Juan Vargas <jvargas@MIT.EDU>
>Subject: Fwd: Re: LIBSYS-2
>
>>To: Juan Vargas <jvargas@MIT.EDU>
>>Subject: Re: LIBSYS-2
>>Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 11:48:27 -0500
>>From: "Thomas H. Grayson" <thg@MIT.EDU>
>>
>>Juan,
>>
>>I don't own this machine. It is marked as an Athena machine in the library,
>>but I don't know if it's owned by IS or the Libraries. I just happened to be
>>in the Humanities Library yesterday and noticed that this machine was having
>>problems. I suggest you contact the computing people in the Libraries
>>and ask
>>them what they want to do. Probably it's someone in the systems department;
>>take a look at http://libraries.mit.edu/about/staff/dept-sys.html for a list.
>>
>>Tom
>>
>>> From: Juan Vargas <jvargas@MIT.EDU>
>>> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 10:22:37 -0500
>>> Subject: LIBSYS-2
>>>
>>> >> Tom, LIBSYS-2 is not in the database, I have LIBSYS but it is a ULTRA5
>>> system, please let me know what do you want to do, is this an ATHENA
>>> machine or you own the system.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >>Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 17:58:50 -0500
>>> To: hotline@MIT.EDU
>>> From: "Thomas H. Grayson" <thg@MIT.EDU>
>>> Cc:
>>> Subject: libsys-2.mit.edu
>>>
>>>
>>> Poor little libsys-2.mit.edu. It's an original Sparc 5, 32 MB RAM,
>>> 1 GB disk. It's /usr partition is full (no wonder), and the only
>>> way to get in is to boot in in single user mode. I thought all of
>>> these had been retired. Did someone forget about this one? It
>>> can't start X, and of course is such and old and weak machine that's
>>> not of much use to anyone. It probably got into this sad state
>>> when it tried to take the Athena 9.0 release and couldn't.
>>>
>>> This machine is located in the computer cluster in the Humanities
>>> Library. Probably you contact whoever's responsible for this machine
>>> and arrange for it to be retired or replaced.
>>>
>>> Oh, and its puny disk is noisy too!
>>> --
>>> Juan Vargas
>>> Athena Cluster Services
>>> Phone: 253-8327
>>> FAX # 2537823
>>> W20-021
>
>--
>Juan Vargas
>Athena Cluster Services
>Phone: 253-8327
>FAX # 2537823
>W20-021
