A trial...
Jan. 22nd, 2003 09:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpJody took the day off sick today, so I filled in... sort of. Most of the time, I sat in the back and did quiet, non-physical things. (The one major physical thing I did undertake, I had Drew finish.)
By the end of the day, I did not feel fatigued, but I did feel a little tired.
Jody called a the end of the day, to say she'll be going to Durango for a doctor's appointment tomorrow, so it looks like more of the same for me. I think her estimated return time (11 am) is wildly optimistic.
* * * Creating a Linux boot disk revealed a interesting tidbit: the new 56x CD drive I bought for 'ulysses' did not work correctly. It powers up and spins disks, and I had thought - for some reason - that the new BIOS somehow interfered with the ability of the system to boot from the CD-ROM (though that would be very strange), hence the attempt to install using a floppy, but when the time came to look for the installation files, there was no CD drive as far as the installation program could tell.
I started to replace the 56x drive with the older 24x drive that was there to begin with, but noted a difference in the jumpers, which might be explained by there being a Zip drive installed on the machine and on the same ribbon cable as the CD drive. On a hunch, I moved the jumper and reinstalled the 56x drive, which immediately started working the way it was supposed to. :^)
Right now, I am about 2/3 of the way through the installation process, but I may let it slide until tomorrow (unless the request to change to disk 3 shows up right quick).
Cheers...
By the end of the day, I did not feel fatigued, but I did feel a little tired.
Jody called a the end of the day, to say she'll be going to Durango for a doctor's appointment tomorrow, so it looks like more of the same for me. I think her estimated return time (11 am) is wildly optimistic.
I started to replace the 56x drive with the older 24x drive that was there to begin with, but noted a difference in the jumpers, which might be explained by there being a Zip drive installed on the machine and on the same ribbon cable as the CD drive. On a hunch, I moved the jumper and reinstalled the 56x drive, which immediately started working the way it was supposed to. :^)
Right now, I am about 2/3 of the way through the installation process, but I may let it slide until tomorrow (unless the request to change to disk 3 shows up right quick).
Cheers...
