Open Source Horror Story – A Linux Recovery Tale
Hi children! I know it is a bit early for scary tales. We usually get to those in October. But I have one for you that you just might want to hear now. So. Get your hot cocoa, your S’mores and your sleeping bag and come over here by the fire. I have a tale of chills and thrills to tell you young’uns. There now. Are you all snuggled in and ready for a scary tale? Good. Here goes …
It was late on an August evening. August 30th to be exact. A brave independent consultant and Linux administrator was finishing up a long, slow upgrade from Mandriva 2010.2 to Mandriva 2011 for a client. He had noticed the upgrade was taking an excessively long time, but as this was only his second upgrade of the new release of Mandriva, he chalked it up to the new release of Mandriva. Little did he suspect the slow upgrade was due to … due to … oh, I can hardly say it to you sweet, innocent young’uns. But to tell the tale properly I must say it … A FAILING HARD DRIVE! (Look! I have goose bumps!)
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