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The Ranting (or Venting) Thread.
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm Posts: 10022
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Wanted to buy some LED bulbs off Amazon. They limit you to five per customer. I need ten. Tried making one order of five and then order another set but again doesn't let me. Cancelled the order. 
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Mon Feb 29, 2016 9:18 am |
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:06 pm Posts: 6355 Location: IoW
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You don't have a mate or family member who can place an order for the other five?
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Mon Feb 29, 2016 2:21 pm |
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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Can't get Windows working on my new SSD. Tried cloning the driver, but the new drive is 18GB smaller than the old one... Easus said no problem, the last partition would be cut down; but instead, after 5 hours, it ened up with an unusable drive.
Tries a fresh install. Windows Setup won't recognise the drive - well, I can click on load drivers and search the drive for drivers, but Windows doesn't recognise it! WTF!!
Finally reduced the size of the main partition, so that it fit and copied the System and Windows partitions... Nada.
Tried rebuilding the partition, Windows Setup can't access it.
Tried bcdboot, said it worked... Nada
Tried bootsect, said it worked... Nada
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Sun Mar 13, 2016 9:57 am |
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John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:55 am Posts: 7935 Location: Manchester.
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 |  |  |  | big_D wrote: Can't get Windows working on my new SSD. Tried cloning the driver, but the new drive is 18GB smaller than the old one... Easus said no problem, the last partition would be cut down; but instead, after 5 hours, it ened up with an unusable drive.
Tries a fresh install. Windows Setup won't recognise the drive - well, I can click on load drivers and search the drive for drivers, but Windows doesn't recognise it! WTF!!
Finally reduced the size of the main partition, so that it fit and copied the System and Windows partitions... Nada.
Tried rebuilding the partition, Windows Setup can't access it.
Tried bcdboot, said it worked... Nada
Tried bootsect, said it worked... Nada |  |  |  |  |
I think if I were in your position, the voice in my head would suggest installing Linux, just to prove that I could install something, (anything) on the drive, before I returned it as a DOA. Sometimes, the voice in my head is wise. Sometimes it's an idiot. I'll leave you to decide which it is being in this case.
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Sun Mar 13, 2016 6:41 pm |
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:06 pm Posts: 6355 Location: IoW
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 |  |  |  | big_D wrote: Can't get Windows working on my new SSD. Tried cloning the driver, but the new drive is 18GB smaller than the old one... Easus said no problem, the last partition would be cut down; but instead, after 5 hours, it ened up with an unusable drive.
Tries a fresh install. Windows Setup won't recognise the drive - well, I can click on load drivers and search the drive for drivers, but Windows doesn't recognise it! WTF!!
Finally reduced the size of the main partition, so that it fit and copied the System and Windows partitions... Nada.
Tried rebuilding the partition, Windows Setup can't access it.
Tried bcdboot, said it worked... Nada
Tried bootsect, said it worked... Nada |  |  |  |  |
I installed a 960GB SSD last week. Windows could see it when I plugged it in via a USB3 caddy, but claimed it was faulty and Mirai HD Clone failed at the end of the write. Once I fitted it and hooked it up to the motherboard, Disk Management let me create the volume and format it. It works a treat - that one drive replaced four 256GB SSDs, so I have less cable clutter and spare SATA ports again.
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Mon Mar 14, 2016 8:33 am |
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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SUSE installed in less than 15 minutes. Then I searched again and it seems Windows 10 has an additional partition that needs to be copied, so back to the cloning tool...
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Tue Mar 15, 2016 4:56 am |
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TheFrenchun
Officially Mrs saspro
Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:55 pm Posts: 4955 Location: on the naughty step
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I'm in NIreland on an impromptu trip and weather is rubbish. It was gorgeous in Dublin and changed at border. Ernie, Mark, what's this [LIFTED] about?
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Wed Mar 16, 2016 10:02 am |
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pcernie
Legend
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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The sunshine was yesterday, you missed it Honestly, I've seen a summer's day at the front of our house and autumn at the back...
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Wed Mar 16, 2016 10:38 am |
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am Posts: 11039 Location: London
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I get to go to Turkey in a few weeks for work hopefully.
There should be sun there.
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Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:47 am |
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
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I went to Turkey... early May a couple of years ago. That was near Antalya. It was about 30 degrees most days.
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Wed Mar 16, 2016 3:13 pm |
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am Posts: 11039 Location: London
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Network Twat: (09:17) hey carolyn.. did u find any logs on the call server Carolyn: (09:18) they lost network, what do you want me to look for on the call server when it’s a network issue? Network Twat: (09:18) how can it be network issue..?? Carolyn: (09:19) we have exactly the same polycoms in US and they don’t have issues Carolyn: (09:19) it said on phone no network
*deep breaths*
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Thu Mar 17, 2016 9:25 am |
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saspro
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If the phone has the message "no network" then it doesn't mean it's a networking issue. If you can read the message then it's means the phone is getting power (over POE from the network), this means it's unlikely to be a physical link issue. Now you need to work your way through the OSI stack to diagnose it. Polycoms being the way they are can show "no network" even with Data Link & Network Layers working if they don't receive a provisioning file. If you check the logs on the call server you'll be able to check the port counters to check it's up, then check your TFTP service, DHCP scope etc Then check the phones for an IP address & the logs on the phone to check where it gets stuck. Then you can check about vlan's with the network team & check mac filtering etc Fairly basic troubleshooting steps and nearly always telephone related rather than an actual network issue.
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Thu Mar 17, 2016 9:56 am |
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oceanicitl
Official forum cat lady
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am Posts: 11039 Location: London
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 |  |  |  | saspro wrote: If the phone has the message "no network" then it doesn't mean it's a networking issue. If you can read the message then it's means the phone is getting power (over POE from the network), this means it's unlikely to be a physical link issue. Now you need to work your way through the OSI stack to diagnose it. Polycoms being the way they are can show "no network" even with Data Link & Network Layers working if they don't receive a provisioning file. If you check the logs on the call server you'll be able to check the port counters to check it's up, then check your TFTP service, DHCP scope etc Then check the phones for an IP address & the logs on the phone to check where it gets stuck. Then you can check about vlan's with the network team & check mac filtering etc Fairly basic troubleshooting steps and nearly always telephone related rather than an actual network issue. |  |  |  |  |
It was a network issue. It affected 3 phones on 3 different floors at exactly the same time. I've just found out other systems had problems as well. All the swtiches are overloaded and the network boys won't take any responsibility for any problems. This is an ongoing battle with them. Anyway... back to it and thanks
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Thu Mar 17, 2016 10:03 am |
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saspro
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Overloaded on the POE allowance, bandwidth, VLAN's? Pull the stats from the CPU & port counters on the switch. Normally if a switch is overloaded (which takes a lot) it'll bomb out the whole network rather than just a couple of ports.
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Thu Mar 17, 2016 10:24 am |
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oceanicitl
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 8:04 am Posts: 11039 Location: London
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It's too boring to discuss on here lol
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