[rescue] needed: u1 NVRAM chip

[velociraptor]

On 9/24/08, Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 September 2008, Bill Bradford wrote:
>  > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:47:19PM -0400, der Mouse wrote:
>  > > > but I shouldn't be running into this problem in a production
>  > > > environment.
>  > >
>  > > Agreed.  I'm surprised work isn't just springing for a new chip
>  > > from Mouser or some such....
>  >
>  > If they're cheap enough to be running a U1 as a license server still,
>  > do you REALLY think they want to spend ANY money on it?  I'm the
>  > sysadmin, I'm supposed to wave my magic wand and fix it! 8-)
>
>
> Don't do that in public or you may get arrested...
>
>  Our senior storage engineer has been called our "file fairy" (with the
>  requisite "beware of magic wand").

Hopefully the "magic wand" is a nicely weighted aluminum baseball bat
or similar prominently displayed in his workspace.

=Nadine=