[volunteers] brie - quick status update

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

Paul Reiber <reiber <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Greetings SVLUG volunteers!
> 
> You may remember that brie is the new server we've been playing with,
> getting it readier and readier, with a goal of eventually having it (and our
> linode virtual host) take over the various responsibilities of our current
> webserver.
> 
> Recent efforts on brie have left it in a non-booting state.  Specifically,
> it hangs on boot after saying "GRUB " on the console.
> 
> I've pulled the server out of the Via.Net rack and I'll bring it with me to
> this weekends SVLUG installfest - http://svlug.org/installfest/index.php
> 
> Hope to see you there!
> 
> Thanks for your support,
> -Paul Reiber
> President, SVLUG

Allow me to give more details. I was logged in, and at some point I noticed that
for no apparent reason, the UUID's of /dev/md0 and /dev/md1 suddenly changed. I
thought this was very strange, but I wrongly didn't think a reboot would kill
it, especially since it had successfully rebooted just minutes earlier. Nothing
that went wrong was in any way related to the kernel, which was believed
earlier. I can think of two possible explanations:
1) A software fluke and/or perhaps bug in what is now Debian-Stable
2) Some sort of yet-to-be-ascertained hardware failure
Which of the two is more likely is an exercise to be left up to the reader.