Black Friday

[ehowton]

Bit of a scare yesterday morning. For reasons I can't entirely articulate, I chose to unmount my iTunes volume from the PowerMac G4 and power down the box last night. This morning, the iTunes volume didn't do anything but 'click' on power up. My entire collection of music. ~18,000 songs, 67GB. Most of it is backed up.

On CDROM.

Offsite.

External drive clicking can be attributed to something other than hard drive failure, and that's low power. Though this is a 7200 rpm 8MB/cache full-size drive (read, requires power to run) its still in an external enclosure, so I removed it from its case and put in inside the G4.

That worked!

But getting anything across the G4's low-speed USB 1.0 port is painfully tedious. Still, something has to be done. I loaded up the kids and trekked out on Black Friday to brave the crowds around noon. Oddly enough, there weren't any. And there were no lines at the checkout. And I found a 500GB external USB drive for $87.

Backing up teh max0r in preparation for upgrading to Leopard was a non-issue. The high-speed USB 2.0 port on the mini is just that: High-speed. The idea is once I backup/restore everything, this new .5TB drive can become my Time Machine. drax0r recently implemented an identical strategy. So with everything backed up on the mini, I turn to the G4 and copy the contents from the now internal 160GB drive to a folder on the new drive. 30 hours to transfer. Good grief.

Leopard is fast and beautiful and I love the new dock and everything about it. I'm very excited. Until I install the 10.5.1 upgrade, which craters my box.

So I reinstall, and everything works great. drax0r suggests reinstalling the update, which craters my box.

So I reinstall, and nothing works.

At all.

Further attempts to reinstall are blocked by copies of archiving my data to the point my boot drive fills up. Thank goodness for Terminal and the rm -Rf command.

Re-re-re-re-re-reinstalling again now.

Comments

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

Though I haven't yet seen the movie, I am anticipating doing so one of these days.
It is a very good watch. Very moody, very slow, very dark. This is a movie that you watch to study and warn yourself with not necessarily for entertainment purposes.

store my offsite backups for me.
Which, as you claim in this post Most of it is backed up. On CDROM.

Only if you installed Leopard that first day.
I did. Did you not read my miniMax0r posts?

Funny enough, the PowerMac does have an internal Zip drive installed in it. Ha!
So why did you not use them to back up your data for such an occasion as this?

We've talked about you thinking before, and how you should not.
Maybe if your writing were tighter this wouldn't be an issue.

Since the playlist & setup for the party is on the PowerMac G4 in the garage and not on my mini, these two things don't have anything to do with each other.
This whole post has been about how you upgraded the G4 to 10.5.1 and subsequently crated your box, right? *goes and reads very carefully* No, that's not true. You need a section break if you're going to transition from talking about the iTunes problem and then immediately switch to talking about upgrading the mini. You had told me that you were going to do this weeks ago and I had assumed that you had therefore already done so. For the love of God, PLEASE use section headers.

This time, however, we installed only the 10.5.1 update, and none of the other associated software updates bundled with it.
This point was not clear from your text.

Yes. I made it from scratch for this post.
If you were smarter, this would be easier.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

This is a movie that you watch to study and warn yourself...
I've already lived that life. I'm sure I'll enjoy it nonetheless.

Most of it is backed up. On CDROM.
HE LISTENS TO THEM ON HIS STEREO YOU FUCKING RETARD!

I did. Did you not read my miniMax0r posts?
I did. Did I memorize when you purchased it versus when you upgraded it? I did not. Did your post explicitly say that the very first time you booted your mac was to upgraded it? Not clearly.

So why did you not use them to back up your data for such an occasion as this?
Why are you fucking retarded?

Maybe if your writing were tighter this wouldn't be an issue.
My writing is so tight, that you can't even find a hint of where I gave off even the slightest suggestion of upgrading my computer on this post, or any prior.

You need a section break if you're going to transition from talking about the iTunes problem and then immediately switch to talking about upgrading the mini.
Apparently I don't if you were able to understand this post.

If you were smarter, this would be easier.
In your own words, how do you think this applies here? I'm the first one to say it when its applicable. The reason I didn't, is because its not.

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I'll enjoy it nonetheless.
I'm sure.

HE LISTENS TO THEM ON HIS STEREO YOU FUCKING RETARD!
As he uses the original copy to listen to on his stero, THIS IS NOT CALLED A BACKUP. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL FUCKING COPY. Thank you for your understanding concerning this issue.

Did your post explicitly say that the very first time you booted your mac was to upgraded it? Not clearly.
I went back and lo and behold, you're correct! I didn't explicitly state this though I'm sure we've had this conversation either on AIM or in LJ comments somewhere.

Why are you fucking retarded?
Again, I quote: Read-Write capability and super-fast SCSI interface should've been the future of removable storage over CD-R. I''ve still got my Jazz drive, and by God they'll have to pull that from my cold, dead hands! I'll never go backwards!

My writing is so tight...
You're writing is as tight as your sphincter, Sir, and that speaks volumes.

Apparently I don't if you were able to understand this post.
Only upon a careful re-reading. Had you broken this information out via pagination this would have been a non-issue. For the sake of your readers, please do so.

In your own words, how do you think this applies here?
An essay question like at the end of a test, eh? Simple:

You claim (via your image which you have yet to digress fully as to its meaning) that Mac just works but that since it didn't work for you the problem must be with Apple's code, no you the doob behind the keyboard despite the fact that the number one use of all computer problems is Operator Error. Now then, if you, like drax0r knew more about the intricacies of OS X, you wouldn't only know that the upgrade was cratering your machine but you'd know why it was cratering your machine. With the answer to why within your grasp, you could take steps to resolving your issue. Instead, your approach is to assume that there must be something wrong with the product and therefore needs to be resolved before you can move forward.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

As he uses the original copy to listen to on his stereo...
WTF? You are so retarded, its starting to hurt me. I don't even think you know what's happening here. Your comprehension is at an all time low. I'll step you through it, like I would a child: I have an album on mp3. I burn it CDDA and send it to my father as an OFFSITE BACKUP. Low and behold, he's able to put that in his stereo and listen to it you fucking retard. This is not rocket science. I haven't mislead you. I've stated this very clearly twice now. But because you don't comprehend anything you get angry. Nice combination. You'll likely be spending your formative years in jail.

Again, I quote:
You know, its statements like these that I think to myself, "Good grief, did I actually say the PowerMac G4 had a Jazz drive? He's right to call me out on that!" And then I feel foolish for calling you a retard. So I look, and I look, and I realize that no, you're quoting me about a Jazz drive, which has fuck-all to to with a 250MB IDE Zip drive I happened to mention and I realize that no, you ARE retarded beyond imagination, but instead of feeling dumb, like I would feel had I made such a glaring faux pas, you'll somehow misunderstand even this that I'm typing right now, and think that you're somehow the bright one here. Its these aspects of your retardation I readily admit I don't understand. What a fucking tool you are.

Now then, if you, like drax0r knew more about the intricacies of OS X, you wouldn't only know that the upgrade was cratering your machine but you'd know why it was cratering your machine.
He doesn't know either. Does that make him dumb too? Me smarter? Or you retarded? I'm guessing the latter.

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

I haven't mislead you. I've stated this very clearly twice now.
Horeshit! Let's take a look at what you actually said:

Most of it is backed up.



On CDROM.



Offsite.

Ok. First of all, you can't possibly back up to CDROM. I'll step you through it, like I would a child:

CD-ROM is an abbreviation of "Compact Disc read-only memory". READ ONLY. This means you canNOT write ANYTHING to the disc. dumbass!

Furthermore, you never said that you converted your MP3s back to CDDA until this comment, thus leaving the reader with the impression that you were sending your dad the original CD albums.

You'll likely be spending your formative years in jail.
Go fuck yourself!

you're quoting me about a Jazz drive, which has fuck-all to to with a 250MB IDE Zip drive I happened to mention
and I quote: Where are you Jazz drives now?

Funny enough, the PowerMac does have an internal Zip drive installed in it. Ha! Why mention the fucking Zip drives in the fucking PowerMac if there is no correlation to the Jazz drives. Through a common English idiom, you have just equated the Jazz drive to the Zip drive in the PowerMac, you fucking retard!

He doesn't know either. Does that make him dumb too? Me smarter? Or you retarded? I'm guessing the latter.
It makes you the retard for not thinking like drax0r: i.e. stepping through the problem by enlarging you data set. You'll somehow misunderstand even this that I'm typing right now, and think that you're somehow the bright one here. Its these aspects of your retardation I readily admit I don't understand. What a fucking tool you are.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Most of it is backed up.
I'm sorry - I sometimes forget you're not in IT as a profession. You're exactly right. When we send our backups offsite for archival purposes, we really send them the original data and keep the 'backups' for ourselves. So when we require a restore, rather than messing around with those pesky onsite backups which has replaced our original data, we call to get the originals back onsite. How long have you been retarded?

CD-ROM is an abbreviation of "Compact Disc read-only memory"
Yes. Once the discs are written to and the session closed, you can no longer write to them, and they become ROM. Have you ever even USED a CD before? How fucking useless do you think a blank CD-ROM would be? WTF exactly is it going to 'read' if nothing is on it? You're going to tell me what ROM stands for, yet expect nothing to be able to write to it? How long have you been retarded?

Why mention the fucking Zip drives in the fucking PowerMac if there is no correlation to the Jazz drives.
As an aside, I mentioned the Zip drive because they were made by the same company. The same company that makes the Corvette also made the Cavalier. No one gets those confused either. Your questioning it doesn't make you any less retarded.

It makes you the retard for not thinking like drax0r:
Your right again! I assumed it was the point release to the operating system instead of the Quick Time update and he managed to prove it! With all your assumptions about who's smarter than whom and why, we've both reached the same conclusion - Its broken, and we don't know how to fix it.

I once told a story on here about going to an Air Force class and being the Subject Matter Expert on a field, yet making a lower percentage on the test than others. The guy who pointed this out to me took five full hours to finish his test. I finished the test in 45-minutes flat.

Keep talking about who's smarter.

And while you're at it, unless you can fix my Leopard installation, STFU.

That's what I thought.