#garfield Logs

Feb 21 2017

05:44 PM Tom_L: rue_house, help
05:47 PM Tom_L: bootmgr missing after running easybcd
05:47 PM Tom_L: i found windows boot files in their 'reserve' partition
05:48 PM Tom_L: http://thpc.info/dual/7/db_ms-dos622_on_win7_install.html
05:49 PM Tom_L: i could use xp for this but wanted to try 7
05:49 PM Tom_L: xp still has native dual boot
05:51 PM Tom_L: they say it's
05:51 PM Tom_L: 'easy'
05:51 PM Tom_L: pfft
06:00 PM rue_house: yea, widnows 7 erases everyone else and runng 7 becaomes easy
06:00 PM rue_house: I dont get a property assessment hearing cause they overbooked
06:01 PM Tom_L: this was after running easybcd
06:01 PM Tom_L: i followed ^^ those directions
06:02 PM Tom_L: rue, is that like going to the doctor there too?
07:11 PM rue_house: I cant go see a doctor cause I cant take time off work to book taking time off work to see one
07:21 PM Tom_L: kat email you anymore?
07:37 PM rue_house: nope
07:46 PM Tom_L: yay i think i fixed it
07:47 PM Tom_L: booting win7 & dos 6.22
07:49 PM Tom_L: the web instructions don't really work
07:53 PM * rue_house tries to figure out how to charge or not charge taxes
07:55 PM Tom_L: for your job?
08:49 PM rue_bed: Exception in Tkinter callback
08:49 PM rue_bed: Traceback (most recent call last):
08:49 PM rue_bed: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1535, in __call__
08:49 PM rue_bed: return self.func(*args)
08:49 PM rue_bed: File "main.py", line 113, in tapeStep
08:49 PM rue_bed: CommPort.write(c + '\n')
08:49 PM rue_bed: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/serial/serialposix.py", line 518, in write
08:49 PM rue_bed: d = to_bytes(data)
08:49 PM rue_bed: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/serial/serialutil.py", line 63, in to_bytes
08:49 PM rue_bed: raise TypeError('unicode strings are not supported, please encode to bytes: {!r}'.format(seq))
08:49 PM rue_bed: TypeError: unicode strings are not supported, please encode to bytes: u'( Made using CamBam - http://www.cambam.co.uk )\n'
08:51 PM Tom_L: i hate windows sharing
08:51 PM Tom_L: it doesn't share nice
09:30 PM rue_shop3: no
09:40 PM Tom_L: now all i gotta do is find a box for this MB
09:40 PM Tom_L: got it all set up on the bench... wires runnin everywhere
09:41 PM Tom_L: pico psu as the supply on 12v
09:42 PM rue_shop3: :)
09:44 PM Tom_L: fanless MB... SSD
09:44 PM Tom_L: not real sure when it's on or off
09:45 PM rue_shop3: what 'er for?
09:45 PM Tom_L: start it by jumping the MB power button with a screwdriver
09:45 PM Tom_L: to replace my old dos box
09:45 PM Tom_L: it's getting rather tired
09:46 PM rue_shop3: or are you getting tired of waiting for it
09:46 PM Tom_L: no, it boots randomly
09:46 PM Tom_L: could be a HDD socket needs resoldered, i dunno
09:46 PM rue_shop3: power supply?
09:46 PM rue_shop3: caps?
09:46 PM Tom_L: no
09:46 PM Tom_L: it's hdd related
09:47 PM rue_shop3: causes a reboot?
09:47 PM Tom_L: i can't pinpoint it
09:47 PM Tom_L: no, causes no devices to show up
09:47 PM Tom_L: i can kick it and it'll boot fine
09:47 PM Tom_L: i've tried swapping out ribbons
09:47 PM rue_shop3: oh
09:47 PM rue_shop3: sticky drive
09:47 PM Tom_L: different drives
09:47 PM Tom_L: drives are fine
09:48 PM Tom_L: i really can't find the exact failure point
09:48 PM Tom_L: P166
09:48 PM Tom_L: i've got a P100 i could replace it with
09:49 PM Tom_L: i'd rather try to find newer hardware i can get to work with it
09:49 PM Tom_L: so far it's all working
09:49 PM Tom_L: dual boot win7 dos622 on a SSD
09:50 PM Tom_L: i've got win7 on a couple others and NT4 on the old dos box
09:50 PM Tom_L: most everything is talking to each other
09:50 PM Tom_L: gained a wireless printer in the process
09:51 PM Tom_L: so hopefully i'll still have 2 parport printers on it when it's all done
09:51 PM Tom_L: for dos
10:00 PM Tom_L: mmm i should back this up while it's all working :D
11:17 PM rue_shop3: ok, well I broke another 1mm bit
11:18 PM rue_shop3: its not possable to re-align an interrupted job
11:18 PM rue_shop3: hopefully, more of the 16 hour jobs will go off without a hitch