Monday, February 04, 2008

I May Have Fallen off the Ladder Once or Twice

I’m typing this in short clips, because my brain is having some trouble…
<2 minute pause>
Forming completely thoughts.

See what I mean?

Running on 6.5 hours of sleep in the last 3 days.

This weekend I set up 10 new Mac Pros at work. And I upgraded/installed Leopard Server on one of our Xserves. I moved a couple of TBs worth of data between old machines and new machines so everything would be ready at 9 on Monday. No Migration Assistant was used for this either. Hate that thing. Sucks donkey nuggets, the Migration Assistant does, IMHO; and stop writing like Yoda, I will now.

Do not try to do this in your life. You must have ninja skills and the ability to curse in English, Italian and Binary. You also need a screwdriver.

Quick review!
Leopard Server: Yes. Very Nice. Good mojo mostly. A++++ Would install again! Runs great.

Upgrading Tiger Server (10.4.11) to Leopard Server (10.5): Utterly useless and hopeless if you are running a kerberized ‘net. I had to burn the server down to the metal and start from scratch. And the Software Update Server built into Leopard Server is made out of tissues and wet, drippy snot. Bad alias/link in the config and it has stopped working. Can’t find correct catalog link. Fix this please, Apple. KTHX, BAI!

At around 3 AM, I was essentially done with the whole dance and I made the small fort you see above out of the now empty Mac Pro boxes. If I’d had a couple blankets and some couch cushions, I could have made something really cool.

BONUS! Why I love my job reason #7.7: I got a round of applause (and a bunch of time off in the future) at staff meeting this morning.

ALSO: As of this afternoon, the fort is still up. People are on board with the “stonehenge look.”

Posted by Jon on 02/04/08 at 04:18 PM

Kewl! Now go to sleep.

Posted by Novembrance on 02/04/08 at 07:23 PM
Of course you know you rock. I am running Mac OS X version 10.4.11 and I have been told over and over to upgrade and am scared to death.

I mean, shoot...I had to deal with font issues for a month or more, I don’t need MAJOR issues; I might cry. Or? Eat a 1/2 gallon of mint chocolate chip ice cream!

Posted by OMSH on 02/05/08 at 12:07 AM
I wussed out and paid someone to upgrade for me. So far the only issue I’ve had is the clock going awol, which I don’t think has anything to do with Leopard. (I’ve heard it’s a common Mac issue.)

Posted by Kathy on 02/05/08 at 04:20 AM
OMSH,

I upgraded from a OS that was invented sometime before the wheel to 10.5.1 a few weeks ago. The upgrade went fine, but I had a few goofy issues. All the issues were solved by backing up my HD and re-installing with a wipe-info and install. Pretty painless really and I’m liking Leopard

Posted by michael on 02/05/08 at 11:29 AM
OMSH

I give the upgrade from 10.4.11 to Leopard a thumbs up. It’s pretty painless, really.

(the “normal” version of 10.5, that is. The Server version is a PAINFUL upgrade and not worth doing. Better to start over and install 10.5 Server.)

If you have Adobe’s CS3 installed, I’d recommend wiping the drive and starting over fresh. Adobe’s puts some kind of voodoo in their install process and spews files every which way.

As Michael sagely points out, whether or not you upgrade or clean install, back up your critical data and you’ll be happy.

Posted by jon on 02/05/08 at 11:51 AM

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Holy Crap! Look at all this STUFF down here. It's awesome!

Monday, February 04, 2008

I May Have Fallen off the Ladder Once or Twice

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