Jaz Death and More Job Searching
Over the weekend I spent more than a little bit of time working on getting an old Jaz drive working on barney, my SGI Indigo2 machine. The SGI FAQ says that it's as easy as pie, but what I found was something different - at least for me. In the beginning all was going well, and then I heard what I believe to be the "Click of Death". After that, nothing I could do would bring the Jaz disk to life.
When I looked inside the drive mechanism, it appears as though the drive heads had been mashed. It was the oddest sight. I have no idea what caused the problem, but I'm worried that putting a new Jaz drive on barney will only act to increase it's hunger for more drives, so I decided not to try again. Besides, I really didn't need to the Jaz drive on barney - it was just a good use of an available resource to backup important files that sat on that machine.
Then this morning I checked out a few more web sites for possible jobs. My search hasn't been as successful as I'd hoped, but thankfully there's no hurry. What I'm looking for in the meantime is an interesting project to keep my mind occupied and my skills sharp. I've been working on CIA pretty much non-stop for the last several days, and need a break. Don't know what it'll be, but I need to find something to balance it out.