[IMC Bombay] Re: mumbai.indymedia.org goes to ithaca!

[boud]

hi scott,
   i didn't realise it was so serious - i thought it was just something
rather trivial. Don't feel bad about the problems - many of us try to
do too much - we're all allowed to be human. Anyone who wishes to blame
you should instead ask why they didn't ask you earlier and offer to help.

BTW, for data recovery, google should have most of it if you or someone
else is quick, but you probably need a spider or something if you want
to download more than a handful of files.

cheers
boud


On Sun, 29 Dec 2002, Scott Lewis wrote:

> hi boud,
> 
> >    There's something wrong with the bandwidth coop apache
> >    server,
> 
> the short answer is this: we had a major hardware failure which also damaged the hard drive. we have no backups. 
> we are investigating the possibility of data recovery on the hard drive.
> 
> we have a new server in place and are beginning to bring the sites back up. when ithaca was brought up, i guess the 
> apache config was done wrong, so that its page is displayed instead of the page explaining the situation. i'll fix that 
> today.
> 
> i am almost done with a longer email explaining the situation in detail. you and the other folks associated with 
> mumbai that i have had contact with will receive a copy of the email. it should go out tonight.
> 
> i don't see any obstacle to have the mumbai site functioning before january 2. they are using dadaimc. the author of 
> that says he will be releasing the next version today, so i've been waiting for that. if i don't have it by tonight, i'll install 
> the previous version. they will need to do at least some basic customization. i don't know if that will be done by 
> shekhar, sanjay or who.
> 
> i feel terrible about the loss of the data and the lack of backups. i take partial responsibility for that. one thing that 
> has been learned is that we shouldn't depend on just one person. several things in my life got very difficult over the 
> last several months and i wasn't able to keep up with my work.
> 
> in my longer email i'll propose that we develop a collective composed of the groups who host on the server. this 
> collective can deal with issues of money, server management, etc.
> 
> talk to you soon,
> 
> -scott
> 
>