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[00:01:12] <cradek> hey the stepper driver came today!
[00:01:18] <jmkasunich> cool
[00:01:28] <jmkasunich> so you can play with the lathe this weekend
[00:02:10] <cradek> yep
[00:03:27] <cradek> hmm, mystery connectors
[00:03:36] <jmkasunich> which ones?
[00:03:55] <cradek> it has a db25 and a db15
[00:04:17] <jmkasunich> plus the motor connectors I assume?
[00:04:21] <cradek> yes
[00:04:30] <jmkasunich> db25 for PC, and db15 for the switches on the machine?
[00:04:31] <cradek> I'll ignore the one I don't understand, and maybe it'll work
[00:04:46] <jmkasunich> take the cover off and trace a few wires?
[00:04:50] <cradek> the lathe has two db25s
[00:05:57] <jmkasunich> the machine itself has two db25s?
[00:06:23] <cradek> yes
[00:06:30] <cradek> probably one goes to this, and one goes to the computer
[00:06:35] <jmkasunich> seems like a lot of wires
[00:06:39] <cradek> or ... maybe something else
[00:06:58] <cradek> I think he wanted to make it interesting for me!
[00:07:06] <jmkasunich> the lathe doesn't have a box or anything does it? wires go straight from the connector(s) to the switches and such?
[00:07:19] <cradek> there are lots of wires all taped up so you can't see them
[00:10:38] <jmkasunich> tape can be untaped
[00:14:54] <cradek> I unwrapped some stuff, it's not as bad as I thought
[00:23:12] <cradek> a simple picture would have really helped...
[00:24:05] <cradek> crap, forgot to eat, brb
[00:31:39] <cradek> ok I'm not getting this so far
[00:31:54] <cradek> the connector I think goes to the computer has wires to 1-8, 11, 20,23,25
[00:32:19] <cradek> 11 is an input, but 20,23,25 aren't
[00:33:18] <jmkasunich> strange
[00:33:50] <cradek> there's also a small black box (shrink tubing filled with epoxy) that I suspect holds something
[00:34:01] <jmkasunich> drat
[00:34:03] <cradek> that's between the switches and this connector
[00:34:12] <jmkasunich> I hate mysterious lumps of epoxy
[00:35:22] <cradek> I'm afraid I'm going to have to cut off at least some of this shrink tubing
[00:35:35] <cradek> but there's no way to replace it without unsoldering
[00:36:04] <jmkasunich> maybe you could ohm things out?
[00:36:12] <jmkasunich> how big is the black box?
[00:36:20] <jmkasunich> might just be some pullup resistors?
[00:36:24] <cradek> AAA battery
[00:36:41] <cradek> I don't get what they would pullup TO
[00:36:55] <jmkasunich> hmm
[00:37:42] <jmkasunich> you sure about those pin numbers?
[00:37:57] <cradek> yes
[00:38:12] <jmkasunich> 1 thru 9 are outputs from the PC, 10-17 are a mix of in and out
[00:38:14] <cradek> it's one of the DBs that has the numbers on it
[00:38:26] <jmkasunich> 18 and up are ground I think
[00:38:39] <cradek> the 1-8 are one size of wire, 11-20-23-25 are bigger
[00:38:53] <cradek> I would guess 1-8 go directly to the other DB (long cable)
[00:39:03] <cradek> 11-20-23-25 probably go to the black box and then the switches
[00:39:19] <jmkasunich> the data port (usually with step/dir) is pins 2-9, not 1-8
[00:39:31] <cradek> right
[00:39:44] <cradek> 1 is another output
[00:40:00] <jmkasunich> yeah, but emc has never used that for step/dir
[00:40:00] <cradek> the mightydrive has an outlet marked spindle, I bet pin 1 turns it on
[00:40:07] <jmkasunich> estop maybe?
[00:40:08] <jmkasunich> or spindle
[00:40:16] <cradek> no sign of estop
[00:40:32] <jmkasunich> ok
[00:41:03] <cradek> still the pins to the mightydrive(?) are 1-8, so one is probably missing (doesn't matter)
[00:41:24] <jmkasunich> take the cover off the mighty drive yet?
[00:41:39] <cradek> no, can't find the right size allen wrench
[00:42:06] <cradek> my organized workspace strikes again
[00:43:30] <cradek> aha, torx is close enough
[00:44:06] <jmkasunich> heh
[00:48:56] <cradek> aha, in the mightydrive, pin 11 is spindle control
[00:49:28] <cradek> step/dir ARE 1-8
[00:49:37] <jmkasunich> thats really strange
[00:49:59] <jmkasunich> especially since pin 11 is an input
[00:53:28] <cradek> pin 23 goes somewhere to the A axis driver
[00:53:49] <cradek> the A axis driver is completely different from the other 3, including its connections to the breakout board
[00:57:48] <cradek> 25 is ground
[00:57:53] <cradek> 20 is a mystery
[01:03:56] <cradek> http://www.microkinetics.com/optistep.htm
[01:04:01] <cradek> hey, a big clue here
[01:04:27] <jmkasunich> heh, it wasn't designed for a parport at all
[01:04:33] <cradek> nope
[01:05:01] <jmkasunich> time to get out the slobbering iron
[01:05:24] <cradek> no, I bet it's wired right in this cable
[01:06:26] <jmkasunich> what cable?
[01:06:39] <cradek> the one between the two DB25s that came attached to the lathe
[01:06:49] <jmkasunich> ah, translator
[01:07:10] <cradek> and the black box might be pullups, because there's +5 available on that pin 25 I think?
[01:07:19] <jmkasunich> could be
[01:08:38] <cradek> I don't trust this picture completely though - it shows pin 11 is a ground, but I know it's spindle control
[01:09:09] <cradek> oh, wrong 11
[01:48:42] <cradek> wooooo
[01:48:47] <cradek> I have motion
[01:48:50] <cradek> and switches
[01:48:50] <jmkasunich> cool
[02:03:32] <jmkasunich> what config are you using?
[02:05:27] <cradek> I started with stepper-xyza but copied it to nist-lathe
[02:05:31] <cradek> (I'll put it in cvs)
[02:08:45] <jmkasunich> why xyza? there's no A (and no Y)
[02:09:30] <cradek> well I have four drivers...
[02:35:56] <cradek> X homes!
[02:36:06] <jmkasunich> cool
[02:36:51] <jmkasunich> CL is gonna be frustrating for a certain class of users
[02:37:01] <cradek> don't know anything about it...
[02:37:15] <jmkasunich> they want one or two rungs worth of logic, emc itself doesn't do that, and CL is overkill
[02:37:29] <jmkasunich> for example, wholepair on the other channel
[02:37:36] <jmkasunich> he wants an external estop button
[02:38:30] <jmkasunich> simple with CL, but I dread trying to explain it to him
[02:39:01] <jmkasunich> I pointed him at the wiki page that ray did that goes thru exactly the setup he needs for his estop
[02:39:27] <jmkasunich> but thats a learning curve we really don't want to force "simple machine" guys to climb
[02:39:55] <cradek> he just wants a button that signals emc to stop?
[02:40:03] <jmkasunich> yeah
[02:40:04] <cradek> or that turns off the hardware too?
[02:40:09] <jmkasunich> yes
[02:40:19] <jmkasunich> uhhhh
[02:40:20] <jmkasunich> no
[02:40:28] <cradek> ok, just a signal to emc
[02:40:34] <jmkasunich> I don't think a hardware path occurred to him
[02:40:49] <cradek> can't you put a button between two parport pins (the estop out and estop in)?
[02:41:08] <jmkasunich> he has his estop hooked to pin 13 of the parport, and a drive enable hooked to pin 1
[02:41:19] <jmkasunich> hmm
[02:41:21] <jmkasunich> that might work
[02:41:38] <jmkasunich> I normally think of buttons as being between vcc and input, or gnd and input
[02:41:41] <jmkasunich> not from output to input
[02:42:32] <cradek> maybe you need a resistor too
[02:42:40] <cradek> I'm fuzzy about how it works, if you can't tell
[02:42:41] <jmkasunich> but if he configured an output to go low when EMC is ready to go, then it could go thru the NC button and pull an input low
[02:42:55] <jmkasunich> I'm pretty sure he already has a pullup on the input
[02:43:46] <jmkasunich> yeah, he says "I want pin 1 (enable to drives) to go low when pin 13 (input from red button) goes high
[02:43:57] <jmkasunich> and he said the button is normally closed, open when you hit it
[02:44:09] <jmkasunich> so he must have a pullup (or the parport has one)
[02:44:23] <jmkasunich> he could connect the other end of the button to an output instead of ground
[02:50:48] <jmkasunich> this is incredibly frustrating - its one thing to tell folks how to use the software, but I don't want to, can't, and won't, teach them how to design a machine control system
[02:51:01] <jmkasunich> thats not a job for the clueless
[02:51:55] <SWPadnos> heh
[02:57:21] <cradek> jmkasunich: do you know what acceleration homing uses? It sounds much higher than mdi g0 accel
[02:57:44] <jmkasunich> it should be the axis accel
[02:57:47] <jmkasunich> same as jogging
[02:58:01] <jmkasunich> it ignores traj accel tho, since that applies only to coordinated motion\
[02:58:28] <jmkasunich> try jogging and see if that sounds the same
[02:58:44] <cradek> yep
[02:58:48] <cradek> but g0 accel is lower
[02:58:59] <cradek> maybe it's my 95% hack, but it seems like I wouldn't notice that
[03:00:10] <jmkasunich> you could scope it (pita sticking the ddts in there)
[03:00:24] <jmkasunich> your traj limit is the same as your axis limit?
[03:00:42] <cradek> oh, I know what it is, it's the .5 issue
[03:00:46] <cradek> forget I said anything
[03:00:49] <jmkasunich> heh
[03:04:20] <cradek> yep if I use g61, it sounds about the same
[03:04:32] <cradek> so it's a feature *cough cough*
[03:04:46] <jmkasunich> * jmkasunich smiles
[03:05:10] <jmkasunich> g61 is exact stop?
[03:05:15] <cradek> yes
[03:05:40] <cradek> btw, there's a pinout printed on the encoder
[03:05:51] <jmkasunich> thats helpfull
[03:06:12] <jmkasunich> is hooking that up the next step?
[03:06:31] <cradek> maybe...
[03:06:51] <cradek> crap, I don't think I have enough inputs
[03:06:58] <cradek> the switches take 3
[03:07:06] <cradek> I think there are only 5
[03:07:17] <jmkasunich> all pos limits, all neg limits, and all homes?
[03:07:24] <cradek> yes
[03:07:38] <SWPadnos> got a parport?
[03:07:39] <jmkasunich> you could drop the homes and home on the limts
[03:07:57] <cradek> SWPadnos: I want to continue to use my laptop
[03:08:03] <SWPadnos> ah
[03:08:28] <jmkasunich> or combine pos and neg limits (which is a pain, cause if you hit one, the sw doesn't know which end your're at so it can't let you motor off of the limit
[03:08:40] <jmkasunich> actually thats a non-issue with a sherline that has cranks
[03:08:51] <cradek> crap, and I just got homing and limits to work
[03:09:05] <jmkasunich> so leave homing alone
[03:09:17] <jmkasunich> just hook all the limits (pos and neg) to the same parport pin
[03:09:34] <jmkasunich> so you wind up with 5 inputs:
[03:09:37] <jmkasunich> 1) limits (all)
[03:09:39] <jmkasunich> 2) homes (all)
[03:09:46] <jmkasunich> 3) spindle enc A
[03:09:50] <jmkasunich> 4) spindle enc B
[03:09:59] <jmkasunich> 5) spindle enc Z
[03:10:37] <cradek> ok then!
[14:52:22] <SWPadnos_> SWPadnos_ is now known as SWPadnos
[17:37:30] <SWPadnos> I love those responses to bo^dick :)
[17:37:50] <jmkasunich> he's really starting to piss me off, I should just ignore him
[17:38:10] <jmkasunich> all the auto-tools in the world ain't gonna turn him into a circuit designer overnight
[17:38:16] <jmkasunich> I dunno what he is thinking
[17:38:17] <SWPadnos> heh - I've been thinking that myself
[17:38:33] <SWPadnos> he's trying to write an eagle script to do it, I wish him luck
[17:38:44] <SWPadnos> I think he doesn't realize it's a hard problem
[17:51:08] <rayh> * rayh wonders why he doesn't try that on an eagle list.
[17:51:31] <jmkasunich> because he is without clue
[17:53:22] <jmkasunich> there are some things the human eye and mind are just plain better at
[17:54:45] <rayh> assumption forced to reality is a fascinating thing to watch.
[17:55:01] <SWPadnos> itr's a long process with him
[17:55:06] <SWPadnos> it's
[17:55:28] <rayh> some never complete the journey.
[17:55:50] <SWPadnos> heh - this may be one of those cases
[17:56:12] <SWPadnos> He's trying to lay out the board for his stepper driver, because he doesn't want to buy Geckos
[17:56:35] <SWPadnos> one thing -> 5 things -> 100 things -> ...
[17:56:54] <rayh> PMDX is showing off a stepper drive at NAMES this weekend.
[17:57:18] <SWPadnos> interesting. is it a design of Steve's, or his gecko "motherboard"?
[17:57:30] <rayh> rumor has it the lowest ability is 48 volt 5-6 amp.
[17:57:51] <jmkasunich> I actually thought about going to NAMES
[17:57:52] <rayh> highest ability 80 volt 8 amp.
[17:57:59] <jmkasunich> only 2-2.5 hours from here
[17:58:06] <jmkasunich> but then I said fsck it
[17:58:11] <rayh> stand alone or plug in to a 4-5 axis mobo
[17:58:17] <SWPadnos> hmm - cool
[17:58:22] <SWPadnos> not servo though ;)
[17:58:41] <rayh> Roland was at the same gathering place NAMES is using this year.
[17:58:56] <rayh> last weekend and said parking was near impossible
[17:59:23] <rayh> I nearly cried about not being at names.
[17:59:37] <jmkasunich> why? you miss it?
[17:59:37] <SWPadnos> it sounds like there's a lot of neat stuff there
[17:59:38] <rayh> That was a good time for quite a few years. But hey...
[18:00:01] <rayh> I remember your jmk's year of the HAL.
[18:00:18] <rayh> A lot of stuff got worked out there.
[18:00:28] <jmkasunich> mostly after the show tho
[18:00:52] <rayh> And the constantly long line waiting to talk to Hassan about his home made mill.
[18:00:59] <rayh> enough.
[18:01:06] <rayh> * rayh goes back to halconfig.
[18:07:18] <rayh> rayh is now known as rayh-away
[19:56:16] <rayh-away> rayh-away is now known as rayh
[20:29:01] <rayh> when I ask halcmd to show me pid.1.maxerror i get pid.1.maxerrorD pid.1.maxerrorI also.
[20:29:24] <rayh> I thought there was a way round this so that I got only the info for one.
[20:33:41] <jmkasunich> hmm
[20:34:01] <jmkasunich> it treats any string you give it as if it ended in *
[20:34:14] <jmkasunich> so foo = foo* which matches foo, food, and foobar
[20:34:33] <rayh> I thought that a get or something worked around.
[20:34:49] <SWPadnos> gets
[20:35:24] <SWPadnos> show treats the parameter as a part of the string to match, gets will only return exact matches
[20:35:53] <jmkasunich> there is gets for signals and getp for params
[20:36:03] <rayh> does it return the whole "show" string.
[20:36:03] <jmkasunich> is there a getpin? I don't think so
[20:36:50] <jmkasunich> no, it returns only the value
[20:37:03] <jmkasunich> (thats the reason for get existing, to get just the value)
[20:37:42] <rayh> okay I see that. Thanks
[20:38:23] <rayh> the -s makes no difference there?
[20:38:33] <SWPadnos> nope
[20:38:44] <rayh> okay.
[20:39:10] <SWPadnos> at least, that's what I think ;)
[20:39:17] <jmkasunich> I wonder how hard it would be to change the string match "exact match unless they specify a * "
[20:39:42] <SWPadnos> or add a -e option for exact matches only
[20:40:01] <SWPadnos> the * thing is just a subset of the real change, which is to use regexp
[20:40:15] <rayh> exact would be nice for some things.
[20:40:42] <jmkasunich> I'd rather not do -e
[20:41:23] <jmkasunich> because options apply to all commands passed to an instance of halcmd, and in theory at least, the decision between exact and wildcard is made on a command by command basis
[20:41:41] <jmkasunich> I agree that regexp would be really nice
[20:41:51] <jmkasunich> but more work than I want to tackle right now
[20:41:59] <rayh> I do like the current show param
[20:42:02] <rayh> or show pin
[20:42:07] <rayh> and get the whole list
[20:42:15] <rayh> or even show pin axis.0
[20:42:25] <jmkasunich> right - I don't want to give that up
[20:42:27] <rayh> We would loose a lot without that.
[20:42:40] <rayh> "fishing expedition"
[20:42:49] <jmkasunich> if we had regexp you would do "show pin *"
[20:42:57] <jmkasunich> or show pin axis.0.*
[20:43:06] <jmkasunich> or even axis.*.motor-pos-cmd
[20:43:21] <SWPadnos> that last is what I'd like
[20:43:30] <jmkasunich> except it probably wouldn't just be *, it could be [0-3]
[20:43:32] <SWPadnos> and regexp is probably the easiest way to do it, believe it or not
[20:43:58] <jmkasunich> is there a libregexp?
[20:44:04] <rayh> oh that would be nice. axis.*.motor-pos-cmd
[20:44:25] <SWPadnos> yes
[20:44:50] <SWPadnos> you call one function to prepare the expression, then you call another function to do the search (I think)
[21:34:15] <jmkasunich> drat
[21:34:25] <SWPadnos> drat?
[21:34:46] <jmkasunich> I'm trying to unstall linux on a little (formerly) diskless client box
[21:34:57] <jmkasunich> got hooked up a disk and cdrom drive
[21:35:05] <jmkasunich> got it to boot the cd, and begin the ubuntu install
[21:35:26] <jmkasunich> was looking good, then a kernel panic
[21:35:40] <SWPadnos> bummer. what kind of client box?
[21:36:07] <jmkasunich> Neoware Neostation 3000
[21:36:16] <jmkasunich> 233MHz CPU, 256M ram
[21:37:04] <cradek> did you try memtest86?
[21:37:13] <jmkasunich> good idea
[21:37:31] <cradek> the only time I've seen kernel panics during install was bad ram on my desktop machine
[21:39:21] <jmkasunich> duh
[21:39:34] <jmkasunich> I think I must have misread the BIOS display of ram size
[21:39:42] <jmkasunich> memtest says there is 29M
[21:39:53] <jmkasunich> which is a weird amount...
[21:40:01] <jmkasunich> it has an empty DIMM slot
[21:40:08] <SWPadnos> either that or there's an error the BIOS is detecting, and assuming that's where RAM ends
[21:40:14] <jmkasunich> could be
[21:40:42] <jmkasunich> fasking splash screen hides the bios memory test
[21:43:14] <jmkasunich> bios reports 30208K total memory
[21:43:30] <jmkasunich> it has a little laptop style memory module
[21:43:40] <jmkasunich> gonna stick a 128M dimm in there and see what happens
[21:43:56] <SWPadnos> is video using 2.5M of system RAM?
[21:44:13] <jmkasunich> that sounds familier
[21:44:15] <SWPadnos> (that would be 1024x768x24bits)
[21:44:26] <SWPadnos> + a little
[21:44:36] <SWPadnos> then it's a 32M module
[21:44:48] <SWPadnos> or it has 32M that's good ;)
[21:45:22] <jmkasunich> heh, 161M now
[21:46:03] <jmkasunich> bummer tho, with the DIMM installed, access to the PCI slot is blocked
[21:46:13] <jmkasunich> (It has a riser board with one pci slot
[21:47:01] <jmkasunich> (actually one PCI/ISA slot, it has both connectors)
[21:47:32] <SWPadnos> you need a low profile dimm
[21:47:40] <SWPadnos> or a no-profile dimm ;)
[21:49:09] <jmkasunich> well, it detected 161M, but then the BIOS memtest failed
[21:49:34] <SWPadnos> can you use only one module, or is the 32M soldered down?
[21:49:41] <jmkasunich> Cyrix MediaGX CPU at 233MHz, no idea what the frontside bus is
[21:49:44] <jmkasunich> it can be removed
[21:49:52] <SWPadnos> try just the 128 then
[21:49:59] <jmkasunich> the DIMM I tried is PC100
[21:50:15] <jmkasunich> here goes
[21:51:50] <jmkasunich> bios memtest passed, running memtest86 just for the heck of it
[21:52:15] <jmkasunich> the shared video arch means it won't be a good RT box I don't think
[21:53:55] <cradek> yay, midi cables work to extend the steppers on the lathe
[21:54:23] <jmkasunich> you had some laying around?
[21:54:36] <jmkasunich> or you actually went out and spent money on them?
[21:54:37] <cradek> no, I bought them
[21:54:40] <jmkasunich> sicko
[21:54:42] <cradek> I do have some somewhere...
[21:55:12] <cradek> but buying them is faster than finding them in the basement
[21:55:18] <jmkasunich> actually I should shut up, I just bought the 40 to 44 pin IDE adapter so I could stick a laptop drive in this box
[21:58:56] <cradek> hmm, my inches are only half as long as I'm used to
[21:59:25] <jmkasunich> different screw pitch? microsteppint?
[21:59:32] <jmkasunich> ing even
[21:59:47] <cradek> I think it's off by a factor of 2, no big deal
[22:04:52] <jmkasunich> wonder how many hours it will take to install...
[22:05:13] <jmkasunich> I'm only doing the server install, so at least there won't be "fonts of the world" for three hours
[22:05:23] <jmkasunich> (I hope)
[22:06:21] <cradek> those are the worst part aren't they
[22:06:42] <jmkasunich> yeah
[22:07:08] <jmkasunich> another annoying part is how it does a bit of install, then stops and asks questions, then a bit more install, and more questions, about 5-6 times
[22:07:33] <jmkasunich> I'm gonna have to try to trashpick a bigger drive
[22:07:39] <jmkasunich> this ones only 800M
[22:14:20] <cradek> jmkasunich: there still a bug with jerking after machine-off
[22:14:49] <cradek> I hit a limit switch and it stops, and when I hit f2 for machine on, I get a big jerk and sometimes even following error
[22:16:36] <jmkasunich> what mode? manual (jog into limit) or mdi/auto?
[22:16:54] <cradek> mdi
[22:17:10] <cradek> g0z3, poke the switch while it's moving
[22:17:18] <jmkasunich> the fix I did would only affect the free mode planner
[22:17:32] <jmkasunich> in mdi, its probably coming from the tp or interpolators
[22:17:41] <cradek> oh hell
[22:17:48] <cradek> I don't want to work on that, so forget I said anything
[22:17:54] <jmkasunich> lol
[22:46:46] <jmkasunich> can you think of any reason why catting a 2496 byte file would print absolutely nothing?
[22:47:07] <jmkasunich> (a log file, which I would expect to be human readable)
[22:47:51] <jepler> use 'od' or 'file' on it and find out if the contents are binary
[22:48:57] <jmkasunich> od, file (and less) aren't available
[22:49:09] <jmkasunich> I'm trying to read a log after getting an error during install
[22:49:21] <jmkasunich> guess they're not installed yet
[22:49:21] <jepler> oh
[22:49:41] <jmkasunich> ls -l says its 2496
[22:49:50] <jmkasunich> cat gives nothing
[22:49:58] <jepler> use "cat -v" ?
[22:50:39] <jepler> $ printf '\0\1\2\3\n' > /tmp/test; cat -v /tmp/test
[22:50:39] <jepler> ^@^A^B^C
[22:50:48] <jmkasunich> no -v
[22:51:01] <jmkasunich> turns out the cat is part of busybox
[22:51:04] <jepler> oh
[22:51:49] <jmkasunich> there are three files in /target/var/log with non-zero lengths
[22:51:58] <jmkasunich> I can cat one of them the other two give nothing
[22:52:28] <jepler> no other ideas are coming to mind
[22:52:46] <jmkasunich> cat lastlog | wc returns 0 0 2496
[22:52:54] <jmkasunich> so the bytes are coming out of cat
[22:53:10] <jepler> 0 0 means no lines and no words: so none of those characters are whitespace
[22:53:24] <jmkasunich> and none of them are printable either
[22:53:52] <jmkasunich> on top of that, the file that the error message said to read isn't even there
[22:54:00] <jepler> I think the odds are it's all zeros
[22:54:16] <jmkasunich> it says to read /target/var/log/bootstrap.log
[22:54:20] <jmkasunich> but there isn't one
[22:54:42] <jmkasunich> it failed installing initrd-tools
[22:55:01] <jmkasunich> I think I'll just tell it to continue and see what happens
[22:56:03] <jepler> initrd-tools sounds pretty important to getting a bootable system
[22:58:32] <jmkasunich> yeah, its part of the base system
[22:58:39] <jmkasunich> it won't let me go on
[22:58:56] <jmkasunich> I tried to reinstall the base system, it bitches about the partially installed files
[22:59:20] <jmkasunich> tried to repartition, it starts to load the partitioner, then bails
[22:59:27] <jmkasunich> disk might be frotzed
[22:59:37] <jmkasunich> I should get a bigger one anyway
[22:59:49] <jmkasunich> I have lots of 3.5" disks, but I think this is the only 2.5
[23:00:24] <jmkasunich> or not... just found a 6G one