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LISA '99: 13th Systems Administration Conference

The C Days of Y2K

Performed at LISA 1999 / Seattle, Washington by sing; sing; halt: Michael J. Bauer, Adam Hirsch, Kit, Phil Kizer, Jon Kuroda, Kendall Libby, Lamont Lucas, Matt Pounsett, and Chad Robinson.

On the first day of Y2K, my server said to me:

It's January, 1970.
On the second day of Y2K, my server said to me:

/var is full, and it's January, 1970.
On the third day of Y2K, my server said to me:

stale file handle, /var is full, and it's January, 1970.
On the fourth day of Y2K, my server said to me:

hme is down, stale file handle, /var is full, and it's January, 1970.
On the fifth day of Y2K, my server said to me:

no route to host... hme is down, stale file handle, /var is full, and it's January, 1970.
On the sixth day of Y2K, my server said to me:

bad magic number, no route to host... hme is down, stale file handle, /var is full, and it's January, 1970.
On the seventh day of Y2K, my server said to me:

can't open socket, bad magic number, no route to host... hme is down, stale file handle, /var is full, and it's January, 1970.
On the eighth day of Y2K, my server said to me:

panic! double panic!, can't open socket, bad magic number, no route to host... hme is down, stale file handle, /var is full, and it's January, 1970.
On the ninth day of Y2K, my server said to me:

can't fork process, panic! double panic!, can't open socket, bad magic number, no route to host... hme is down, stale file handle, /var is full, and it's January, 1970.
On the A day of Y2K, my server said to me:

out of ttys, can't fork process, panic! double panic!, can't open socket, bad magic number, no route to host... hme is down, stale file handle, /var is full, and it's January, 1970.
On the B day of Y2K, my server said to me:

enter system password, out of ttys, can't fork process, panic! double panic!, can't open socket, bad magic number, no route to host... hme is down, stale file handle, /var is full, and it's January, 1970.
On the C day of Y2K, my server said to me:

ok

enter system password, out of ttys, can't fork process, panic! double panic!, can't open socket, bad magic number, no route to host... hme is down, stale file handle, /var is full, and it's January, 1970.


Also see Steve VanDevender's contribution posted to alt.sysadmin.recovery.


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