Hi! All,   
      
   I must have been on a drugged-up high last night (don't worry, all prescribed   
   meds).  After 'dark', I compiled a new CM II from v1.5 source, and let it   
   loose for about 40 mins last night.  All was good till my little netbook   
   locked up in Thunderbird, trying to read the Fidonews group/echo.  Ermm...   
   Thunderbird has never done this before and exhibited unnerving behaviour.    
   Eeek!   
      
   So, this morning... most of which for me has elaspsed, I've been attempting   
   some sort of recovery.  First idea was to switch to yesterday's backup.  Then,   
   after a re-think: maybe I could do better using the JAM files from -this-   
   node. After starting that task, it became too hard as the echo area filenames   
   were not consistant between nodes.  Great fun, after blowing 45 mins on that!   
      
   Therefore I have commenced plan 'C'.  I am about half-way through re-enacting   
   plan 'A' again, using yesterday's backup.  But I had to take the time to write   
   this note... which is another annoying task diverting my attention from the   
   job of fixing what needs fixin'.  In short: I am having a Friday.  Which some   
   of you who used to work may remember was usualy a 'given', where Murphy's rule   
   rules.   
      
   Mmm... I will be doing a compile of the CM II 0.71 linux source this arvo.  At   
   least I will be prepared this time for up-fu@ks... hopefully.  ;-0   
      
   Oh, and before I leave this note... I am thanking my lucky stars to have   
   invested in registering the windows file manger Total Commander (TC)' all   
   those years ago.  You see, my daily backups from #/1384 are in the form of a   
   full directory tree of /opt/ftn/fido/* contained in a .tar file.  (That's the   
   entire Fido configuration for the node; no other Fido-related stuff anywhere   
   else.) TC has no trouble at all navigating around in a .tar archive.  Further,   
   I was able to write a fresh .zip in the left file panel with (JAM) files   
   highlighted in the right file panel, contained in the .tar!  Try that Neil   
   Armstrong!   
      
   Cheers,   
   Paul.   
      
   ... No smoke or sparks!  ...Hmmm...  Must be a software problem then...   
   --- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox   
    * Origin: Quinn's Post - Maryborough, Queensland, OZ (3:640/384)