Replacing the Read Naturally Server
The server really crashed this time. It didn’t respond to the keyboard (no caps light), mouse, or anything. Then it was unplugged.
I was unable to restart it any way except for Safe Mode. It would not boot to an external hard drive, CD, or anything else. I ran fsck several times until it was clean. I could not repair permissions, even when booted to another computer. Disc Utility would return an error message and quit. I also reset the PMU.
To set up the new server, I swapped out for another 600/G3 with 384 SDRAM and 40 gig hard drive. I installed our 10.3.9 clone on it.
I was able to boot it in Target mode and copied the RNSE files and folders to another computer.
Here are the steps I took to setup the new RNSE server.
1. Did a fresh install from the original discs, including all the stories and license numbers. (Note: license numbers on the CD case rub off! Don’t lose the paper hard copy.) I used the same IP address as the previous installation/computer.
2. Downloaded and installed the 2.0.3a update from the Reading Naturally site.
http://www.readnaturally.com/support/products-se203download.htm
3. Restarted the computer.
4. Followed the steps from the Read Naturally site to locate and replace our database files. with the ones that I had backed upt to the hard drive.
http://www.readnaturally.com/support/notes-se2-sendDB.htm
5. Confirmed that all permissions were set correctly and restarted the computer.
http://www.readnaturally.com/support/notes-macServerPermissions.htm
6. Plugged the computer into the same port as the original server.
7. Registered the new computer as a server.
http://nsweb.lane.edu/netservices/register/
8. Went to System Preferences/Network/Built-in Ethernet/Configure. Changed TCP/IP Configure iPv4 to “Using DHCP” ad clicked on “Renew DHCP Lease.” The correct IP address appeared.
9. In System Preferences/Energy, changed the Sleep settings to “never”, the display settings to “15 min” and checked the box marked “Put the hard disc(s) to sleep when possible.
http://www.readnaturally.com/support/notes-se2-serverSleep.htm
10. The server is now up and running with all of our records intact.
