[ILUG] [OT] ddrescue on a Macbook

[Gareth 'bigbro' Eason]

Philip Trickett (List) wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 14:36 +0000, Paul Murray wrote:
> 
>> You can improve your chances with cooling. SOme here would say freeze
>> the drive, I tend to disagree, but your mileage may vary. My rescues
>> usually involve having the bad drive under a desk cooling fan.
>>
> You could just go outside and try the rescue ;)
[snip]

	Given the current weather and some discussion with various datacentres 
around Dublin using free to air cooling techniques (with a number of 
different names) I'm now kind of regretting that I didn't get an air 
vent joining my conservatory with my under-stairs comms cabinet. The 
ability to suck air in from the conservatory would mean I could run many 
services safely under the stairs, with the exhaust heating the 
conservatory (which is a little chilly for comfort in this weather.)

	Of course, I would need a different venting system for the summer 
months when the conservatory is a heat trap. And the whole thing would 
have required ripping up bits of floor and wall that I wasn't willing to 
see done with the house (yet!) ;-)

	Still, perhaps as home heating systems get better people might consider 
engineering in the ability to transfer heat (or cold) from one room to 
another instead of having to pay for both heating and cooling to achieve 
the same effect.

	Erm... the eeePC which runs under the stairs providing basic services 
runs Linux, so I claim relevancy! ;-)

	Best regards,
	-->Gar