Topic: alternative to ModIndexer? [solved]

[piran]

ModIndexer doesn't seem to be 'around' anymore, did
it get deprecated some time? Any current alternatives
suitable for use with SME7.3 to do what ModIndexer
used to do ie a nice display of iBay selected directories?
----best wishes, Robert

[PostEdit: actually it's called ModIndex]

[raem]

piran

Please search the forums (& elsewhere) first

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=32593.0

[piran]

RayMitchell---
I did.
Please check your site server logs for the wiki, bugzilla and forums.
Nothing came up... do you want screenshots?
I can't help it if people cannot sppelll fings eggsactly;~)
Thank you for locating a linker for it.
----best wishes, Robert

[raem]

piran

It's wrong to conclude that because the first search you do finds nothing, then there must be nothing listed anywhere. It's a highly improbable conclusion.

In many cases you will get good/better results by doing an Advanced search, and if you get a "nothing found" result, then that certainly suggests the need to do an Advanced search.
To do that just click on the Search button at the top of the Forums page (without entering any search criteria), which will then bring you to a Search box with a message "Did you forget to put something to search for?"
Then click on Advanced search link, enter your search criteria, and click Search

I found your answer within seconds !
 

[piran]

RayMitchell----
I was baffled by the apparent absence... but I hadn't counted
on the variable spellings. I thought the wiki's searcher mechanism
was quite fuzzy and therefore no chance of anything else.
Server died. Backups worked but all my 'extras' ie the rpms
are on an array I cannot (yet/ever?) reach because nothing
else here has a 64bit PCI-X buss from which to drive the array.
Bit of a glitch in the logistics. Expensive server too;~/
----best wishes, Robert

[raem]

piran

Server died. Backups worked but all my 'extras' ie the rpms
are on an array I cannot (yet/ever?) reach because nothing
else here has a 64bit PCI-X buss from which to drive the array.
Bit of a glitch in the logistics.

If I'm understanding you correctly, then that sounds like a good reason to use software RAID rather than a disk controller. In most cases you can just plug those disks into another sme server, as different (ie motherboard etc) hardware will be detected at reboot, or worst case require a reinstall/upgrade from CD.

[piran]

RayMitchell----
Not so. In the days when I built this box up 400GB was bleeding
edge and so was SATA. I needed 2TB and a much quicker server
as the old one wasn't making it. Couldn't get a mobo with enough
SATA hookups and twin Xeons. Used a (Linux-supported) true
hardware RAID 8 way SATA card... but it needed 64bit PCI-X.
Fine, did the job (beautifully). Software RAID1 a further pair of
SATA from the mobo's own controllers avoiding its Promise fake
RAID hooks. The software RAID is fine I think. Data corruptions
all over the place - server stalled, died and wouldn't come up.
Unhitched h/w RAID and went to reload the OS on the s/w RAID.
Never got past the install 'check ISO'. Corrupted image it said.
But it's not a corrupted ISO elsewhere. Everything loaded through
the CD/DVD appears 'bad' and I've already nuked the OS drives.
Up the creek without a paddle or a canoe or even a creek.
Found some old ultraSCSI gear and booted up with a SCSI ISO.
Same thing. Using same SCSI gear's HD found some old stuff
still on it and it ran OK. Points to input corruption on PCI or
Southbridge area? Waiting for courier to deliver SATA CD/DVD
gear to try to work around the apparent fault zone as the
PATA and the SCSI CD/DVD drives didn't cut it. Currently on
12yr server I wrestled off the mice and spiders in the attic.
Courier ARRIVED... bye!
----best wishes, Robert

[raem]

piran

Unhitched h/w RAID and went to reload the OS on the s/w RAID.
Never got past the install 'check ISO'. Corrupted image it said.
But it's not a corrupted ISO elsewhere. Everything loaded through
the CD/DVD appears 'bad' and I've already nuked the OS drives.

Sounds unneccessarily quick to react.
Burn a new CD and/or change the CD drive. I had a similar thing happen with a sme7.3 CD disk which tested OK and worked elsewhere, so I burnt a new disk and then it worked fine.

[piran]

Sounds unneccessarily quick to react.
Burn a new CD and/or change the CD drive.

You possess overly judgmental ears RayMitchell.
Quick? This happened Friday afternoon.
Same CD loaded up the ancient server.
Also same CD ran the 'Check ISO' OK on a M$ box.
Allegedly faulty CD DRIVE installed into ancient server
and installed with same CD... OK. There's an input issue
between the PATA/SCSI CD drives and s/w RAID OS drives.
Southbridge possibly. I've a faint hope that a SATA CD
drive might bypass the fault zone, getting the OS back
on the software RAID (single drive as the SATA CD is
taking up the second SATA hookup on the mobo). IF and
only IF that works will I be able to put the second half
of the s/w RAID drive in and let it sync up. Otherwise
I've some very expensive mantlepiece decorations or
door stops. Time to find out now.
ModIndex back and the robots can finally get past the
forbidden flags for their sanctioned directory trawls.
I'll have a go at updating the wiki contribs area after
I've finished the server and site customisations.
----best wishes, Robert

[kruhm]

ModIndexer doesn't seem to be 'around' anymore,

http://www.schirrms.net/files/

[piran]

Got it and now re-customised ModIndex to the site's look'n'feel;~)
Production server now back on-line - finally.
A messed up memory testing old floppy sent me in the wrong direction,
whereas a new CD-based one soon indicated half the memory was u/s.
...even 2GB is enough for almost every task - given the alternative;~/
Thanks for the help RayMitchell and kruhm, it's been a rough week.
I've tried to update the wiki with ModIndex stuff but my login is u/s.
----best wishes, Robert