In this week's installment of The Register's 'Who, Me?' column, a reader named Dave recounts a harrowing experience from his IT career. Tasked with maintaining a 24x7 SCO Linux PC crucial for report processing, he discovered the hard drive was failing. Overwhelmed after a relentless workweek, he mistakenly overwrote the source drive while attempting to clone it. This blunder rendered the system inoperative. However, with quick thinking, Dave salvaged the situation by driving four hours to another office housing an identical setup, which allowed him to restore functionality.
Dave's exhaustion led to a critical mistake when he accidentally overwrote the source drive instead of cloning it, resulting in complete system failure.
Despite a tremendous crisis, Dave relied on quick thinking and the identical setup at a remote office to execute a rescue plan.
The urgency to maintain uptime clouded Dave's judgment, leading to a stressful situation – an essential system scheduled to run 24x7 came to an abrupt halt.
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