[ale] [OT] - system crapped out

[mike at trausch.us (Michael B. Trausch)]

On 12/06/2012 03:53 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> W   T   F   !!!!!?????!!!!!?????
>
> <ihatewindowsihatewindowsihatewindowsihatewindowsihatewindows>

If this is a retail Windows, I would echo JD's suggestion that this be 
moved into a VM.

Install $ANY_DISTRO on the host, and set it up to start an X11 session 
directly from boot, which itself then starts up a VM running the Windows 
XP system.  Use KVM and set it up to very explicitly hand the virtual 
machine an exact set of hardware---this will ensure that Windows thinks 
it's the same system every time it boots, regardless of what hardware it 
is really running on.

Use LVM, and perhaps keep 3 snapshots---initial setup, and two rolling 
monthly snapshots---and that way the system is supportable.  Plus you 
can securely support it remotely!

	--- Mike