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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,229 Red dot, center of chest ... | | Red dot, center of chest ... Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,229 | We want to apologize for the lengthy outage of the Stovebolt site. It couldn't possibly have come at a worse time. I was on vacation in North Carolina (and on a very slow dialup connection besides) when the primary boot drive on the server failed catastrophically. It wasn't possible to save the data or the OS. Our gracious sponsor, American Classic, paid all the expenses to have the professionals at CI host (our ISP) remove the drives, install new ones, configure the RAID setup so this will never happen again, and install FreeBSD 5.4. Please show American Classic your appreciation by shopping with them when you can. Without them, it would have been several more days before we could have restored the server. Unfortunately, when their work was completed we were still left with the need to install all the necessary applications, restore the data and reconfigure the server. This is quite a time consuming process, which I began remotely while still in NC and am still working on as we speak. Email capability was restored first, and then I began working on the web server. We still have a way to go, but the basic functionality should be available to you. (Please let me know right away if something you want to do isn't working. My email address is geek@stovebolt.com.) Hopefully we won't have this problem again any time soon. We will look into ways to ameliorate this sort of problem in the future, but it's difficult when you can't have backup servers that can be brought online in an emergency. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 571 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 571 | Thanx for your efforts, Paul, and the same goes for the American Classics guys and, of course, John and Peg.
Some of us probably actually got a chance to get away from the keyboard and work on the trucks. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 226 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 226 | cool..thanks,,i wuz goin thru withdrawl there fer day or two... and then i wondered....did i pay my bill..????? Or did i get banned..??? LOL.. hope not... enjoy this site.... thanks again...
What it will say on my Tombstone: "Boy, that guy sure owed alotta people Money"
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,317 Former Workshop Owner | | Former Workshop Owner Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,317 | It's great to see "The Bolt" back online. I am glad that it was a hardware problem and not a family emergency or personal tragedy of some sorts. A big thank you to everyone involved.
John | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 466 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 466 | Had me worried there, thought I was going to have to take a couple days of sick leave to handle my separation anxiety. Welcome Back!!!
Buddy | | | | | Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 170 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 170 | I was just about to put the '40 up for sale!
I could finish without this site!!!
Thanks for the hard work, all... | | | | | Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 629 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 629 | I had the shakes all weekend.....thank goodness it is back up. The worst crossed my mind. Not sure how I will get my truck put back together without this resource. I think I'll donate again!
Tim Sheridan 1947 First Series Chevy 1/2-Ton"Liberty Series" - "Art Deco" - Whatever you'd like to call it. In the Gallery | | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 145 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 145 | Dang near had to be hospitalized. Had the shakes, cold sweats and very upset stomach.
Thanks so much for the amount of time and effort you must have had to put in.
Thruwurkin
Half Ton Will Travel
God bless America...One nation under God
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,773 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,773 | Thought I was gonna run out of beer! Good to see the bolt back.
Fred
52 3600
69 C-10
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,442 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,442 | I started to build a boat, gather the animals 2 by 2. Surely the world was ending, but alas due to the great and wonderful wizards of computerdom all is saved. I feel so much better. Thanks geeks one and all.
Martin
'62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress)
'47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project)
‘65 Chevy Biscayne (Emily)
‘39 Dodge Business Coupe (Clarence)
“I fought the law and the law won" now I are a retired one!
Support those brave men/women who stand the "Thin Blue Line"! Hug a cop!
USAF 1965-1969 Weather Observation Tech (I got paid to look at the clouds)
| | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,440 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,440 | Thanks to all who make this site possible and to all who had a hand in geting it going again. I've been jonesing. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 112 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 112 | Almost became addicted to pilot-house.com and my 52 Dodge. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 5,152 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 5,152 | Thanks for your hard work Paul! Sure glad to find this site back up!
1955 1st GMC Suburban | 1954 GMC 250 trailer puller project | 1954 GMC 250 Hydra-Matic | 1954 Chevy 3100 . 1947 Chevy COE | and more...
It's true. I really don't do anything but browse the Internet looking for trouble... | | | | | Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 29 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 29 | Good job and thanks American Classic
Jim 1940 Chev pickup Retro Rod 1957 Buick Century 1968 Mustang (Golden nugget) 2004 Trailblazer Pix on Cardomain | | | | | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,820 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,820 | Paul - I don't think you owe anyone an apology! These things happen!  I'm very happy things are back to normal. Thank you, Paul, American Classics and John & Peg! Now, I'll have to get used to staying up till midnight every night again!  Joe
"Truckin' Around .......... Since 1937!" My name is Joe and I am addicted to Classic Country Music. I just can't hep myself.Operators are standing by to take your calls! Now cruising in the Passing Lane | | | | | Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 209 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 209 | I cannot lie but the truth is I was miserable the whole time the site was down. You are all like my shrinks... you know? its kinda like AA or Na here for me... 
Stovebolt-It is painted
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 72 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 72 | Paul, all the staff, and American Classic,
Thank you so much!
It is amazing how we take for granted the fact that this site will be here every day. I can't tell you how much I rely on this site for valuable information. I have met some great people through this site, Hovart, Houston54 and so many others. There is no where else I could tap into this much experience and help from so many people with the touch of a few key strokes. I can't think of too many mechanincs that could set around and listen to me pondering how I might be able to do something or change something out.
Hope you never go away.
Thanks again for the best site,
Dan Dilts
If you didn’t skin a knuckle while you were working on your truck, you weren’t working hard enough! 53 5window 1/2 ton54 3window 1/2 ton
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 308 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 308 | I saw a post on one of the other sites from Peg about this site being down, that was helpful. I started visiting this site a month or two ago and since have relied on the information from everybody for my truck repairs . Thanks for the hard work from all of you to get this going again.
I will make sure to place a few extra orders from American Classics.
Ed | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 60 Member | | Member Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 60 | Yeah, i was haveing stovebolt withdraws. Thanks for the effort and all the help. keep up the good work. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 191 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 191 | I was worried, I had just signed up and was known to ya'll for such a short time as "boltless wonder". Then the next day, NOTHING, I thought OH MY I've killed it LOL. Now the bolt is back and so am I. Thanks to all who care for this great site, now if I can only find the right old bolt. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 27 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 27 | This is a great site. I do plan on a donation but feel I must donate to the Red Cross first. | | |
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