Unfortunately at the moment the other server (not the same one as yesterday) is currently down. I was doing some small software upgrades, including a kernel upgrade which required a reboot. Unfortunately the server is currently stuck doing “fsck” (Linux equivalent of Scan Disk or chkdsk) and it looks like it may take a bit longer before it’s done. Again I apologize for the inconvenience.

Update: unfortunately it looks like the system drive of the server will need to be replaced. This means even more down time unfortunately, as it’s going to take some time to get the OS reconfigured again after my provider reinstalls it. No data should be lost however as the drive isn’t completely gone (plus there are backups on other servers). In the mean while I’m going to try to get the main site back online first, using the server that is currently working.

Update 2: seems like when my provider mentioned a reinstall was necessary, they didn’t meant it needed to be done right away and that the system wasn’t booting – it is. So for a short while all of ImageHost.org should be online (pretty much) until the drive will be replaced in a few hours (after which a, b, c, d & g.imagehost.org will be temporary offline until the OS is reconfigured).

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