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It came to my attention today that when a Catalyst running CatOS reports

Port  Status     Channel   Channel     Neighbor                  Neighbor
                 mode      status      device                    port
----- ---------- --------- ----------- ------------------------- ----------
8/7  connected   on        channel
8/8  connected   on        channel

it means the two ports are bonded together.  This poses distinct problems when the server isn’t aware that the two connections are bonded.  A CentOS installation process that takes 5 minutes normally was still running 3 hours later, and it wasn’t even half-way.  What was even more interesting was that the repository server showed files being downloaded, but Anaconda swore blind that nothing was happening.

Live and learn.

Slowly getting my endurance level up on the bike.  Really need to invest in a pair of cycle shorts, just for the anti-chafe and padding abilities - can always wear them under a pair of other shorts.  Did a 10 mile loop on the towpaths today, avoided running over various ducklings as I did so.  The nice part is I’m not even really that tired after the ride, nor am I sweating hard, so I know I can go even further without issue.

Found that the national cycle network runs along the towpath for a distance, and then there’s a branch off past Offchurch called the Offchurch Greenway - good climb up from the towpath, and then across a ridge with fields rolling away into the distance.

Heard one heck of a ruckus outside yesterday evening, neighbours fighting (which had happened a few nights before as well).  It seemed to be a bit more vitriolic than the previous event, so I got off the phone and grabbed the dSLR, just in case.  Turns out it was a good move, the man was getting fairly violent with the woman - pounding on the car, breaking the glass of the car (I think windscreen from the fragments).

Called 999 as well (as did one of the other neighbours) - police showed up a bit later, too late to catch anything happening unfortunately.  They’ve been around again tonight though, asking a few more questions, and the PC seemed quite pleased that there were photos that put the man at the scene.

I suppose this raises the question of whether I should have intervened at all - but I now know more facts about the incident than I knew at the time when I made the judgment call not to.  I could play the Internet Tough Guy and say I would have stepped in, but reviewing the photos also tells me that it was wise that I didn’t - humans don’t fare well against hard, blunt objects wielded by angry people.

The PC just called, he’s coming back for the photos, they’d like a copy.