chronicling this headache…
- figure out a lot of things aren’t working
- try to back things up using time machine at work with the old macbook
- time machine stalls, give up on the macbook and try to back things up at home with the new macbook pro
- figure out that time machine is one of the things not working properly
- to get time machine working, reinstall HP software, restart the server once and the macbook pro three times
- start time machine, see that it will take 2-3 hours
- come back after a 3-hr nap to find the power adapter is broken and the macbook pro has powered down - not certain if the time machine backup has finished before the battery died
- (15 hours later) figure out time machine back up was about 80% finished, finish the rest
- re-install osx (about 2 hours)
- and the fun part now is re-installing all the software…
- sudo gem update —include-dependencies
- sudo port install mysql5 +server (oops, apparently this is deprecated)
- sudo port uninstall mysql5 +server
- sudo port install mysql5-server, mongrel, etc
- had to remove Leopard’s rails and replace it with ours: sudo mv /usr/bin/rails /usr/bin/rails.old && sudo ln -s /opt/local/bin/rails /usr/bin/rails
- sudo ln -s /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock /tmp/mysql.sock (and now it’s 3 am)