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An Inessential Guide to Athena

Fifth Edition

Lost Contact With File Server

At some point in your dealings with Athena, you will almost certainly encounter a message saying something like:

afs: Lost contact with file server 18.70.0.210 in cell athena.mit.edu

(The number may be different.) This is disconcerting if you've never seen it before. But DON'T PANIC.

• What This Means To You
• What Did All That Mean?
• So What Did I Lose?
• So What Should I Worry About?
• But I Can't Save My Files!
• Command Not Found