all this to install an old enough java / javaws, log into my old servers BMC and find out that THE SERVER'S BEEN ONLINE THIS WHOLE FUCKING TIME
it was that dynamic interface naming bullshit tripping me up
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq3r2d5qdmr2lf24hyjyvc4zmur55l8r8zlm22ldyngz3sp233fjcqd66rur these are the ones I have nostalgia for