System Rescue CDs
I just wanted to put a little note here because I was reminded tonight of 2 very good rescue CDs that I have used in the past and I highly recommend to anyone who has a broken system (Linux, Windows,...
View ArticleGoogle Repositories (apt-get)
Add this line to /etc/apt/sources.listdeb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-freeImport the key by running thiswget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key...
View ArticleBlank DVD Compatibility
Every now and then I run into someone who is wondering why their burnt DVDs aren't playing in their player. Each time this happens I always go nuts trying to find the site that lets you search for DVD...
View ArticleUsing WGET to retrieve all files of a certain type
wget -r -l1 -H -t1 -nd -N -np -A.mp3 -erobots=off -i ~/mp3blogs.txt And here's what this all means: -r -H -l1 -np These options tell wget to download recursively. That means it goes to a URL, downloads...
View ArticleAutomated SSH login using keys
I always seem to forget how to do this when I need to. When setting up an automated backup you obviously don't want the script to ask for a password so you set up a key pair.Machine sending the backups...
View ArticleMaking a back up copy of OSX Leopard install disk on a SL-DVD
I got OSX Leopard tonight and I want to make a back up copy.... but there are a lot of weird things going on in the partitioning of the disk.... Not to mention it's more than 7GB. Of course, you know,...
View ArticlePVR150 with Set Top Box (KnoppMyth)
Last year I wrote a HOWTO that I put on the KnoppMyth Wiki. While I don't use KnoppMyth any longer and I feel that MythBuntu is a much easier solution I found myself needing information from that...
View Article100 Mac OSX Applications
Someone I've been following on Twitter posted a great list of his 100 top applications for Mac OSX. I wanted to link back to him from here. Click on the "Reference Link" at the bottom of this post.
View ArticleInstalling XEN on Ubuntu 7.10 (amd64)
After finding how-to upon how-to that said to use "apt-get install ubuntu-xen-server" and repeatedly banging my head against the wall because it kept telling me the package wasnt found, I finally found...
View ArticleUsing lock files in a script
When dealing with automated rsync backup scripts you sometimes run in to the issue of a large file taking longer than expected and cron launching another rsync -- eventually spiraling things down. The...
View ArticlePinouts for CAT5 to DTE RS232
If anyone has ever worked with a router or switch from Foundry Networks, then you know how difficult it is to get into the RS232 console port using the standard cables that you usually have available....
View ArticleDoing your own OpenID authentication
OpenID is an open standard for authentication on various, unrelated, websites. There are many providers that will provide you with an OpenID idenity but, in some ways, this defeates the purpose of...
View ArticleUsing sudo on a remote rsync session (via ssh)
I have been using rsync to back up almost a dozen servers for years now and I am convinced that it is the best solution for remote back ups. A couple of months ago I ran into a situation where I need...
View ArticleRapidly flashing light on MacBook
There seems to be a huge lack of information on this so I wanted to share it here. If all of a sudden your MacBook or MacBook Pro refuses to start and all you get is the rapid flashing sleep light then...
View ArticleUSB to PS/2 Chipsets
I've been dealing with a lot of issues with repeating keys (sticky keys) when using USB to PS/2 adaptors. My one client needs to use these because the Startech IPKVM solutions mixed with the Aten...
View ArticleOSX is refusing to eject a CD
I had an ordeal tonight..... I needed to burn an ISO to a blank CD so I put a, what I assumed was blank, CD in my MacBook and Toast informed me that it was not writable. What was it? Some Windows CD, I...
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Panduit S050X150YAJ Label Template
So I've come up with a system of labeling each end of a cable with a "serial number" so that when your running cables between racks of servers inside of bundles of wires you can locate which 2 cable...
View ArticleMythNetTV on LinuxMCE
There is a utility for MythTV called MythNetTV which can be found here. This utility does a great job at grabbing videos from an RSS feed and importing them in to MythTV's database as recorded...
View ArticleUsing USB devices on Windows under VMware ESXi (Aladdin Hardlock)
VMware is quickly becoming the best way to run servers of all kinds and now that ESXi is free we're going to continue to see more and more functions moved onto a virtualized platform. Recently I've...
View ArticlePVR-150 IR Blaster on MythBuntu 9.10 with Dish Network
Upgrading to MythBuntu 9.10 from 9.04 was a challenge on some respects but the biggest of the challenges was getting my PVR-150 IR Blaster working.... again. I don't know why Ubuntu loves to break this...
View ArticleApple Time Machine backups to Ubuntu network drive
Apple's Time Machine is an awesome utility but gets frustrating when you have to use an external drive. An easier was to do these back ups is using a network drive. Fortunately, the netatalk package...
View ArticleChanges
After many MANY years of loyally supporting Blogger despite there being other solutions that may have fit better it seems that Blogger has given up on me. Why? Because I use FTP to publish my blog to...
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PVR-150 IR Blaster on MythBuntu 10.04
For some reason I decided that I was going to upgrade my Mythbuntu system to 10.04 and that everything was going to go ok. Everytime I do this I regret it for at least a day because, for whatever...
View ArticleAdd files to an ISO using OSX
If you've ever wanted to create a linux CD or DVD with a kickstart file and you're on a Mac you've probably ran into this issue. You can use this method to add/edit/delete files from an ISO image...
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