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  • 2012-03-09
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To create a new user group in Windows 7

This post is created upon request by a reader. May or may not be needed for the P6000 Simulator. It is however required when you install the real HP P6000 Command View. First you need to get into 'Computer Management', do this by right-clicking on 'My Computer'. Then click your …

  • 2012-03-08
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CentOS 5.8 Released

CentOS 5.8 was released today 8th of March. http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.8 You can download it from many mirrors, for example from FUNET: http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/INSTALL/Centos/ It installs just fine on an HP DL360 G7 with P410 and P411 controller …

  • 2012-03-08
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password when starting a linux server in single-user mode

http://www.cromwell-intl.com/unix/linux-break-in-howto.html On RHEL 6.2-based systems (like Scientific Linux 6.2): edit /etc/sysconfig/init # Set to '/sbin/sulogin' to prompt for password on single-user mode # Set to '/sbin/sushell' otherwise Like this: SINGLE=/sbin/sulogin Then if you add an 's' to the …

My broken amazon kindle :(

coverImage: "kindle_screen_error.jpg" During the weekend the screen on my amazon kindle 6" decided to go partially broken.It happened while it was in my backpack inside a 'leather cover' that I also got from amazon at the time of purchase. Usually with these electronic devices it's that if the …

  • 2012-03-03
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Tiny Core Linux

http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/welcome.html Micro Core Linux! Like super small! WOop woop... http://distro.ibiblio.org/tinycorelinux/downloads.html Three versions: Core Core (8MB) - CLI only This literally boots in 3 seconds after pressing enter at the boot loader, nice! To get root access hit: 'sudo sh' …

  • 2012-03-01
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OpenIndiana + PostgreSQL + dCache

This is a test for installing openindiana and set up a working dCache test-vm dCache is a storage element of the Grid (scientific computing). OI == OpenIndiana. Kind of like opensolaris with an Illumos kernel, not the sun/oracle kernel. With https://www.guldmyr.com/esxi-vmware-workstation/ as a base for how …

  • 2012-02-29
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview in VMWare Workstation

Checking out the new Windows 8 Consumer preview! Installing in a VM on a host with Windows 7 and Intel Core i7. Downloading the x64 English version from here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/iso "To snap apps, you need a screen resolution of at least 1366 x 768 …

  • 2012-02-27
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Dragonfly - Testing another OS

http://www.dragonflybsd.org/ Install It's based on ... BSD! (FreeBSD 4.8 is apparently what dragonfly span off from) What's weird is that while VMWare Workstation scans the iso (to find which OS it is) it stops responding (other VMs are unaffected). It finds FreeBSD 64-bit. It has a 'hammer' …

  • 2012-02-25
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Tails - A LiveCD/USB Linux Distribution

http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=incognito It looks like it's been renamed to 'tails'. It is based on Debian, is a LiveCD and it's purpose is to preserve anonymity and privacy. When you install it in a VM it gives a pop-up to this link saying that running it …

  • 2012-02-18
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ESXi + VMWare Workstation + OpenIndiana

Before Register and download ESXi here https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/ Free license can be found there as well. Get ESXi and the vSphere Client. Get an OS to install in a VM (I chose openindiana). Install ESXi in VMWare Workstation 8 40G disk, 4GB RAM, 2 cores, enable Virtualization …