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Linux System Recovery part 1

Linux System Recovery part 1

In December 2012, there was a power outage mostly due to blowing fuse at the fuse box. For those that don’t deal with that much, older fuses will trip because the connectors are worn out. Also on a 20amp fuse you should not go over 60% output, so 14amp would be safe. You can replace [...]

mdadm Raid5 – How to replace failed drive GPT partition

mdadm Raid5 – How to replace failed drive GPT partition

Install gdisk. On debian squeeze you need to add main backports vi /etc/apt/source.list #Add below deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main contrib non-free Install gdisk aptitude install gdisk Drive sdb1 failed? Show details of partition md0 mdadm –detail /dev/md0 cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] md0 : active raid5 sdc1[1] sdd1[2] 3907028864 blocks level 5, 64k [...]

Upgrade Grub to Grub-pc

Upgrade Grub to Grub-pc

During upgrade of Lenny to Squeeze I run into an an issue with upgrading grub to grub2. My 4x2Tb drivers were created using GDP partition. As a result of the upgrade the grub-pc had an issue with my gpt partition. If you receive any of these errors you might be in a similar situation. The [...]

Mozilla Lightning on Debian Squeeze

Hello, To install Mozilla Lightning on Debian squeeze do the following: aptitude install iceowl-extension Fixes the following issues: If you are trying to install lightning plugin version 1.0b1 January 12, 2010 2.5 MB Works with: Thunderbird 3.0b4 – 3.0.* SeaMonkey 2.0b2 – 2.0.* and you are using amd64 then you might be getting these errors [...]

Computer Basics (Domain, Record your desktop, commandline)

Computer Basics (Domain, Record your desktop, commandline)

Some basic videos that everybody in technology world should know and learn: Setup Domain Controller and know how to access your shared drives, setup user accounts, join domain, and use tools available to you. (1)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGfwfWcLFMw (2)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PelA-_gT2qE (3)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hrhwzN15A4 (4)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-7g_gA9NCg (5) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1AZgXqi2yQ Know how to record your desktop so you can record and do training manuals for [...]