Linux Operating Systems

LVM fun: Swap out disk in LVM2 stripe

Update: You can find a much better version of this as an article I wrote for the Odroid Magazine:https://magazine.odroid.com/article/linux-logical-volume-manager-lvm2/ I’ve been planning to upgrade my LVM2 2 disk striped setup with a new disk for a while. I am currently on the testing phase but I think I have a good way to do it …

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Operating Systems

Raspberry Pi: Run 'screen' at Login

Hello,   Recently I attached an LCD screen to my Raspberry Pi and wanted to be able to type commands via ssh and have them display on the screen. After searching the web, I came up with the following solution to fit my needs.   It has 3 parts: You must autologin on the console, …

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Operating Systems

OS X: A Secret Love Affair

Good evening, I am somewhat of an odd person in the eyes of my peers. I someone who enjoys using OS X for daily tasks in a Windows dominated environment. Everyone I know uses Windows. Some know what Linux. Some of those know that is more than just for servers. Some also know that Linux …

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Networking Operating Systems

Target Me

Hello. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t feel special at all in the vast and somewhat uncontrollable mass that is the Internet. However… I use a small router with OpenWrt as a home gateway and for a while now I have been seeing in my logs that I receive ssh login attempts from all over …

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Operating Systems Windows

Antivirus Protection And You

Happy New Year everyone! It’s time to give up the dreams of a prolonged vacation and get cracking. I was thinking the other day that a lot of people overestimate the importance of an anti-virus program(let’s call it AV for short). Don’t get me wrong, security is extremely important, for many reasons, no matter who …

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Operating Systems

Disk Drive Disaster

I imagine there’s a special place in Hell for people who don’t backup their important files. If there is, I am sure they are saving a spot for me :). You probably get tortured by having to recover your drive with nothing but a Windows recovery disk and a few floppies and if you actually …

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