Author Archives: larry

Dragging Today

Posted on March 16, 2018 by larry

I don’t know why but I been so tired today. Kind of want to call it an early night and go to bed. Did work out in the gym today. But need to get a more formal workout that focuses … Continue reading →

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USB Boot Disk Getting Close

Posted on March 15, 2018 by larry

My USB boot disk is still unfinished but I got a good idea of how far I want to go. There are 5 build profiles, the main menu shows 4 of the 5. The 5th is the zoneminder profile which … Continue reading →

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USB Boot

Posted on March 14, 2018 by larry

Finally Got a script to work and boot. Now I can get it to recognize the difference between and sda and sdb. I modified the script and it looks like it will work.  It was the %pre location and an … Continue reading →

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Rain Is Back

Posted on March 13, 2018 by larry

Dismal day again, so much rain after two days of nice weather and people forget how to drive in the rain. At least there are signs nice weather will return, just a taste but still Spent some time today tweaking … Continue reading →

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433Mhz Relay Unit

Posted on March 12, 2018 by larry

Today I got a bunch of packages, one of them contained some relatively cheap 433Mhz Relay modules. Very little documentation on hot configure this, but I was able to work it out. Here it is Before starting, the unit should … Continue reading →

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Day Off

Posted on March 11, 2018 by larry

Spent time with family today.  We did an all you can eat to celebrate those in the family with March Birthdays. So, I basically did nothing but eat and have fun. Sometimes you just got to do that.

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Tx and Rx Exhibit Modules

Posted on March 10, 2018 by larry

Kind of frustrating day on the maker front. Felt like getting these simple units up took longer than it should have. Code some code on it, and at least it works.  

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Linuxfest 2018 Demo Server

Posted on March 9, 2018 by larry

Getting the Linuxfest 2018 Demo Server built (and rebuildable) Wish I documented the openhab build last year.  At least I have backup files. For now I will have MQTT OpenHAB Zoneminder http/https sendmail dovecot Still working through the builds though.

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Build Process Works

Posted on March 8, 2018 by larry

For the USB anyway, but still iffy with the kickstart. Not sure how I am going to solve the issue with USB being seen as SDA vs SDB Kind of driving me batty.

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Quickly Building USB Boots

Posted on March 7, 2018 by larry

Now that I got a decent working boot USB, I need to develop a way to mass produce them. I build a quick machine to see if I can do it with CentOS 7. As I post it is patching.  … Continue reading →

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