Author Archives: larry

Replacing Failed Hard Drives

Posted on November 14, 2025 by larry

Got a bunch drives that a needed to replace, kind of a pain. I finished one on my media center, and my backup server. It was a lot of work to get in to. I did swim today, got a … Continue reading →

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Health Of Hard Drives

Posted on November 13, 2025 by larry

Last night I had a scare, one of the archive checksums did not match up. Luckily got backups and it was discovered while I was replacing the hard drives. One thing I been on lately is checking on the health … Continue reading →

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Accidental JBOD

Posted on November 12, 2025 by larry

This JBOD backplane came in yesterday from aliexpress. I didn’t have plans for it but it was cheap and was worth a look. Turned out to burn a hole in my wallet. Has huge promise, got a few things to … Continue reading →

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Repeating Blog Post Titles

Posted on November 11, 2025 by larry

Was about to title this Cleaning Up Network, yesterday I was going to post it as back to swim. I am starting to notice I have so many posts, the titles are getting reused. Anyway, I am cleaning up my … Continue reading →

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Back To Swimming Routine

Posted on November 10, 2025 by larry

Back in the pool today, got to admit, I was kind of off, almost was late, forgot my locker combination, almost forgot my swimming headphones, had to think about what I needed. Also to add to the confusion it was … Continue reading →

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Living Room Rack

Posted on November 9, 2025 by larry

Here is another rack I just finished. This one services the living room entertainment area. Note the Rpi on the top, I am considering using one of the blank areas below for it. As I was building this, I was … Continue reading →

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Windows 11 Rebuilt

Posted on November 8, 2025 by larry

I finally rebuilt my desktop, I spent most of the day getting my data backed up and restored. Ninite is awesome, got a lot of my apps installed quickly. Remember the launcher from a few days ago, that helped a … Continue reading →

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Running Errands

Posted on November 7, 2025 by larry

Today went to Factoria to throw away some syringes at their hazardous waste facitility. Kind of shows how many needles and autoinjectors went through our home. Reminds me of how sick Toto was getting, but also told me these meds … Continue reading →

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Too Cold Too Tired

Posted on November 6, 2025 by larry

Didn’t get my steps like I planned, been really wet and cold and not ready to put myself through that yet. Also I been worn down, need some sleep. I thought I went to bed early enough but was still … Continue reading →

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Weird Problem With KVMHOST

Posted on November 5, 2025 by larry

Struggled a bit today trying to get my KVMHOST to communicate at 1000mb Full. Ran the following and I think it worked A full reboot seems to work and moving it from a cheap netgear switch to the mikrotik also … Continue reading →

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