Category Archives: Technical

Behind Again In My Book

Posted on February 12, 2020 by larry

I am so behind in my book, pretty sure I am not going to finish a draft by the next meetup. There is a chance to get it done by Linuxfest. If I can just write a few pages a … Continue reading →

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Eating Lighter

Posted on February 11, 2020 by larry

I thought I was OK watching what I eat, but the weight is not showing it. I need to get out and exercise more. Worked on a special USB drive to custom install a Linux Terminal Server. Weight: 302.8

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Installing Plex Media Server

Posted on February 10, 2020 by larry

Installing plex media server is one of those things that is so easy, I forget that most people don’t know how to do it. So I put together a quick video on how to do it. Also this morning I … Continue reading →

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Upgrade Of Media Center Hard Drive

Posted on February 8, 2020 by larry

One of my media servers needed a larger hard drive, so as I am posting it is moving data (extents) from on disk to another, while it it is running. Another thing I am doing at the same time is … Continue reading →

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Changing USB Procedures

Posted on February 7, 2020 by larry

Wow, it takes 3 hours to validate and copy the CentOS DVD iso to the USB flash drive. Most of it is the bad blocks check. I need to think about concurrent runs Kids had a multicultural day at school. … Continue reading →

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Testing USB Flash Drives

Posted on February 6, 2020 by larry

Frustrating to see some of my drives are failing. Found a utility that can check health of the disk, F3 or Fight Flash Fraud. Trying it out. Weight: 301.8

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Dump Restore on CentOS 7

Posted on February 5, 2020 by larry

Took longer than I expected, but I figured out how to backup and restore on CentOS 7 using the dump and restore utilities. I have done this in the past no problem, but back then it was grub classic. This … Continue reading →

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Upgrading Plex Box

Posted on February 4, 2020 by larry

I am thinking of upgrading my plex box. CPU and RAM are OK, it is the disk that worries me. I keep running out of space, I am always hitting the warning threshold. First thing I am going to do … Continue reading →

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New Nutritionist

Posted on February 3, 2020 by larry

Saw a new nutritionist today. I feel a little bit of motivation. Need to work a new schedule. Also a menu. On the Linux Home Server front, I tried to do a video, a couple actually, audio was not right. … Continue reading →

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Linux Home Server Demo

Posted on February 2, 2020 by larry

Finally got my Linux home server running where I can demonstrate things. For building websites, I have a LAMP stack running Drupal WordPress Media Wiki For network monitoring MRTG for looking at Internet Usage Nagios for monitoring if services are … Continue reading →

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