Category Archives: Technical

New R9 Zoneminder Up

Posted on July 6, 2025 by larry

Finally got zoneminder on Rocky 9. The CentOS 7 instance built in Q1 2021 needs some rest. Prior to that was Zoneminder built in August 2017, and the first instance of that was way back on a Pentium 4 CentOS … Continue reading →

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Another Weekend

Posted on July 3, 2025 by larry

So glad I only had two days of work this week, I am in need of a break. Did work today, but I got my 10k steps as well. I am exhausted though, did clean up my kickstart media. Had … Continue reading →

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Getaway 2025 Trip Recap

Posted on July 2, 2025 by larry

Back home back to work, time for a bit of recap. The trip was a long one, about a 2 1/2 hour drive with a break. We did get a bit of shopping on the way there at the Centralia … Continue reading →

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Kickstarts Built

Posted on June 27, 2025 by larry

I got all my public kickstarts done. Going through testing now. There is some weirdness where I have to shutdown the box and remove the boot media. Going to try with other hardware, not sure what is going on, maybe … Continue reading →

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Rocky 9 Public Kickstarts

Posted on June 26, 2025 by larry

I been randomly building stuff to get my new lab up, I realize that I have to setup a kickstart that I can give to the public. I have settled on 3 different kickstarts with a version for UEFI and … Continue reading →

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Lab Slowly Coming Back

Posted on June 25, 2025 by larry

I am slowly setting up my demo lab. First thing I needed to do was get the old lab set up so I can extract the data I need to rebuild it. Then I been digging up ISO I needed … Continue reading →

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DIY Rack Upgrades

Posted on June 22, 2025 by larry

It has been over a decade since I originally built this rack. Original Rack I should have thrown this out a couple years later when I got a real rack. But there were couple upgrades done that kept the server. … Continue reading →

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What Happened to Me?

Posted on June 21, 2025 by larry

Before I go more of into today’s post, I need to ask what the heck happened to summer? Feels like spring and don’t need to water the plants. I just finished up my 10k steps when it started to drizzle … Continue reading →

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Summer Solstice 2025

Posted on June 20, 2025 by larry

Longest day of the year, got a lot done. I did start my day normally, thought I would have a chance to sleep in, but the vet called and I had to bring in our dog at 11:30 After that … Continue reading →

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Good Sleep Good Work

Posted on June 19, 2025 by larry

This 8 Port KVM switch arrived today https://amzn.to/4nfuwow It works well form my office rack, made it look cleaner. Will post pics tomorrow, but it needs more work. I went to bed clean and comfortable last night and I woke … Continue reading →

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