Category Archives: Technical

Finally Got One

Posted on November 18, 2021 by larry

Finally won and executed on a Newegg Shuffle. It is only an RTX3060 but it is a 3000 card. Waited a year to get one. So it will be interesting because I will have a GTX 960, GTX 1060, GTX … Continue reading →

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Need To Not Rush

Posted on November 16, 2021 by larry

Today I wanted to get the replacement switch in. When I was installing the new switch I thought I could simply unplug a few wires. When I plugged the wires back in, network was partially down. Of course, I thought … Continue reading →

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Rocky 8.5 is out

Posted on November 15, 2021 by larry

Downloaded Rocky 8.5 today and redoing my infrastructure to support it. Made a mistake of deleting the wrong device and erased my copy of kickstart and grub boot. Luckily I documented on this blog what I did, so was able … Continue reading →

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Homeserver Base Demo Done

Posted on November 14, 2021 by larry

Finally achieved my base demo Rocky Linux Home Server. Here are the things in the install DHCP DNS Podman(Docker) DNS over HTTPS NTP OpenVPN Webmin Cockpit File Server (NAS Samba and NFS) Mail Server (postfix and dovecot) Nagios Grafana Influxdb … Continue reading →

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Son Installed Rocky Linux 8

Posted on November 13, 2021 by larry

So my youngest son installed his first OS today. He installed Rocky Linux 8. His words, “Firefox is kind of cringe but I don’t care” So happy, now I will have him install mint. Speaking of installing, I got documentation … Continue reading →

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How My New Rack Will Look Like

Posted on November 11, 2021 by larry

Kinf of Joking Maybe not, but this is my new server rack on an Ikea shelf Got my pi cluster and thin client cluster. Fun stuff, I think I can fit most critical stuff on here either as a native … Continue reading →

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Fun Trip With Daughter

Posted on November 6, 2021 by larry

Yesterday I mentioned we headed to Pasco for State XC. Today we headed back after watching the sole runner participate in state. It was fun. Also went to Miner’s per tradition. It was a great father daughter experience. On the … Continue reading →

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More Ports Going Down

Posted on November 2, 2021 by larry

Pretty disappointed at this pricey switch. A bunch of the ports on this server went down. Hoping the warranty replacement one will be more reliable. Luckily I have a ports on my IoT switch that can be used. Still pretty … Continue reading →

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Little Podman Differences

Posted on November 1, 2021 by larry

Had a frustrating problem with podman. It did not create the maclan properly, found out it was due to a bug in the version of podman that comes with the Rocky 8.4 DVD. Updated it and it worked. Little things … Continue reading →

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Halloween 2021

Posted on October 31, 2021 by larry

Happy Halloween, I did not expect a huge rebound in trick or treaters today, but there wasa decent amount reminiscent of 2019. Got Rocky 8 USB Boot working Finally figured it out, able to kickstart and boot off of a … Continue reading →

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