Category Archives: New Toys

Upgrade To Rocky 9.8

Posted on May 28, 2026 by larry

Starting to move my processes to Rocky 9.8, I have upgraded all my production machines and created a kickstart for 9.8. I still have a few things to do like MATE. Currently creating a Rocky 9.8 instance on AWS and … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day 2026

Posted on May 25, 2026 by larry

I did workout today, but it was a slog. I just could not move and not maintain my pace and had to drop it down. Kids said they had a hard time working out as well, maybe it is the … Continue reading →

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Inglorious Homecoming

Posted on May 18, 2026 by larry

About to head out and grab my son at PLU. Already have some of his stuff. The rack I had at his place is now back home and I don’t have any offsite DR. Still functional, nothing wrong with it. … Continue reading →

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Problems with 2 1/2″ Drives

Posted on May 11, 2026 by larry

Another 2.5″ drive giving me problems. I pulled it out of my mini server frigate box and hoping a USB Seagate will do the trick. A place that has been giving me fits is my nearstore server. I actually rebuilt … Continue reading →

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Pretty Awesome Run

Posted on May 9, 2026 by larry

OK, I was slow, and I didn’t PR, but I didn’t quit either. But I did run a parkrun 5k What was amazing was afterwards I weighed in. See below. I do want to touch on some things My nearstore … Continue reading →

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Fun Track Meet

Posted on May 3, 2026 by larry

Hoping they do this again when I am physically ready If I can sub 15 for the mile I will do it next time. Also worked on a new DHCP Server system called Kea. Interesting set of services. Weight: 317.2

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First Lab Rax Build

Posted on May 2, 2026 by larry

Finally got my first labrax built This was the heat insert version, looks clean. I am going to try the bolted version next. Weight: 318.4

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My Test NAS

Posted on April 26, 2026 by larry

Spent a nice chunk of the day documenting my test NAS. Don’t feel like duplicating here so here is the external live link. https://my.apolonio.tech/?p=365 Calling it good though. Enough documentation for the weeknd. But I am trying another rack system, … Continue reading →

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Hard Drive Migration

Posted on April 25, 2026 by larry

Did the final move of hard drives on my old system to the new NAS, migration is complete. Also pulled out all the other drives and placed it in the lab system. Works. I need to document what I got … Continue reading →

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Netbox Install

Posted on April 19, 2026 by larry

I finally got netbox installed on my network. It is in a VM but the install was native not container. Also infrastructure to back it up is there as well, and monitoring. Didn’t have time to install the new firewall … Continue reading →

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