Category Archives: Weigh In

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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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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Homeserver Demo Needed

Posted on February 1, 2020 by larry

It has become clear that I need a home server up not only to demo what Linux can do, but as a reference server on how to do things. I struggled with getting dovecot going and it shouldn’t have been … Continue reading →

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Making Linux Comfortable for Windows Users

Posted on January 31, 2020 by larry

I figured out how to get MATE instead of Cinnamon working with RDP, X2Go, and VNC. MATE uses less resources than Cinnamon so hopefully a computer can run more smoothly. There are a little bit of details I want to … Continue reading →

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Figured out USB drives

Posted on January 30, 2020 by larry

Looks like the USB drives are working, but lost a huge opportunity to record videos due to the delay. Need to make it up some how. But I do have a batch of 32GB flash drives to start things off. … Continue reading →

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Trying To Get a Working USB

Posted on January 29, 2020 by larry

Been trying to get a working USB to boot. Not sure why its not working right. Maybe I need to sync, or commit. Something sure is not working right. Weight: 300.6

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