Monthly Archives: June 2020

Media Server In Production

Posted on June 20, 2020 by larry

I got the media server in production, also started decomm process for the old server. One thing I installed was drupal, I did not know I had a newer version 9. It required a newer maria database. Upgraded seamlessly, looks … Continue reading →

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All Hardware In

Posted on June 19, 2020 by larry

I got all the hardware for this phase of building my media server. Feeling good, but the H310 is not being recognized. Weight: 314.2

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Looking At Upgrade

Posted on June 18, 2020 by larry

After playing with my new plex server, I am tempted on my next version of desktop. Here is the old one Even a cheapo Ryzen 3 3100 is faster then the one I have now. Looking to see how much … Continue reading →

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Repairs Repairs Repairs

Posted on June 17, 2020 by larry

A couple of friends came over today and help my fix our Civic. Almost done, but had to ruin a few parts to get it Hope I can find it locally. Next thing we fixed were the two toilets in … Continue reading →

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Moved Video Capture Card

Posted on June 16, 2020 by larry

Moved the video capture card from my Windows Plex to Linux Plex. I hope that my plex servers will all be Linux in two weeks. Ordered a couple of more HDs. Weight: 310.4

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Daughters Graduated Today

Posted on June 15, 2020 by larry

Today my twin daughter’s graduated from High School. It was an interesting affair, because it was all on a youtube premiere video, although it was on Vimeo first I think I would be just as proud if this was a … Continue reading →

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New Media Server Up

Posted on June 14, 2020 by larry

Got the new server up, building as I post. For most of the day I was getting the kickstart ready. I got an M.2 SATA disk for the OS, I tested the hot swap ports, seems to be OK. Will … Continue reading →

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Old and New Fridge

Posted on June 13, 2020 by larry

Here is the old and new fridge. Also got instructions on building a new zoneminder server from a minimal CentOS 7 install. #!/bin/bash yum -y install mariadb mariadb-server mod_ssl php-mbstring php php-mysql httpd wgetyum -y install epel-releasewget https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-7.noarch.rpmyum -y install … Continue reading →

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Two Factor Authentication/ New Fridge

Posted on June 12, 2020 by larry

Forgot to document how to enable two factor authentication. from couple of weeks ago. Kind of sucks trying to figure out what I did last time. But I figured it out. Got new fridge today, it is nearly identical to … Continue reading →

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Base Linux Install Video

Posted on June 11, 2020 by larry

Finally got a video on the Base Linux Install I use for my Demos. First time I posted a video using OBS recording a VMware machine. Easier to set up. On a side note, Comcast has been disappointing. Second time … Continue reading →

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