Monthly Archives: April 2023

Upgrading Demo Lab Too

Posted on April 10, 2023 by larry

Upgrading the demo lab to Rocky 9. Looks like I am hanging my hat on that distro for training. I need to get the lab up, then I can start documenting my presentations. I figured out most of the kickstart, … Continue reading →

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Easter 2023

Posted on April 9, 2023 by larry

A little excitement at the end of the day, power went out while I was out. Doing a quick post so I can get this done. But mail doesn’t seem to be right. It doesn’t seem to be routing properly. … Continue reading →

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Right Knee A Problem

Posted on April 8, 2023 by larry

It was my left knee, now it is my right knee. I am getting a feel of life with good knees. I can do stuff which is great. On the tech side, I am starting to upgrade my machines to … Continue reading →

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Good Friday 2023

Posted on April 7, 2023 by larry

Made it through another Lent, unfortunately one of my secondary commitments, giving up cookies didn’t happen. But my primary one giving up hamburgers I did. Cortisone Kicking In Wow, my knee feels great, life is better, and I am able … Continue reading →

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Pulled The Trigger on Rocky 9

Posted on April 6, 2023 by larry

I finally put my core monitoring server on Rocky 9. Going to proceed with more in the near future. But this was a big one. Really important server. Another thing I figured out was how to import and upgrade the … Continue reading →

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Cortisone Shot

Posted on April 5, 2023 by larry

Got my first cortisone shot today, was thinking today was the last day of rest, but the shot will not take effect till this weekend. So another day or two of rest. Found out why I have not been sleeping … Continue reading →

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Perfection is the Enemy of Progress

Posted on April 4, 2023 by larry

I need to move on my upgrades. I pulled out the new replacement for my core home server and started planning the build process. Waiting on the new hard drive, when it comes in I am going to upgrade the … Continue reading →

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Inadvertent Upgrade

Posted on April 3, 2023 by larry

I was messing around with installing pihole today on Rocky 9. I figured it out with my prior notes. At the same time I decided to upgrade my pihole on CentOS 7. It failed miserably. It wanted some glibc that … Continue reading →

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Office Reorg

Posted on April 2, 2023 by larry

Got back to cleaning office, kind of needed it, but more so, I moved stuff around. I identified that my work rack needs to be outside the closet. It looks nicer that way. Continued with my taxes, should be finished … Continue reading →

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Foot Getting Better But Still Limited

Posted on April 1, 2023 by larry

Doesn’t mean I did not get a lot done though. Big one was getting my stock Rocky Linux box as as an AMI in AWS. I also got a new save, that was heavy, and started my taxes. Got a … Continue reading →

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