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Hardware How-To

Upgrading HP ProCurve firmware via USB flash drive

Today I got a replacement HP ProCurve 2910al-48G-PoE+ J9148A to replace one that had faulted in the data-center so I am taking a moment to take a little phrase from Horace “Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero” because I may not have the chance to do this another day. The ProCurve switch has a USB port that […]

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Technical

Server 2012: “We couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one”

In my attempt to install Windows Server 2012 on a test system using a USB Stick as my installation method I kept encountering the error in the above subject of this post. Searching ‘Google’ gave me a lot of details about this issue, but nothing that actually fixed my problem. I have done this type […]

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Personal

Who’s History?

It’s cool that my 11 year old is learning about Harriet Tubman and how she was trapped in Amsterdam by the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands by German uniformed police. She also help free saves from the Pharaohs of Egypt with the help of many brave Americans and Moses. Later to become an an African-American […]

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Personal

Systems Admin w/ iPad – Now what

So I am officially now using my iPad. I have been looking for apps that could help me during my work day and during my adventures in administration of systems I run in my home lab. Outside of one cool ssh terminal app I haven’t found much else, but my search continues. Updates will follow.