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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.

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How-To Software

Trend Micro Officescan 10 WSSPatterns consuming my disk

Working on the Officescan Server in preparation for an upgrade, when I noticed a large amount of disk space used on the server.  Not knowing where the space was being used I pulled out my handy portable version of HDGraph and did the scan.  It showed that the space used was from the following directory:  C:Program FilesTrend […]

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Personal

Happy Birthday to Me – Open Letter to my Mother

I would like to first say thank you for these years of life I have had. You cared for me, prayed for me. Was there as a friend, and as a teacher. Thank you for being so patient with me, and having understanding even when I did not understand myself. You have always been there, […]