For some of you that may not know ESXi 5.1 has been released. If you are like me running it for free at home or in the office, you may have asked yourself. How can I update my existing ESXi 5.0 installation without needing to use a CD / USB. Well my friends, it’s good you stopped […]
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Here is a question I got not so long ago. Jermal, How do I go about finding the name and type of network card I have in my Linux installation? First off, thanks for asking me. I know of a few ways and I’ll list them here. Short and simple. We have the the following commands: […]
To find out what is the maximum system can support type the following command: root@websvr:~# dmidecode -t 16 output # dmidecode 2.11 SMBIOS 2.4 present. Handle 0x0082, DMI type 16, 15 bytes Physical Memory Array Location: System Board Or Motherboard Use: System Memory Error Correction Type: None Maximum Capacity: 1 TB Error Information Handle: Not […]
The dmidecode command reads the system DMI table to display hardware and BIOS information of the server. Apart from getting current configuration of the system, you can also get information about maximum supported configuration of the system using dmidecode. For example, dmidecode gives both the current RAM on the system and the maximum RAM supported […]
“bump” root@websvr:~# lvm version LVM version: 2.02.66(2) (2010-05-20) Library version: 1.02.48 (2010-05-20) Driver version: 4.22.0 And that is my filler post for the day. — more info — Logical Volume Manager (Linux) LVM is a logical volume manager for the Linux kernel; it manages disk drives and similar mass-storage devices. The term “volume” refers to […]
Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other. – Arthur Schopenhauer You find yourself looking at your photos, photos of friends and family. Then are those times you view the photos of those you are fond of. Only to strangely, almost […]