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Ubuntu Saves the Day via iSCSI

There is a time when many of us will need to know how to do this. Today was I and my co/workers day…http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-linux-set-iscsi-initiator/ When Microsoft’s NTFS goes bad and doesn’t permit you to delete files located on iSCSI storage, we say “OH YEAH!!! Let’s see what *Linux has to say about that.” I’ll do my […]

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Enable root account on Vyatta 6.1

* do this at your own risk * Looking for a way to access to root account in Vyatta I came across some steps which I would like to share with my readers and serve as a reminder for when I forget. Step 1.  Log into your Vyatta router, locally or via remote (ssh) Step […]

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PS3 Media Server – Remix

For several weeks now I have been running PS3 Media Server (http://code.google.com/p/ps3mediaserver/) hosted on Ubuntu 10 Desktop (http://www.ubuntu.com/), when I decided to fine tune my environment by making the system headless as I had no need to interact with a desktop environment. Info: PS3 Media Server is a DLNA compliant UPNP Media Server which can […]

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Have you cleaned you package

As much as I would like to discuss the importance of cleaning ones package for good health reasons.  I choose to refrain this time around.  I will talk about something which is just as worthwhile as cleaning one’s own package.    When you install / uninstall new apps you may have packages left over which take […]

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History

There are times where I run a command that I needed to only need it again at a later time.  Most of the time I document my steps, but there are those time where I just do things in the heat of the moment to get what I need done.  So what can one do?  […]

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HowTo: Make a Windows 7 USB Flash Install Media while in Linux

Recently I had a need to install Windows 7 on a computer and I was out of DVD media to use. The only media I had was a 8GB USB Thumb drive. I have done this many of time in Windows itself with various of tools and eve manually. Now I do it in Linux […]