Using LVM in Linux Rescue Mode
So, the OS disk at one of RHEL boxen on my vm farm is toasted and I need to check the health of the remaining disks, which are using LVM2.…
Ubuntu 12.10 and FGLRX problem after kernel update
If you just like me, who manually installed the beta FGLRX package for ubuntu 12.10, you might face the same problem that I had when I upgrade my 12.10 kernel.…
Registering new IBM tape drive on Redhat Linux
So, we recently swapped 3 faulty tape drives on our TS3310. The library is connected through FC, so there’s no need for the box to be booted off for us…
Review: Logitech Mini Boombox Review
So, against my common sense, I decided to add the Logitech Mini Boombox to already long list of things-that-I-will-only-use-once-a-year. It’s a mini speaker that can be connected to your phones,…
Bluetooth headset pairing problem on Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick
Yes, I’m still using Maverick, sue me. I have tailored my maverick install to my utmost liking, a little hack here and there, that I couldn’t (or wouldn’t want to…
AIX: grey screen on Xvnc and client rejected from IP 127.0.0.1
So, recently we need to put vnc server on a newly installed AIX 6.1 box. The installation went smooth, and we were able to start the vncserver. The problem is,…
Preparing LUNs for Oracle RAC ASM on AIX
RAC clusters share the same disk(s) among its nodes, and basically you what we need to make sure that the disk(s) is recognized by each RAC nodes under the same…
Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin Beta 2 on Vaio VPCEA36FG
Well, as you may know, my current ubuntu install, maverick meerkat will no longer be supported by Canonical, starting April 10th 2012… which sucks, since my attempts to like 11.xx…
Unmounting while “device is busy”
So, one of these days, you will find yourself wanting to unmount a partition on your linux box. Problem is, most of the time, the partition is most likely still…
Humble Bundle Frozen Synapse
The Humble Bundle has released their newest Bundle. The Humble Frozen Synapse Bundle. Well Technically it isn’t a bundle since there is only one game, Frozen Synapse. But, if you…