Happy 7th Birthday
Ubuntu is 7 today, so happy birthday to U. Thanks to Canonical and the community for making my computing life more inspiring and more productive.
Installing Ubuntu on the Alienware m11x R2
I imagined it would be easy enough, obviously with it being fairly new hardware there might be some driver issues in Ubuntu, and once an idea dawned on me dual booting ubuntu and windows 7 on the m11x was easy. … Continue reading
Ubuntu Server-Setting up and managing Raid1
In preparation for getting my Tranquil PC BBS2, on which I plan to install Ubuntu server on the “OS disk” and have initially two 1TB drives in Raid1 configuration and add an additional 2 later as my storage needs increase, I … Continue reading
The most TOP utilities for Ubuntu Server
I know this will apply to various linux distros, but continuing the theme of blogs about installing Ubuntu Server on my BBS2, I give you some Top hints for some Top utilities on the command line. top – You most … Continue reading
How to create a self-signed Certificate for apache
Great article that explains the steps need to get your own self-certified ssl going in apache2 How to create a self-signed Certificate.
Ubuntu Server-Reinstallation and re-configuring existing Raid1
Following on from my article on Setting up and Managing Raid1 on Ubuntu Server, I have been testing the raid using a VirtualBox VM. Today, I took the VM, consisting of an OS drive (with Ubuntu Server installed) and 2 drives … Continue reading
Ubuntu Server – Remove Raid Array
Nice and simple: mdadm –stop /dev/md0 mdadm –remove /dev/md0 mdadm –zero-superblock /dev/sdb1 mdadm –zero-superblock /dev/sdc1
Ubuntu Server – Creating an expandable Raid5 Array starting with 2 disks
Again, I’m using VirtualBox to test this, I have a single OS drive with Ubuntu Server (intrepid) installed. I’ve added two 2gb virtual disk to it, which will be the starting point of the Raid5. Most places on the net … Continue reading
ManDVD – DVD Creation and video conversion for Linux
Found this absolute gem of a utility for Fedora and Debian based linux. ManDVD allows you to add avi’s, mpegs, divx, etc to a DVD project, create a Menu and build / write the DVD. The user interface is so … Continue reading