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

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Ubuntu Wallpapers

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Lummie’s Wallpapers by Matt Harrison are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at lummie.co.uk. All of these images have been created / photographed by myself.  If you have chosen to use any of … 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

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Getting the power button on the BBS2 to shutdown ubuntu

Nice and simple: sudo apt-get install acpid

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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

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Installing Ubuntu on the BBS2

So I had a bit of experimentation with the BBS2. I had purchased the storage drives (2x Samsung HD103UJ SpinPoint F 1TB Hard Drive) but had decided that I did not want the OS to be installed on the raid.  … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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