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In order to force an fsck check on reboot simply stick a file in the root of the filesystem you wish checked named forcefsck and reboot. You can use the line touch /forcefsck to create it. If you have the filesystem mounted under another path edit the line accordingly. fsck will automatically remove this file [ READ MORE ]
There are a few services I run that I need to access over the web that I do not want anyone watching (phpMyAdmin, for example). The simple solution is to encrypt this traffic with SSL certificates. Here is how I did it on Windows with Apache 2.2: Install the latest Apache 2.2 with OpenSSL: http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi. Open the [ READ MORE ]
I have noticed that the Linux versions of VMware products love their swap usage. I do not know if this is a “fault” of Linux or the VMware software but it annoys and slows me down. After looking around for an elegant solution I just decided to take the brute force method to emptying my [ READ MORE ]
As a follow up to my Tether Motorola Droid with Ubuntu 9.10 and Ubuntu 10.04 article I have decided to post the steps for Windows 7. Grab and install the latest Droid Drivers: http://www.motorola.com/Support/US-EN/Support-Homepage/Software_and_Drivers/USB-and-PC-Charging-Drivers/ Grab and install the latest OpenVPN: http://www.openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/downloads.html Grab the latest Android SDK and extract it: http://developer.android.com/sdk/ Create a file called azilink.ovpn file and enter into [ READ MORE ]
Installing VMware Tools on a Linux host is very simple. All you need to do is make sure the headers for your current kernel and GCC are installed. Here is an example of the commands you would run for Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic gcc sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom cp /media/cdrom/VMware*.tar.gz /tmp sudo umount /media/cdrom cd /tmp tar xzvf VMware*.gz cd vmware-tools-distrib/ sudo [ READ MORE ]