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Archive for October, 2008

Linux RAID again!

Another (unknown) power outage and another problem for the array. UPS & server lost power around 21:30, come the morning server is powered off. Boot once and hda1 has some a couple of errors but seems OK but then crashes the server with errors. Start again and mdadm freaks out trying to assemble the array [...]

Google Reader Addiction

I’m addicted to google reader. I haven’t even looked for a better RSS reader in case I totally damn myself. Every site I read (besides forums) has an RSS feed, this allows me to see everything at once or just a single site as it’s updated. My current OPML file is here.

Cheap VPS

Servers on the net are cheap. For a little more than shared hosting you can get a VPS or dedicated server. I signed up with linode for $19.95 US a month, which is twice what I’m paying apis for limited shared hosting. Billy signed with core networks for $29.95 a month for a dedicated server! [...]

Adding SWAP

doom2 has a 4GB swap parition I wanted to make this 8GB just to match RAM. If VMware server 1 was chewing RAM like a madman it might of been the hang RC. Anyway turns out this is mega easy since with kernel 2.6 there’s no diff between a swap file and a swap partition.
So [...]