Screen Status Line
Screen is a great program for running multiple virtual terminals from the command line. It also gives you the ability to start a process, disconnect, and then come back to it […]
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FreeBSD as an iSCSI SAN
ISCSI SAN’s are on the rise and a number of data centers are installing them. The cost for a good iSCSI SAN is not expensive in comparison to a fiber
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How to install FreeBSD 7.0 under ZFS
ZFS is an exciting new file system developed by Sun and recently ported to FreeBSD (as well as many other operating systems). It has raised a wide and loyal following
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APC UPS Setting for NUT
Nut is great UPS software for FreeBSD. It is located in the ports ( sysutils/nut ) and works very will with an APC SmartUPS. There are a number of variables
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Upgrading Perl from the Ports Collection
Upgrading perl has always been a difficult task. As with other large projects or software packages, it can have a large number of modules or libraries installed that you are
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ipfw: Too many dynamic rules
Quite often I will see the following message …. ipfw: install_state: Too many dynamic rules I use a lot of dynamic UDP rules and these messages are quite common on
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Mounting a iso file as a drive
FreeBSD can mount most types images. This quick article shows how to mount an iso file into the FreeBSD file system but this same technique will work with almost any
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Mounting an iso file
FreeBSD >= 6.x As of FreeBSD 5.x there is a new way to mount an iso file. You might be wondering why I have only tried this on FreeBSD 6.x
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Sync’ing content between two servers.
There are a number of reasons why it may be an advantage to sync the data in a directory (or the whole disk) from one server to another. This technique
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FreeBSD on a Dell M1330 XPS Laptop
The Dell M1330 XPS is a fantastic laptop. It’s fast, light, and has everything I need to use built right in. Getting FreeBSD to run on it wasn’t much