Category Archives: Linux
Setting up file sharing on debian lenny
If you have installed Debian Lenny with file sharing (in the lenny installer), you will need to add users to that installation and specify folders that need to be shared, here i will show you how to add a user … Continue reading
Directory and sub directory sizes and disk usage
Although this belongs to the Linux Command Cheat Sheet, this post is here to list all the Directory / Sub Directory and Disk drive usage To begin with, if it is disk space you are looking for information about, the … Continue reading
how to mount a ram hard disk in Linux
In this post, i will show you how to create a very fast, 0 latency hard drive from the extra gigabyte or 2 on your system 1- You need to change the boot options to allow this… Since i use … Continue reading
installing Debian Lenny extra steps
This is how i install Debian lenny at the office on all computers NOTE: (192.168.2.133) has apt-cacher, my PC 192.168.2.106 has a php script that responds with the caller’s IP 1- Put the Lenny Mini-CD into the computer 2- Follow … Continue reading
MySQL Windows VS MySQL on Linux
Comming across Robin Schumacher’s “MySQL on Windows? Absolutely!” i have some stuff to say First, I absolutly LOVE windows on my Desktop, and i LOVE Linux on my servers, and i have nothing against windows servers or Linux Desktops, i … Continue reading
Multi Disk MySQL
For performance reasons, separating DBs to Multiple hard disks can be beneficial In Linux, when you want to include a directory for a database, you add a symbolic link ( Using the ln -s targetdir command), in Windows, there are … Continue reading
Linux Debian Lenny and apt-cacher
Mama i’m comming home Back to Debian, as when i thought about it, i Don’t really like Ubuntu, what has it added, i still don’t know the difference between UBUNTU and Debian, Debian keeps a legal document that promises to … Continue reading
lenny on ubuntu hardy 8.04 with xen paravirtualised
While i find out how it can be done paravirtualised, i will be intalling it HVM, then i will keep you posted on how i will convert it to a paravirtualised system as soon as i do, Here i will … Continue reading
S.M.A.R.T (SMART) data of hard drives under linux
The results of the commands on this post are Here On windows, You can use speedfan, under linux you can read the smart data as follows Use the smartctl command 1- Checking for smart support, (All recent hard drives have … Continue reading