If you try to extract a initrd and only file some uncompressed cpio:
$ file /boot/initrd.img-3.14-1-amd64 /boot/initrd.img-3.14-1-amd64: ASCII cpio archive (SVR4 with no CRC) $ cat /boot/initrd.img-3.14-1-amd64 | cpio -t kernel kernel/x86 kernel/x86/microcode kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.
So you have a mobile broadband dongle and you want to use it on Linux, one option is to just plug it in and from Gnome 3 is just works and can be set-up instantly with NetworkManager.
I use nagios to monitor servers. It’s great. I just thought I would share a quick snippet that I just put in my vimrc. It sorts the servers listed in host_name lines so they are in alphabetical order.
A colleague asked me how much bandwidth Spotify uses. I basically had no idea. I want to run Spotify on my mobile at some point it so it got me thinking.
On Sunday (03/10/2010) my laptop has a bad crash. The screen went blank, I could still see the cursor and move it around but could do nothing else. I could not even login on a virtual console, after I typed the user name it came straight back with a login prompt again.
This is a quick guide on how to configure an ODBC connection from windows to a Symantec OpsCenter Server. OpsCenter is a Symantec product that integrates various backup products including Netbackup to generate various reports and warnings about how the systems are performing.