linux

How to extract a initrd with a microcode header

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.

Jul 14, 2014 1 min read

I have no name!

Aug 6, 2013 1 min read

Debian Buzz (1.1)

Look at Debian Buzz running on bochs:

Dec 24, 2012 1 min read

Minimal pppd Setup For GPRS Dongles

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.

Jul 11, 2012 2 min read

My g's

What has Gnome 3 done to my g’s:

Nov 10, 2011 1 min read

Hydra LVM

Aug 24, 2011 0 min read

vimrc for nagios

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.

Mar 29, 2011 1 min read

Spotify Traffic Analysis

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.

Mar 4, 2011 4 min read

Major Filesystem Corruption

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.

Oct 6, 2010 2 min read

ODBC 2 OpsCenter Access

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.

Sep 17, 2010 2 min read