Just installed Windows Live Writer and am checking what the blog post written and published from my desktop looks like. What my server room looked like before we went VMWare
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James McDonald
Windows 2012 Sending PJL Commands before the Postscript – Arrrggggh
I'm trying to get http://cups-mailto.sourceforge.net/ to work on a Debian 6.0.7 system. I've installed the printer on the Debian Box as "PDF-Converter" and gotten it running over LPD. However when printing a test page from a Windows 2012 server with any of the HP...
Remove everything in a directory except the archive you just unpacked
Just unpacked a zip file named CAT.zip and it exploded into hundreds of files and directories. This is what I did to get rid of the contents of the extracted archive excepting the archive itself. Warning: Don't do this in directory that has many files you want to keep...
Rename a LVM Volume Group
Steps I used to rename a volume group which had the root and swap partitions on it. This was on CentOS 6.4 # display your volume groups # make note of the name you want # to change vgdisplay # check your options vgrename --help # backup your fstab cp /etc/fstab...
Booklet Printing in Linux
The Dream I want to create a booklet from a PDF file, like so: I've been having trouble when I try to print Booklet format under Linux so I thought I would try to capture the settings I used in a blog post. Configure for Booklet in Adobe Reader & Print to...
Telstra 4G Modems. Telstra Elite 4G USB vs Telstra Mobile Wi-Fi 4G
Telstra Elite 4G USB Moden I have been using a "Telstra Elite 4G USB" Modem to connect a Dell Vostro Laptop running Windows 7 to the internet. I was using an old school VGA connection to connect the laptop to a projector. No problems. Recently I purchased a Dell...
Blame it on the rename (renaming multiple files using a regular expression)
Just discovered the rename utility under Linux Warning: There appears to be two 'rename' utilities one under Debian 6.0.7 works as below and is a Perl utility. The other, which I found on Fedora 19 is part of util-linux, and doesn't work the same way (i.e. it's a lot...
Showing Changes Between Cisco Startup and Running Configs
Yesterday I made a change on a Cisco Switch and forgot to do a copy start run Wanted to know what the differences between the running-config and startup-config are: apf-ma-core-sw01#show archive config differences Contextual Config Diffs: interface GigabitEthernet0/2...
Updating No Name Products
Jaycar Australia sells a product named "4 Port USB 2.0 Networking Server" under the CAT. NO. YN8406. It would be nice if they put a manufacturers link on the page... I needed a Windows 2012 server to be able to access it. But the driver download from Jaycar didn't...
Cisco – Show the configuration of a single interface
The problem (and benefit) of being the single IT guy for a company is that you are responsible for all the IT stuff. But if you only configure a Cisco Switch every blue moon then you are likely to forget some of the simpler command line stuff that makes it easier to...