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Normally when I get a SPAM email with a weblink in it I like to have a look at what is on the remote page without allowing it to exploit Firefox, Internet Explorer or Chrome vulnerabilities. So I request the bogus page using wget When requesting a SPAM link using wget...

I've been using QCAD for a few years to do house plans and structural design. It is a fantastic easy-to-use product. But I've come to the limit on some of it's features. Until today I didn't even know there was an alternative opensource version named FreeCAD but...

In linux do: mkfs.msdos -C floppy.flp 1440 # mount it mkdir floppy sudo mount -o loop floopy.flp floppy cp <what_you_need_on_floppy> floppy/ sudo umount floppy   Once you have created the image copy it up to your datastore and then point your VM floppy...

I want to install from an ISO a copy of Windows SBS 2011 which is WIndows 2008 R2 with a dress on. I want to run from the word go the paravirtual scsci controller driver. And to install a mass storage driver from install you need to mount the driver on a floppy. So...

I had an MD3200 array failure the other day. And so I've decided to re-install the Redhat Operating System on the R710 Dell server and re-setup multipathing. Here are some of the things that I've done: Install Redhat 5  using the Dell Resource CD and then yum update...

Create a backup dir # create a directory to hold the backup files mkdir /storage/backup # create a backup script file /storage/backup/embedded_db_backup.sh # make it executeable chmod +x /storage/backup/embedded_db_backup.sh Add the following to the backup script...