I ran into a server that showed 83% used on the / filesystem. But… A du -ak | sort -nr | more showed no files or folders using the space. The server had a back history of a missing mount, which had caused the filesystem to fill up to 100%. I suspected that the now-mounted…
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updating iLO, HP’s Integrated Lights Out Connection
I was handed an HP server to rebuild. The server had rebooted for no logged reason. Two other servers bought at the same time and built with the same OS and firmware had also experienced this spontaneous reboot. These had been rebuilt and the rebuild at updated firmware and updated Ubuntu version had resolved the…
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I am required to connect to a VPN, even internally. This means that using linux at work requires getting that VPN session to complete, on any version of linux I am going to productively use. I have used Crunchbang for the last four months, primarily because it connected to our Juniper VPN right out…
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