The fastest CentOS VM Deployment on MS Hyper-V Servers - Pt.5. [Bonus]: INDEPENDENT VMs! Once you decide your Child VM is "mature enough" to stand on its own (i.e.: you want to separate your Child VM from your Father VM, such as to create an "independent" VM), you can simply create a new "traditional" vhd, plug it into your Child VM, then a simple dd-magic command… Read More
The fastest CentOS VM Deployment on MS Hyper-V Servers - Pt.4. Hi, hope you've followed my previous articles (over the last couple of days I've been pretty busy...), since this article builds on the previous ones. Just in case you missed them, here, have a look: The fastest CentOS VM Deployment on MS Hyper-V Servers - Pt.1 - A Summary. Download the programs needed. Create the… Read More
The fastest CentOS VM Deployment on MS Hyper-V Servers - Pt.3. Now it's time to create the Father Virtual Machine, install CentOS-minimal, then install the "Linux Integration Services for Hyper-V" component on it. First you'll have to create a New Dynamic Virtual Hard Disk Drive (the VHD), then a New Virtual Machine, based on your New Dynamic VHD Drive. New Father Dynamic VHD. From the Hyper-V… Read More
The fastest CentOS VM Deployment on MS Hyper-V Servers - Pt.2 Assumptions. This guide is built assuming the following software: Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 SP1 with the Hyper-V Role enabled. CentOS-6.2-x86_64-minimal.iso. Linux Integration Services for Hyper-V 3.2. Download CentOS-minimal. The first thing to do is download an updated CentOS-minimal distribution. I suggest you get the x64 build because Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 works natively on… Read More
Install/reinstall or restore gnome2 on CentOS through CLI. How to fix Gnome2 problems on CentOS 5.x series.… Read More
The fastest CentOS VM Deployment on MS Hyper-V Servers - Pt.1. Intro. This article series is related to my latest speech at the Linux SA Meeting on Tuesday May 15th, somehow related to my previous post about CentOS Networking configuration ([SOLVED] CentOS 6 networking and Hyper-V) and to my recently released VHD/Virtual Appliances (New Centos-6.2-x86_64-minimal Hyper-V VHD - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS X64 Desktop Hyper-V Virtual Appliance… Read More
Howto SSH from Windows to Linux without Password by using PuTTY. Very easy guide on how to access a generic SSH Linux server from Windows without having to type a Password and by using PuTTY.… Read More
How to perform a data restore from a broken hdd with linux. Even if precautions were taken, we had a minipc fall from the shelves and I had to recover the data contained on it. This tutorial explains how I did and what tools I used.… Read More
how to clone and restore an NTFS image of a faulty Windows hdd with ntfsclone and Ubuntu. How I cloned a broken Windows XP hard drive with sfdisk, dd, ntfsclone and Linux.… Read More
Reboot APC PDU outlet port remotely with SNMPv3. How to automatically reboot a PDU outlet port by sending an SNMPv3 powercycle command.… Read More
[SOLVED] CentOS 6 networking and Hyper-V. How to configure eth0 networking on a CentOS 6 Virtual Machine running inside Microsoft Hyper-V.… Read More
The 200k that challenged phpMyAdmin. Adminer is a relatively new tool to access mysql through a web user interface.… Read More