Author Archives: mark
AJAX, whats the fuss about ?
I’ve had a play with AJAX as I understand it, which is basically being able to query the server and update only sections of a page instead of refreshing the entire page. I don’t believe field validation and help tips … Continue reading
The Chicken and the Egg
Finally decided to upgrade my development server from FC6 to FC9. Ran mkCDrec and created 36 CDROM iso images (the server doen’t have a DVD drive to recover from, so CD images) onto a seperate external drive on my file … Continue reading
opensolaris does run in virtualbox, eventually
Finally got opensolaris to install inside virtualbox. Seems the problems I was having were because I didn’t allocate enough memory to the VM. Solaris 0606 runs in 348Mb, opensolaris 200805 won’t install in less than 512Mb. It doesn’t unfortunately tell … Continue reading
Looks like there is no free bare-metal recovery software for opensolaris
Well lots of poking around on the web today, and the possibility of being able to do a bare-metal install from a backup set for opensolaris with a ZFS root filesystem doesn’t appear to exist yet. A lot of forums … Continue reading
So what do I do with opensolaris, and are there any backup tools
Well, I’ve got the opensolaris test server at the point I want it now. My next question is what do I do with it. Lets see, my website runs on linux, my development server is linux, and my home desktop … Continue reading
Usefull program – ZULUPAD
Finally found a program on the web that is really usefull. Suggest you all have a look at zulupad. Basically its a standalone wiki for windows. But much easier to use than a web based wiki. Unfortunately this is a … Continue reading
Well, opensolaris and cloning the rootfs
Well it’s done, opensolaris 2008.05 re-installed. This time I took a snapshot and cloned the rootfs. It wasn’t quite as easy as I though. Well actually it was, it just lost everything I had installed into /opt. Eventually figured it … Continue reading
A bad day with the package manager
Did I mention in one of my earlier posts that opensolaris is definately not yet ready for the home user ?. I’d like to re-inforce that one again. And yes I know I keep harping on about it. But opensolaris … Continue reading
Solaris 10 experiences for a home user
Well I finally bit the bullet and installed opensolaris 2008.05 onto a dedicated machine. My conclusion is that if you are a home user looking for a new desktop solution, stay with Linux at this point in time. The install … Continue reading
Setting up a second address on an ethernet card
Well, my little web server is finally facing the public. But I wanted to keep my internal network the same, so this is how I did it. First off the router was on the 192.168.1 network, and all my servers … Continue reading