One thing that’s been constantly bugging me, as well as my wife is the fact that in general, Samba (SMB) connectivity from our Windows 7 machines is spotty at best. In general we can connect, and transfer data to and … Continue reading
So do to the fact that my HTPC died, and I didn’t want to restore the OS from a backup, I opted instead to install a fresh (and reasonably modern) version of Kubuntu. Once installed I quickly ran into problems … Continue reading
Mounting a DVD or CD image (ISO file) virtually is trivial in linux. To do this you’ll need to have superuser permissions, in the example below I’m using the sudo command: cfaber@sputnik:/dump$ mkdir ISO cfaber@sputnik:/dump$ sudo mount -o loop DVD-IMAGE.ISO … Continue reading
One of the commands that I find my self using almost everyday is rsync: a fast and extraordinarily versatile file copying tool. It can copy locally, to/from another host over any remote shell, or to/from a remote rsync daemon. It … Continue reading
After successfully installing Windows 7 SP1 on my wife’s new workstation I noticed right away that the system was no longer able to access my Samba NAS. After searching around for a while and trying various tips, such as making … Continue reading
So… Unforantly for me, I had to reinstall Windows 7 on my wife’s work station. Personally I can’t stand Microsoft OS’s so this was quite the chore. To make things easier I decided to just install via USB disk (Who … Continue reading