Archive for April, 2010

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Bootable USB Drive

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If you need to boot of a usb drive in order to install an operating system then follow these steps on a Windows machine in order to make the drive bootable. C:\Windows\system32>diskpart DISKPART> list disk Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt -------- ------------- ---- [...]
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Disconnect from a network share in Vista

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Vista recently kept refusing to allow me to login to my NAS share because it was already connected with another user/session. I resolved this by forcing the connection to be disconnected. From the command prompt enter: (more…)
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Squid: Transparent Cache

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This is my step by step instructions for how I setup Ubuntu server as a transparent Squid web cache. Note: This post is by no means a definative guide on setting up a server, or squid, but is just the steps I took in getting it working in its most basic form. Install Ubuntu Server 9.10 Logon [...]
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Ubuntu Server: Up and running

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I’ve spent a few days reading up and have managed to successfully (and fairly pain-lessly) setup Ubuntu Server 9.10. So far I have setup a clean install, installed OpenSSH and Squid and setup routing so that the Squid Caching is transparent to clients using the box as a gateway. The server is setup [...]
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Linux

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For many years I have meant to really get to know Linux and how to set it up in a server environment. For one reason or another I have never got round to it. I have decided to get my act together and attempt to setup a server box to replace my cable router and wireless access point, installing any [...]
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Apache & PHP Setup

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A page I have imported from my old site is my very quick and simple guide for setting up Apache with PHP on windows. Please visit the page here.
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Updated Website

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Today I decided to change my website to this new blog style layout. I have looked at using systems such as WordPress in the past and have always discounted them as being too complicated, not fit for my purposes or simply just because I like the idea of using something I have written 100% from the [...]
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