So there are multiple methods to pull this off, however after doing it by hand, using DVD::rip, using Handbrake, etc. I finally settled on VLC. Yes, good old VLC has DVD ripping support. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-rip-DVDs-for-free-with-VLC outlines how this is done, and … Continue reading
Well it’s been another year, and another Lustre User Group meeting. There were many interesting discussions which took place. Though in general I found the most useful session to be after the LUG was completed. The developer meeting, for me … Continue reading
So your file system has crashed… Upon running e2fsck against it you’re now seeing error such as: Pass 1B: Rescanning for multiply-claimed blocks Multiply-claimed block(s) in inode 4195619: 167904376 167904377 167904378 167904379 167904380 167904381 167904382 167904383 167904384 167904385 167904386 167949296 … Continue reading
Dell has released A06 BIOS version for the XPS 13 (9333) model. The release notes (available here) are extremely light on detail, however I can tell you it does seem to resolve (at least so far for me, and … Continue reading
So over the last few weeks I’ve been trying to sort out the final problems with my XPS 13. The last, and most annoying problem I’ve seen is the frequent and seemingly random lockups on suspend. This bothers me a … Continue reading
Just a quick note about figuring out existing internal journal sizes for EXT3 / EXT4 and LDISKFS file systems: First thing to do is determine the current inode block, this is usually inode 8, however this may change depending on … Continue reading
Today I had the task of updating my backup system, for a long time I didn’t bother rolling backups because, well I just didn’t care. However I now wanted to set something up. I remembered long ago that I had … Continue reading
So, back in September I decided to purchase a new laptop, the one I decided on was the Dell XPS 13 Sputnik (9333). This is an Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM, 256GB mSATA based laptop which ships with Ubuntu 12.04 … Continue reading
So the last month or so I’ve been working on replacing my aging FreeBSD 7.4 RELENG server, running the stable, but some what scary GEOM RAID5 hack (vintage 2008). The system was a total hack, running in an old mid-tower … Continue reading
Hi All, Today I’m releasing ZPcheck version 1.4, which is the initial public release. It’s a simple tool to regularly check and report on ZFS pools. Included in the reports generated by ZPcheck are smartd logging (if available) from your … Continue reading