24 Aug 2018
1 minutes read
Enable auto start for KVM
I had one of my dedicated servers crash the other day and when I fixed it and booted it again, some of my virtual machines didn’t boot.
Unix Tutorial - technical guides and how-tos on Linux/Unix and macOS
24 Aug 2018
1 minutes read
FB4 Unix Tutorial Digest – August 24th, 2018Unix Tutorial Digest – August 24th, 2018
I’m still finding my stride with this type of post, so Interesting Reads is more of a monthly than weekly feature.
22 Aug 2018
1 minutes read
Create Swap From File on BTRFS Filesystem
I had a server run out of space recently, to the point that it couldn’t complete the yum update. This server ended …
20 Aug 2018
1 minutes read
How to Fix Fonts in X11 Forwarding
I’m installing VirtualBox on one of my remote Linux servers and installed the software from their repository that …
16 Aug 2018
4 minutes read
FB4 Review Latest Logs With Tail and AwkReview Latest Logs With Tail and Awk
Part of managing any Unix system is keeping an eye on the vital log files. Today I was discussing one of such scenarios …
24 Jul 2018
2 minutes read
Use Lsblk Command for Storage Analysis
As I’m working through my very first ebook under the Unix Tutorial brand, I’m learning lots of very …
24 Jul 2018
3 minutes read
FB4 VM - Virtual MachineVM - Virtual Machine
IMPORTANT: This is a post from another blog of mine, which I’m shutting down. I like the way these virtualization …
18 Jul 2018
3 minutes read
FB4 Disk Performance Tips for VMware WorkstationDisk Performance Tips for VMware Workstation
Lately I’ve been doing a lot of research with virtual machines created in VMware Workstation. And one of the first …
04 Jul 2018
5 minutes read
What Hardware Virtualization Really Means
Many of us have heard about hardware virtualization, but as far as I can see there is still a lot of confusion around …
27 Jun 2018
2 minutes read
FB4 How to Check RAID Progress With /Proc/MdstatHow to Check RAID Progress With /Proc/Mdstat
I explained how to read the /proc/mdstat in my recent post How To Identify RAID Arrays in Linux, so today is a super …
How to Fix Ubuntu Packages Held Back
When trying to run do-release-upgrade on an Ubuntu …
How To Resize Filesystem with resize2fs
Quick note on filesystem resize on a typical …
macOS Tahoe
macOS Tahoe is the upcoming major release of macOS …
Centralized Bash history with timestamps
BASH is my Linux shell of choice (it’s zsh on …
Inspect filesystem operations with fs_usage in macOS
hey Unless you disable SIP, most of DTrace based …
How-To: Upgrade Ubuntu 23.04 to 24.10
I reliased one of my Raspberry Pi systems was …
macOS Sequoia 15.0
Apple keeps shipping public betas of macOS Sequoia …