Label vs UUID vs DeviceLabel vs UUID vs Device
Someone asked on a mailing list about the issues related to whether to use a label, UUID, or device name for /etc/fstab. The first thing to consider is where the[...]
Category: Misc Computer
Random Computer stuff that doesn’t fit the other categories.
Advertising a ScamAdvertising a Scam
Below is a strange Google advert that appeared on my blog. It appeared when I did a search on my blog, it also appears on my post about perpetual motion.[...]
I Just Joined SAGEI Just Joined SAGE
I’ve just joined SAGE AU – the System Administrators Guild of Australia [1] . I’ve known about SAGE for a long time, in 2006 I presented a paper at their[...]
Shelf-life of HardwareShelf-life of Hardware
Recently I’ve been having some problems with hardware dying. Having one item mysteriously fail is something that happens periodically, but having multiple items fail in a small amount of time[...]
Smoke from the PSUSmoke from the PSU
Yesterday I received two new machines from DOLA on-line auctions [1]. I decided to use the first to replace the hardware for my SE Linux Play Machine [2]. The previous[...]
big and cheap USB flash devicesbig and cheap USB flash devices
It’s often the case with technology that serious changes occur at a particular price or performance point in development. Something has small use until it can be developed to a[...]