A Support Guide for XenA Support Guide for Xen
Here’s a guide to supporting Xen servers for people who are not Linux experts. If your job means that you have root access to a Xen server that someone else[...]
Train RoutingTrain Routing
Last year I spent several months living on one side of Melbourne and working on the other and travelling by train to work. Every day I had to catch two[...]
Blogging FrequencyBlogging Frequency
You may have noticed that my frequency of posting has increased significantly recently, and that my posts are generally at 7AM and 7PM. I am using the scheduled posting feature[...]
If You Don’t Know How to Fix It, Please Stop Breaking ItIf You Don’t Know How to Fix It, Please Stop Breaking It
In 1992 Severn Cullis-Suzuki (David Suzuki’s daughter) who was 12 years old gave a talk to the UN’s Earth Summit in Rio on behalf of . She gave a really[...]
An Ideal Linux Install Process for XenAn Ideal Linux Install Process for Xen
I believe that an ideal installation process for Linux would have the option of performing a Xen install. The basic functionality of installing the Xen versions of the required packages[...]
Xen and BridgingXen and Bridging
In a default configuration of Xen there will be a virtual Ethernet device created for each interface which will be associated with a bridge. A previous post documented how to[...]
The Australian Government is a Terrorist OrganisationThe Australian Government is a Terrorist Organisation
This article in The Age about Mohamed Haneef shows the terrorist threat that we face. The chance that I will be injured by Al Quaeda in any way is quite[...]
Exit Strategies for IraqExit Strategies for Iraq
Here’s an interesting piece in the Washington Post about what might happen when the US withdraws from Iraq. I regret not blogging before the war started. It would have been[...]
Modules and NFS for XenModules and NFS for Xen
I’m just in the process of converting a multi-user system to a Xen DomU. It was running on a stand-alone Fedora Core 5 i386 system and I want to run[...]
Troll ZappingTroll Zapping
Don Marti writes about the idea of setting a Troll-bit on forum posts such that every reply would also be flagged. I’ve been thinking about how to solve such issues[...]