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  • 2013-12-14
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Arch Linux on a T400 - Log

Trying out Arch Linux on a Lenovo T400! First step after getting the T400 Dual Core Centrino 2.26GHz 4GB RAM: replace the 160GB spinning rust to a 120GB Samsung 840. Very easy to take out the old disk and put the new SSD in the carrier. https://wiki.archlinux …

  • 2012-12-15
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Running Ubuntu on a Desktop

Introduction Recently I've had the pleasure of installing Ubuntu on my desktop. Here are some thoughts and what I initially do: Machine is a: Motherboard: Gigayte GA-EX58-UD3R CPU: Intel Core i7 Memory: 8GB Disks: Intel i300 SSD, 2x500GB and 1x3TB Western Digital Drives Graphics Card: AMD HD6800 Here are some …

Setup a 3 Node Lustre Filesystem

Introduction Lustre is a filesystem often used by clusters because many computers can mount the filesystem simultaneously. This is a small log/instruction for how to setup Lustre in 3 virtualized machines (one metadata server, one object storage server and one client). Basic components: VMWare Workstation 3 x CentOS 6 …

  • 2011-11-24
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Install FreeBSD in VirtualBox

The Past I used to run FreeBSD 5 and 6 about eight years ago on a Pentium III 900MHz machine with maybe 768MB RAM. It was very slow but after a lot of tinkering with the kernel I got it to boot and run very nicely. Fluxbox was the window …