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Windows Backups to ZFS
One of the methods I use for backing up Windows applications is to mirror the files to a ZFS file system using robocopy and then snapshot the file system to preserve its state. I use this primarily...
View ArticleZFS Deduplication with NTFS
ZFS deduplication was recently integrated into build 128 of OpenSolaris, and while others have tested it out with normal file operations, I was curious to see how effective it would be with zvol-backed...
View Articlentfsprogs for Virtual Disk Partitions
The ntfsprogs package provides a nice set of tools for performing operations on NTFS file systems from non-Windows environments. There are many uses for these, and I’ve found them helpful in...
View ArticleSamba shadow_copy2 Enhancements
A few weeks ago there was a thread on the Samba mailing list regarding some difficulties in getting my shadow copy patches to work with newer versions of Samba. These patches were originally written...
View ArticleUpdate $DISPLAY in Screen
I’ve been a heavy user of GNU Screen for a number of years. My typical usage is to start a single screen session and attach to it as I move to different computers, either locally or via SSH. At times...
View ArticleVMware ESXi 4.1 on Intel D510MO
I set up VMware ESXi 4.1 Update 1 on an Intel Desktop Board D510MO earlier this week and hit a few snags along the way. This hardware is nowhere close to appearing in the VMware Compatibility Guide...
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Auditorium Lightning Effect
A few years back I was working on a production of Shadowlands for a high school and one of the scenes had thunder and lightning. We were going to use some simple lighting for the lightning but I had...
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Quick Change Tool Post Bolt
When I purchased my Grizzly G0602 10×22 metal lathe one of the first projects I had in mind was to mount an AXA-size quick change tool post on it. Most of the methods I found online for doing this...
View ArticleCreating an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS VM on SmartOS
Joyent’s SmartOS, a fairly recent hypervisor for virtualization, provides a number of prebuilt virtual machine images for various operating systems but doesn’t yet have one available for Ubuntu 12.04...
View ArticleSetting up a SmartOS CIFS File Server
This is a quick guide for setting up a CIFS/SMB file server using Samba within a virtualized zone on SmartOS. A couple of the many benefits of doing this on SmartOS are that it can utilize ZFS for...
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Electronic Gates for Wooden Trains
This morning I built the controller and software for the electronic gate system I’ve been working on for my sons’ wooden trains. This brought interactive control to raising and lowering the gates...
View ArticleWindows Text Console on SmartOS
With SmartOS the vmadm console command offers a convenience method for pulling up a text console for a guest VM. This is commonly used for Linux and BSD VMs and it can be enabled for Windows VMs too....
View ArticleDell 3100cn Printer with Windows 10
While the Dell 3100cn printer is officially not supported under Windows 10 it does work with an alternate driver that ships with Windows 10. To configure it select the HP Color LaserJet 2500 PS Class...
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