'Infrastructure' Category
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Sep072009
NFSv4 Configuration
Having figured out Samba shares, I thought I would tackle remote file systems between Linux machines using NFS (Network File Service). The documentation looked clear enough, but it wasn’t quit as easy as I expected, largely due to the differences between version 3 and 4 of NFS with respect to: firewall behavior exporting file system [...]
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Aug092009
Cookbook for Linux filesystems
I added a new 500GB HDD to the Linux home PC. This drive will be dedicated to Samba shares for our home PC that has exhausted its 80GB hard drive. This gave me an opportunity to set up file systems on the Linux machine, a great learning opportunity. I decided to set up a 250GB physical volume called ‘/storage’ that would hold our multimedia files’ and a 250GB logical volume group, 100GB of which would be a ‘/backup’ volume to act as a backup drive for the home PC files (currently being backed up to CD-RW) and a 100GB drive called ‘/junk’ which has no other purpose than giving me a second logical volume in the volume group. Going forward, I’ll create file systems as all logical volumes, because these are easier to resize in the future. But using a physical volume for /storage game me a chance to set up both.
What follows is a cookbook for each scenario, the physical volume /storage and the logical volumes /backup and /junk. -
Jun132009
Linux – Windows XP Home Networking
I want to play with computers and networking. My family doesn’t. They are content with a basic Windows XP PC with email, web browsing and support for MP3 players and digital cameras. Our XP PC is 5 years old and has exhausted its 80 GB hard drive. Rather than buying a new Vista machine, I [...]
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Jun102009
Centos 5.3 Install
After completing the build of the new PC, I set out to load a version of Linux. While it seamed that most folks who had bought my ASUS motherboard had successfully installed Ubuntu, I wanted to go with CentOS, because it is based on the Red Hat Enterprise distribution and I had used it some [...]
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May272009
Building a PC
Our home computer is about 5 years old and it’s time for a new one. I figured its time to build one myself, and give my son a chance to experience first hand what is inside the black box and understand the basics such as the difference between RAM memory and hard disk drive storage. [...]
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May192009
The Webhost
My first step was to pick a webhost. It wasn’t hard, and there certainly are lots to choose from. While I was trying to pick a domain name, I used all mighty Google to search for web hosting, which led me to http://webhostinggeeks.com/. I was in the minimum budget category, as I have no intention [...]
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May172009
The Beginning
All journeys must begin somewhere. Here is mine. I seek to learn more than I know now. And I will track my experiences with this blog. I’m a technical person, always been very curious. For some unknown reason, I pursued a Mechanical Engineering degree in college; it really should have been an electrical engineering degree [...]