Tag Archives: work::linux

Using autofs to mount your install CDs

Posted on 03 Jun 2004 by augie

Prompted by Kyle’s presentation at NBLUG on autofs; I decided to try my hand at it. I figured the perfect task for autofs would be to automatically mount my install CDs when I needed them. For instance, when I want … Continue reading →

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Fixing the “Bad Signature” RPM error in Mandrake

Posted on 01 Jun 2004 by augie

I installed my newly downloaded and burned Mandrake 10.0 CDs at work today, and I wanted to update my software to get all the security updates and bug fixes. However when I tried to install the updated software I received … Continue reading →

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Vmware and the Linux 2.6 Kernel

Posted on 08 Jan 2004 by augie

Here is a great how-to for getting vmware working with the 2.6 Linux kernel: http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/1804 One note though; there seem to be more up to date patches available at: ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/vmware/ This worked for me with VMware version 4.

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Storing your install CDs as ISOs on your hard drive.

Posted on 31 Dec 2003 by augie

I was tired of burning copies of Linux distribution CDs only to throw them away when the next revision came around. With copies for home, and copies for work it gets to be pretty wasteful. So I decided to take … Continue reading →

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Update NVIDIA Drivers on Mandrake 9.1 and 9.2

Posted on 12 Aug 2003 by augie

I updated the kernel on the Mandrake 9.1 workstation at work today, and then I realized I also had to update the NVIDIA drivers to have a display. However finding updated NVIDIA packages for Mandrake, and figuring out the correct … Continue reading →

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urpmi

Posted on 18 Jul 2003 by augie

A brief how-to for using the urpmi utility to update your linux servers/workstations much more easily. Continue reading →

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