Monthly Archives: September 2007

Ethernet Teaming / Bonding

Posted on September 27, 2007 by Bryan

Link aggregation (also known as “Ethernet trunk”, “NIC teaming”, “port teaming”, “port trunking”, etc) allows you to use multiple NICs in parallel to increase the link speed beyond the limits of any one single cable or port, and to increase … Continue reading →

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Using EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux)

Posted on September 12, 2007 by Bryan

EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) is a volunteer-based community effort from the Fedora project to create a repository of high-quality add-on packages that complement Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and its compatible spinoffs, such as CentOS.

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Using dmidecode to read the BIOS

Posted on September 11, 2007 by Bryan

Dmidecode reports information about your system’s hardware as described in your system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard. This information typically includes system manufacturer, model name, serial number, BIOS version, asset tag as well as a lot of other details … Continue reading →

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How to fix a failed RAID-1 array

Posted on September 11, 2007 by Bryan

Problem: One of the disks in your software RAID-1 array has failed.

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Converting from Ext2 to Ext3 filesystems

Posted on September 11, 2007 by Bryan

The tune2fs program can add a journal to an existing ext2 file system without altering the data already on the partition.

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