Category Archives: Linux

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.

| Tagged , , | 1 Comment

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 →

| Tagged , , | Comments Off

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.

| Tagged , | Comments Off

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.

| Tagged , | Comments Off

Performance testing with Bonnie++

Posted on September 11, 2007 by Bryan

Bonnie++ is a short test, running about 30 minutes on a single client. The information it yields can be used to compare differences between different mount options, but its real value is in deriving CPU usage during the various tests … Continue reading →

| Tagged , , , | Comments Off