Tag: geekish

  • freebsd-questions: When a System Dies; Getting back in operation again

    This post is fetched from the freebsd-questions mailinglist, and is a perfect example on how I consider the Linux/BSD world to be superior to Windows, at least in terms of systems administration. On Unix, it’s all just files, devices and bitstreams… From: n j To: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.[obfuscateddomain].edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org When a System Dies; Getting…

  • Upgrade FAIL

    Upgrading server and not keeping /var/db/mysql (amongst other things) spells epic fail. Well, no worries. Nothing very dear has been lost, and just a great argument for revitalizing this blog. Stay [auto]tuned!