sgi SGI Fuel Power Supply Repairs How to repair an SGI Fuel Sparkle PSU and what do you need to do to modify an PC Sparkle PSU to make it SGI compatible
juju Infrastructure Automation with: MAAS, Juju, lxd ... Notes on setup and configuration and issues with Canonical Juju, MAAS etc
cisco CISCO Configuration Professional (CPP) Revival How to get Cisco Configuration Processional (CCP) up and running as a Windows VM, now that XP and Flash are no longer available and officially "end-of-life" and CCP has also been announced as "end-of-life"
sgi What is inside that box? - SGI hinv Some hinv (hardware inventory) reports from my limited SGI collection
sgi Past Echos the Future (Part II) - O350 / Chimera Stuff... Note on vintage SGI computers specific to Chimera Architecture machines including: Origin / Onyx 350 (O350), Onyx4, Tezro & Fuel
onyx 350 SGI Onyx 350 - Racking and Stacking Notes on 19" computer racking and stacking in general and SGI Onyx 350 InfiniteReality 4 specifically
ubuntu Ubuntu and Remote Gnome Desktop with x11vnc Tools and tips to setup x11vnc for remote Ubuntu desktop (includes all diagnosis tips and keyboard mapping fix)
freebsd Converting FreeBSD from bios / mbr to UEFI / GPT Converting an existing bios/mbr installation to UEFI/GPT is a mechanistic exercise, requiring a spare disk and some expertise in gpart disk management tool. My example is virtual but the same basic process would also work with a physical machine.
"big sur" MacOS Big Sur & RS-232 Serial Communications How can I use RS-232 communication with MacOS Big Sur?
sgi SGI NVRAM & Time Keeper Chips DYI information on replacing/reviving NVRAM and RTC chips on SGI machines
flash Old HP Server as Firmware Flashing Box Using old HP DL380 G5/G6 to provide firmware flashing host.
iso Manipulating ISO Images for BIOS/UEFI Boot Support An example of how to repack a BIOS only ISO image for BIOS/UEFI dual boot
Basilisk II Basilisk II, SheepShaver & AppleTalk on Ubuntu (QEMU/KVM) Status: 12 September 2020 - Tested and have completed doing two "large" physical disk dumps to Virtual Mac using "sheep_net" kernel module. Basilisk II & SheepShaver are emulations for
fedora core Creaky Old Fedora Core Linux for SGI L3/L2 Running SGI L2/L3 Emulator on Fedora Core (yarrow) with QEMU/KVM Virtual Machine
apache Installing and Configuring PostgreSQL Based Authentication Module into Apache Configuring Apache to use PostgreSQL RDBMS for authentication using mod_auth_dbd / mod_dbd .
ubuntu Upgrading from End-of-Life Ubuntu Releases (18.10 to 20.04) How to upgrade Ubuntu after becoming stranded on End-of-Life release (18.10 to 20.04 LTS).
ubuntu Converting Ubuntu from bios to UEFI The simple way to convert Ubuntu VM from bios to UEFI boot
virtualization Nested KVM / QEMU / libvirt Virtualization on Ubuntu Running nested Ubuntu VMs on KVM / QEMU / libvirt
bhyve Nested FreeBSD Virtualization with bhyve Running FreeBSD as virtual guest host with bhyve and QEMU / Libvirt.
openvas OpenVAS / Greenbone Vulnerability Management (GVM) / Greenbone Source Edition on AWS How to run OpenVAS via AWS
freebsd FreeBSD GNOME Desktop on QEMU / KVM Tips on setting up FreeBSD Desktop on QEMU with EvTouch USB Tablet.
linux Ubuntu Linux Kernels - Adding, Removing, Mainline and Upstream Some tips on how to install and boot alternate Linux kernel with Ubuntu
itunes macOS Catalina (and Big Sur) and iTunes Media Files iTunes is gone, but where has my media gone ? Here is how you get your media back under control.
