freebsd Converting FreeBSD from bios / mbr to UEFI / GPT Converting an existing bios/mbr installation to UEFI/GPT is a mechanistic exercise, that requires 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 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 - Testing and done two "large" physical disk dumps to Virtual Mac using "sheep_net" kernel module. Basilisk II & SheepShaver are emulations for Motorola 68000
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.
collectd Tips on building & configuring collectd (on Fedora) Tips on build and packaging collectd and its plugins on Fedora
macos MacOS on Ubuntu with KVM/QEMU and OVMF/Clover EFI Some guidance on running macOS (up to Catalina) on KVM
sgi Past Echos the Future - Notes on SGI / IRIX Stuff Vintage SGI (Silicon Graphics Incorporated) notes.
admin4 Admin4 for BIND DNS Management on Ubuntu (19.04) & MacOS Install admin4 via source on ubuntu 19.04
nictool Building NICTool on FreeBSD 11.2 (as KVM Virtual Machine) This provide summary instructions for building NICTool DNS management solution on FreeBSD 11.2 (was a KVM Virtual Machine). In my case I am looking for way to managed set
