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Shell Scripting Notes - Stop bashing your head on a wall

Shell Scripting Notes - Stop bashing your head on a wall

Note on shell script "gotchas" that keep coming up. In particular how to manipulate arguments using shell arrays or eval.

Bootstrap GNU Tools on SGI IRIX

Bootstrap GNU Tools on SGI IRIX

Notes on trying to bootstrap GNU build tools on a very old SGI IRIX environment.

zfs - some simple things to know

zfs - some simple things to know

Notes on getting data off a zfs disk.

pfSense - Built In Protection and Upgrades

pfSense - Built In Protection and Upgrades

pfSense installation has built in mechanism to support replicating prior configuration across upgrades.

The Elusive BSD Desktop on QEMU / KVM

The Elusive BSD Desktop on QEMU / KVM

FreeBSD Desktop on QEMU / KVM still requires additional configuration, but GhostBSD is getting close to providing an "out of box" installation, that works

Converting FreeBSD from bios / mbr to UEFI / GPT

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.

Open Source Commitment

Open Source Commitment

Diving into Open Source requires making a commitment and can lead you to places you might not expect. Here are some lessons learnt on the job.

Manipulating ISO Images for BIOS/UEFI Boot Support

Manipulating ISO Images for BIOS/UEFI Boot Support

An example of how to repack a BIOS only ISO image for BIOS/UEFI dual boot

Nested FreeBSD Virtualization with bhyve

Nested FreeBSD Virtualization with bhyve

Running FreeBSD as virtual guest host with bhyve and QEMU / Libvirt.

FreeBSD GNOME Desktop on QEMU / KVM

FreeBSD GNOME Desktop on QEMU / KVM

Tips on setting up FreeBSD Desktop on QEMU with EvTouch USB Tablet.

Building NICTool on FreeBSD 11.2 (as KVM Virtual Machine)

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 manage a set of private IP address ranges (and get LetEncrypt certificates for these machines) in a repeatable and easy to manage

FreeBSD / PHP with PostgreSQL

FreeBSD / PHP with PostgreSQL

Ok lets go... These are notes on getting PHP & PostgresSQL up and running without any MySQL installation. Last Updated: 25 June 2019 This was last tested with: FreeBSD (11.2), Perl (5.28), Apache (2.4), PHP (7.3) & PostgreSQL (10.8), I tend to update based on my own

FreeBSD / OpenSIPS with PostgreSQL

FreeBSD / OpenSIPS with PostgreSQL

The following notes provide some tips for installing the OpenSIPS Sip Router with PostgreSQL on FreeBSD. This is hard... getting OpenSIPS sip proxy up and running on FreeBSD with PostgreSQL database. Status: This is copied from historical posting: "OpenSIPS with PostgreSQL on FreeBSD". Why OpenSIPS on FreeBSD ... So why put