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CrashPlan Linux: Deleting the Massive Cache

Recently I noticed that I had surprisingly little free space on my root partition.  Some investigation revealed a 6.8GB “/usr/local/crashplan/cache/42” directory. The fix was pretty easy to find for MacOS, and for convenience I’m reposting the instructions suited for Linux. … Continue reading

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Open mailto: links in Thunderbird on Linux (incl Chrome)

Didn’t expect this one to result in a blog post, but seeing as it took me more than 10 minutes to figure this out, figured the info might help others 🙂 This solution is probably only relevant if you installed … Continue reading

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E-Sky Simulator FMS in Linux / Windows

Note: The box says “MODEL1 002203” and “MODEL2 000502”, but I couldn’t find any way on the remote to identify which model it was.  It’s USB identifier is 0402:0402 ADC by ALi Corp. E-Sky Simulator FMS in Linux / Windows … Continue reading

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Useful sysrecuecd chroot stuff [WIP]

mkdir /mnt/tmp mount /dev/vdb /mnt/tmp mount /dev/vda1 /mnt/tmp/boot mount -o bind /proc /mnt/tmp/proc mount -o bind /dev /mnt/tmp/dev mount -o bind /dev/pts /mnt/tmp/dev/pts mount -o bind /dev/sys /mnt/tmp/sys/ chroot /mnt/tmp /bin/bash Refs: * http://www.sysresccd.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1684 On Debian/Ubuntu: dpkg-divert –local –rename –add … Continue reading

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Routed (non-bridged) setup for KVM & libvirt (avoids port security) – Method 1: proxy_arp

Note: this method has been largely superseded by the one described in this post. The advantage of the newer method is easier setup and working DHCP. Original Post The default set up for virtual machines involving setting up a bridge, and having … Continue reading

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