Tiny Core Linux v5.3 and a new webserver set-up
My little HP Thinclient is still going strong and I decided to upgrade my USB-powered web server to the latest version (5.3) of Tiny Core Linux. As part of the process and rather to upgrade all the...
View ArticleSetting up a NAS server with Tiny Core Linux 5.4
Makes sense, since the whole OS runs from a USB key, no need to waste hard drive space for an OS to do the few things I want a NAS to do, namely mount my existing NTFS drives (2 data drives, 2 backup...
View ArticleTiny Core Linux 5.X and mounting Samba drives
I was fighting for a while to mount a network drive on my Tiny Core Linux box running v5.4 with the following error mount error(13): Permission denied Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man...
View ArticleMSSQL Server Installs – Enabling remote connections
Just because it gets me every time! Open the Windows Firewall for the port (default port 1433) – http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175043.aspx Enable TCP/IP for the given server using SQL...
View ArticleNetwork scanner – AngryIP
Very easy to install and use, I use it to figure out the IPs of machines on my network that have static IPs (and don’t register a DHCP lease on the router status page) or quickly figure out what...
View ArticleVirtualbox/Ubuntu 14.04 Hypervisor
Quick notes on setting up Virtualbox on a Ubuntu 14.04 install to manage remotely (like an hypervisor) using phpvirtualbox. This is the most complete guide –...
View ArticleDell XPS, Windows 8.1 and DisplayLink D3100 Docking Station
So I am now the happy owner of a new Dell XPS 15 running Windows 8.1, along with a D3100 docking station. Now, the problem is, the drivers provided by Dell with the D3100 docking station (DisplayLink)...
View ArticleHandy Python Utilities
Storm SSH – command line tool to manage your ssh connections Cheat – create and view interactive cheatsheets on the command-line
View ArticleInstalling ColdFusion 2016 on Windows Server 2016
As you may know from attempting it, running the ColdFusion 2016 installer as downloaded from the Adobe site throws an error as below on a Windows Server 2016 machine. Looking into it and as per...
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