Dec 21, 2016 Posted by newlife007

How To Install Microsoft VC++ Runtime Using Winetricks on Fedora 24

Introduction Recently I have had the need to run a few Windows applications on my Fedora 24 laptop and have installed WINE. Scouring the Internet I come upon winetricks that allows just this and many other installations you may need like .NET or VB runtime. In this post we will cover how to install winetricks and how to install .NET 2.0 sp2 for x86. Installation Process First step is t make sure you have... read more

Dec 17, 2016 Posted by newlife007

How To Migrate To New WWN’s on VNX

Overview This document covers how to add a host initiator that is not logged into the fabric or VNX. The reason we would do such an operation is when systems (Blades) are moved to another chassis or HBA cards replaced that change the WWN, that will allow the system to login and see the assigned storage. This is useful in network refreshes and in addressing hardware failures. Several items are needed... read more

Dec 12, 2016 Posted by newlife007

How To Create SYMLINK’s on Windows 2012 R2 Server Using mklink

Introduction In this post we will expand more on creating symlink’s to directories and files on a Windows 2012 R2 server using mklink command. This post builds on a previous post on mounting NFS exports on Windows server 2012 R2. Process So we have an NFS mount, and now we would like to create a symlink to a sub-directory in the export and also to a sub-directory on a local drive on the Windows... read more

Dec 1, 2016 Posted by newlife007

How To Install Docker on Fedora 25

Introduction So what is Docker? According to Docker, Docker containers wrap a piece of software in a complete filesystem that contains everything needed to run: code, runtime, system tools, system libraries – anything that can be installed on a server. This guarantees that the software will always run the same, regardless of its environment. Docker allows applications to use the same Linux kernel as the... read more

Nov 24, 2016 Posted by newlife007

Capturing Video using Firewire and dvgrab on Fedora 25

Introduction In this post we will explore how to capture video with a firewire card. We will use dvgrab along with a GrassValley ADVC 110 firewire interface. To start we will need to make a few system changes and user id changes to make this happen on Fedora 25 or any other version of Fedora. Getting Details We can see what Fedora detected in several ways. One way is to use dmesg command and look for... read more