I often come across useful little tools where I think, I should try them later. But this “later” never happens… This should become a place where I collect these tools with reasons why I should really try them. Cool tools I already use
Similar to booting different operating systems via network, you can also boot multiple systems from a USB flash drive. This is even a bit easier since you have a boot medium (the flash drive) and don’t have to jump through hoops to get a system to boot from the network. Initial Setup While you can… Read More: Multi USB Boot »
Most tools you want to boot are probably Linux systems. To boot them, you need a kernel and some (initial) filesystem. One way is to load an initrd (initial ramdisk) which contains only the basic stuff and mounts the big filesystem itself. Or you can mount the “big” filesystem directly and use that from the… Read More: iPXE Scripts for Tools »
I first stumbled upon iPXE because of a failing info monitor at my local train station: iPXE is an open source firmware, meant as a replacement for the very basic option ROM in ethernet cards. But you can also use that default option ROM to chainload iPXE without having to modify your device(s). iPXE brings… Read More: iPXE Network Boot »
I’ll list my modifications (keep everything else as it is) here but keep in mind that you most probably wantdifferent settings. See also this post about iPXE in general. src/config/console.h (commented in to enable:) (changed from us to de🙂 src/config/general.h (changed from #undef to #define🙂 (changed from #undef to #define🙂 (changed from #undef to #define🙂… Read More: My iPXE settings »
Steam has the bad habit to not run after upgrades of the Steam software. This is, because it uses its own libc which expects libraries not there in Ubuntu. To fix this, delete the file libstdc++.so.6.0.18 from the following folders: Update October 2016 It seems Steam has a few more bad duplicates to make it… Read More: Steam bug in Ubuntu »
Ich hatte mir vor geraumer Zeit eine Foscam FI9831W gekauft und mich auch auf der Foscam-Homepage registriert. Vor einigen Wochen kam eine Mail, in der nach Testern aus Deutschland gefragt wurde. Dort habe ich mich gemeldet und nun gab es das erste Testgerät: Eine Foscam C1 Lite. Allerdings wurden mir keinerlei Vorgaben gemacht, so dass… Read More: [Review] Foscam C1 Lite 🇩🇪 »
If you ever had a problem with your Synology DiskStation, you might have stumbled upon the emergency telnet access or even the serial port on the PCB. Or maybe you just wanted to set it (or XPEnology) up and needed the root password to configure a static IP in order to access the web based… Read More: Synology Telnet password »
Nach knapp einer Woche mit der SONY SmartWatch 3 (mit Android Wear) nun mein erster Eindruck. Schonmal vorne weg: Die Pebble werde ich wohl höchstens noch zum Schwimmen tragen. Von meiner Wunschliste für eine Smartwatch fehlte bei der Sony eigentlich nur der Pulssensor. Als die dann letztens bei Mediamarkt für 129,- € zu haben war,… Read More: [Review] SONY SmartWatch 3 (SWR50) 🇩🇪 »
Am Black Friday hat Amazon die “alte” Pebble für 65,- € raus gehauen. Für das Geld konnte man nichts falsch machen. Nachdem meine bessere Hälfte dann eine Woche lang den “Klotz” (im Vergleich zu ihren Armen) getragen und die Vorzüge einer Smartwatch kennen gelernt hat, bin nun ich dran, herauszufinden, was die Pebble ausmacht. Und… Read More: [Review] Pebble Classic 🇩🇪 »