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  • External hard drive no detected in a vista ultimate

    - by raghavendra
    Hi, I have created a partition in my external HD and later i am trying to install XP over Vista . So i have entered into my DOS prompt and i choose the DISK TYPE and i choose external DD and i tried to CLEAN it , Immediately my external HD is asked for FORMAT and i rejected it . After that i restarted my system , therefore i cannot able to see my external HD on my sysmen External HD: Seagate Free agent(500GB)

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  • Creating a USB stick for installing centos 6.x using DVD1 and DVD2 iso files

    - by user250563
    First, we create 2 partitions on the USB stick that is let's say 16GB. first partition is let's say only 1GB and the second partition is the rest of what is available. after we "w" write the changes, the USB now has 2 partitions. 1 is 1GB 1 is more than 14GB so , we have... sdb1 and sdb2 now. now we need to turn these partitions into filesystems some say i should run these commands after those procedures. mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/sdb1 mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb2 but some web pages recommend using: mkfs.vfat -n BOOT /dev/sdb1 mkfs.ext2 -m 0 -b 4096 -L DATA /dev/sdb2 which is it? so let's say the DVDs are called: CentOS-6.4-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso CentOS-6.4-x86_64-bin-DVD2.iso so we make a directory: mkdir -p /mnt/dvd1 and then mount it: mount -o loop CentOS-6.4-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso /mnt/dvd1 and i suppose we don't make a directory for dvd2 and we don't have to mount it ? at this point i do not know what should be done. but i think this step might be next: we make the USB bootable by finding the file named mbr.bin and then moving it to there via these commnad. dd conv=notrunc bs=440 count=1 if=/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sdb parted /dev/sdb set 1 boot on in other words we are "dd-ing it to 'sdb' not sdb1' or 'sdb2'. and then we use parted to set the boot to on for sdb so far everything looks good? here is the confusing parts.. how exactly do i move these iso files to the usb drive? EVERYTHING BELOW IS A GUESS. so at this point i should copy the folder /mnt/dvd1/isolinux to usb's sdb1 or sdb2 ? rename it to syslinux ? and then inside this syslinux folder there will be a file called... isolinux.cfg ? which should be renamed to syslinux.cfg ? and then copy the contents of /mnt/dvd1/images/* to USB's sdb2 ? but i think i am also suppose to copy and paste the both CentOS-6.4-x86_64-bin-DVD1.iso CentOS-6.4-x86_64-bin-DVD2.iso somewhere into this USB's sdb2 partition, correct ? almost like a drag and drop kind of a thing? or do they go into any folders ? centos' own web site has some instructions but those instructions do not work. http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey i once got this working but things got ruined, i have to do it again and this time take notes.

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  • How do I delete the next line in vim?

    - by Jason Baker
    In emacs, whenever I want to delete a few lines of text, I just use C-k until all the text is gone. However, in vim it seems a bit more complex. I know I can do d$ to delete until the end of the line and dd to delete the entire line I'm on, but how do I delete all of the next line?

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  • How to clone or copy running windows 7 to child partition

    - by saad
    Is there anyway to clone partition to partition in windows 7 for free using some kind of command line tool so that i can set block size to increase speed i google and found some tools like dd for windows and dcfldd but when i use them it gives me error like access denied and permission denied i tried to login as administrator using: net user administrator on but its same problem dcfldd bs=4096 if=.\k: of=\.\m: while its working to create image file : dcfldd bs=4096 if=.\k: of=\.\M:\filename.ext some help needed on this will appreciate thanks

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  • does log4net AdoNetAppender support sql server 2008?

    - by schrodinger's code
    my config file below: very strange, i have spent a day to find out where i am wrong, but still not working, it still not log anything in the database,but i can output them using RollingFileAppender. Also, the store procedure WriteLog is working well.(I have tested it using sql server studio). I have tried to change the connectionType but not working. Unfortunately I dont have sql server 2000/2005 to test, my log4net version should be the latest one: log4net 1.2.10. Any help is appreciated. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <configuration> <configSections> <section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" /> </configSections> <log4net> <appender name="AdoNetAppender_SqlServer" type="log4net.Appender.AdoNetAppender"> <!--<threshold value="OFF" />--> <bufferSize value="1" /> <connectionType value="System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection, System.Data, System.Data, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" /> <!--<connectionType value="System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection, System.Data, Version=1.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />--> <connectionString value="Data Source=.\MSSQLSERVER2008,2222;Initial Catalog=UnleashedSaaS;User ID=sa;Password=dogblack;" /> <commandType value="StoredProcedure" /> <commandText value="WriteLog" /> <parameter> <parameterName value="@log_date" /> <dbType value="DateTime" /> <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout" value="%date{yyyy'-'MM'-'dd HH':'mm':'ss'.'fff}" /> </parameter> <parameter> <parameterName value="@thread" /> <dbType value="String" /> <size value="255" /> <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout" value="%thread" /> </parameter> <parameter> <parameterName value="@log_level" /> <dbType value="String" /> <size value="50" /> <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout" value="%level" /> </parameter> <parameter> <parameterName value="@logger" /> <dbType value="String" /> <size value="255" /> <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout" value="%logger" /> </parameter> <parameter> <parameterName value="@message" /> <dbType value="String" /> <size value="4000" /> <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout" value="%message" /> </parameter> <parameter> <parameterName value="@exception" /> <dbType value="String" /> <size value="4000" /> <layout type="log4net.Layout.ExceptionLayout" /> </parameter> </appender> <appender name="RollingLogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender" > <!--<threshold value="OFF" />--> <file value="LogData\\" /> <appendToFile value="true" /> <datePattern value="ul_yyyy-MM-dd.LOG" /> <maxSizeRollBackups value="10" /> <rollingStyle value="Date" /> <maximumFileSize value="2MB" /> <staticLogFileName value="false" /> <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout"> <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %p %u %c %l %m %n%n%n" /> </layout> </appender> <root> <level value="ALL"/> <appender-ref ref="AdoNetAppender_SqlServer" /> <appender-ref ref="RollingLogFileAppender" /> </root> </log4net> </configuration>

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  • What are the most useful Vi/Vim Commands that you wish you'd discovered earlier?

    - by faceless1_14
    I personally learn by experimentation as opposed to reading documentation. A consequence of this is it takes me a long time to learn some of the useful features of a language like e going to the end of a word or 0 to go to the beginning of a line or $ for the end of a line as well as dd deleting a line What are some Vi/Vim commands that you find most useful but didn't know existed when you were first using Vi/Vim.

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  • Problem with bash scripting

    - by eple
    Hi. I terrible with bash scripting, and need some help with the following: #!/bin/bash if [ -e Pretty* ];then ncftpput -R -DD -v -u xbmc -p xbmc 192.168.1.100 /home/xbmc/TV/Pretty_Little_Liars/ Pretty* else echo "No new folders" fi find -depth -type d -empty -exec rmdir {} \; Problem here is the ncftpput line.. if I just do a simple [ echo "working" ] instead, everything is OK, but when I try the ncftpput-line it just gives me [ line 5: [: too many arguments ] the ncftpput command alone works fine.. Any ideas?

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  • Making to the DNS on two different VPNs play nice.

    - by NitroxDM
    Setup: I have two separate networks I need to connect to at the same time. VPN 1 PPTP IP : 192.168.2.0/24 DNS : 192.168.2.32; 192.168.2.34 (Windows 2003) Domain : old.com Forwarder : 192.168.2.1 (Gateway running DNS) DD-WRT VPN 2 OpenVPN using Routing -- I'm going to switch to bridging IP : 192.168.10.0/24 DNS : 192.168.10.10 (Windows 2008) Domain : xyz.dc Forwarder : 192.168.10.1 (Gateway running DNS) ClearOS When I'm connected I would like to resolve host names on both networks without fully qualifying them.

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  • How to create a snapshot volume to a remote server?

    - by Purres
    I want to backup a few virtual machines to a backup server. Here're the backup steps. suspend a virtual machine create a snapshot of the virtual machine using lvcreate -s resume a virtual machine dd if=/virtual_machine_path | lzop > /temp/backup.lzo rsync /temp/backup.lzo -e "ssh " 1.2.3.4:/backup_path/ However, the hypervisor server doesn't have enough hard disk space to create a snapshot in step 2. Is there a way to create a logical volume snapshot to a remote server?

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  • How best to copy an SD card with corrupt filesystem to attempt recovery?

    - by pdbartlett
    I have an SD card with a corrupt filesystem, so wanted to clone it and attempt recovery on the copy (just in case of problems). I was thinking that dd-ing it Linux would be a sensible way to go, but don't really want to experiment in this situation. So if anyone has done this before then it would be good to know the exact approach that works. In case it helps, I have Ubuntu, OSX and Windows machines available. TIA, Paul.

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  • DCHP and Router load testing

    - by John H
    I manage a campground wifi network with an average of 10 - 60 active users. I have encountered issues where the router starts acting flaky (failing to assign DHCP or failing to pass traffic) without any clear warning (low cpu utilization, etc). I upgraded the router a couple times and ended up with a Netgear ProSafe VPN router that seems to be handling the traffic. The interesting thing is that the Netgear has lower specs than the Buffalo router it replaced, indicating the issue is with the DD-WRT firmware. While I'll be pursuing this issue on the dd-wrt forums, I need a way to test routers. My vision is having 1-2 computers connected on the LAN side and 1-2 computers connected on the WAN side. I want the LAN computers to be generating various type of traffic and connections, as well as requesting DCHP addresses. A few notes: The wireless aspect should be a non-issue. Most clients would connect to a wireless bridge and come into the router through a network cable. I had a monitoring server with Nagios running check_dhcp against the router. This server was connected directly by a network cable, eliminating wifi bridges and other devices from the equation. This question is somewhat related, but not exactly: Load testing wireless LANs I am going to look at IxChariot. While I'd ideally like to use a 1 computer on each side running Linux and preferably free software, I can entertain running Windows, multiple computers, or non-free software. Total bandwidth doesn't seem to be the issue. I can transfer large files all day. Even on the busiest days, the users seemed to only pull ~5Mbps. There is very little "LAN to LAN traffic" and most of it might never have reached the main router. The issue I need to test for seems to be tied to active users, or more appropriately, active sessions. I know active users or active clients is a meaningless term from a router standpoint and wouldn't mind having more appropriate terms to use. Summary: I need a way to test a routers ability in handling traffic from a large number of clients. My current strategy is to purchase a router, deploy it, and see how it fails in the live environment.

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  • How to write image of a floppy disk to a flash drive?

    - by Usman Ajmal
    I have created an image of a floppy disk by executing: dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/home/myFloppy.img My floppy disk is no more working now. So I am thinking now if it's possible to write the image of that floppy to a flash drive and then i may boot my machine from the flash drive. My machine's BIOS has the option of 'Boot from USB'.

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  • Read floppy from OpenVMS machine

    - by Goyuix
    I have a floppy I need to read the contents from - unfortunately it was formatted and the data written on an OpenVMS server. I believe the floppy is formatted "Files-11" and I can see parts of the MFT [equivalent] and file contents through a hex editor, however I would love to be able to mount this and actually read the files off. Is there a Files-11 FUSE module or other kernel module I can install to read this format? Any standalone utilities that can understand a floppy image taken with dd?

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  • STORED PROCEDURE working in my local test machine cannot be created in production environment.

    - by Marcos Buarque
    Hi, I have an SQL CREATE PROCEDURE statement that runs perfectly in my local SQL Server, but cannot be recreated in production environment. The error message I get in production is Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Incorrect syntax near '='. It is a pretty big query and I don't want to annoy StackOverflow users, but I simply can't find a solution. If only you could point me out what settings I could check in the production server in order to enable running the code... I must be using some kind of syntax or something that is conflicting with some setting in production. This PROCEDURE was already registered in production before, but when I ran a DROP - CREATE PROCEDURE today, the server was able to drop the procedure, but not to recreate it. I will paste the code below. Thank you! =============== USE [Enorway] GO /****** Object: StoredProcedure [dbo].[Spel_CM_ChartsUsersTotals] Script Date: 03/17/2010 11:59:57 ******/ SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO CREATE PROC [dbo].[Spel_CM_ChartsUsersTotals] @IdGroup int, @IdAssessment int, @UserId int AS SET NOCOUNT ON DECLARE @RequiredColor varchar(6) SET @RequiredColor = '3333cc' DECLARE @ManagersColor varchar(6) SET @ManagersColor = '993300' DECLARE @GroupColor varchar(6) SET @GroupColor = 'ff0000' DECLARE @SelfColor varchar(6) SET @SelfColor = '336600' DECLARE @TeamColor varchar(6) SET @TeamColor = '993399' DECLARE @intMyCounter tinyint DECLARE @intManagersPosition tinyint DECLARE @intGroupPosition tinyint DECLARE @intSelfPosition tinyint DECLARE @intTeamPosition tinyint SET @intMyCounter = 1 -- Table that will hold the subtotals... DECLARE @tblTotalsSource table ( IdCompetency int, CompetencyName nvarchar(200), FunctionRequiredLevel float, ManagersAverageAssessment float, SelfAssessment float, GroupAverageAssessment float, TeamAverageAssessment float ) INSERT INTO @tblTotalsSource ( IdCompetency, CompetencyName, FunctionRequiredLevel, ManagersAverageAssessment, SelfAssessment, GroupAverageAssessment, TeamAverageAssessment ) SELECT e.[IdCompetency], dbo.replaceAccentChar(e.[Name]) AS CompetencyName, (i.[LevelNumber]) AS FunctionRequiredLevel, ( SELECT ROUND(avg(CAST(ac.[LevelNumber] AS float)),0) FROM Spel_CM_AssessmentsData aa INNER JOIN Spel_CM_CompetenciesLevels ab ON aa.[IdCompetencyLevel] = ab.[IdCompetencyLevel] INNER JOIN Spel_CM_Levels ac ON ab.[IdLevel] = ac.[IdLevel] INNER JOIN Spel_CM_AssessmentsEvents ad ON aa.[IdAssessmentEvent] = ad.[IdAssessmentEvent] WHERE aa.[EvaluatedUserId] = @UserId AND aa.[AssessmentType] = 't' AND aa.[IdGroup] = @IdGroup AND ab.[IdCompetency] = e.[IdCompetency] AND ad.[IdAssessment] = @IdAssessment ) AS ManagersAverageAssessment, ( SELECT bc.[LevelNumber] FROM Spel_CM_AssessmentsData ba INNER JOIN Spel_CM_CompetenciesLevels bb ON ba.[IdCompetencyLevel] = bb.[IdCompetencyLevel] INNER JOIN Spel_CM_Levels bc ON bb.[IdLevel] = bc.[IdLevel] INNER JOIN Spel_CM_AssessmentsEvents bd ON ba.[IdAssessmentEvent] = bd.[IdAssessmentEvent] WHERE ba.[EvaluatedUserId] = @UserId AND ba.[AssessmentType] = 's' AND ba.[IdGroup] = @IdGroup AND bb.[IdCompetency] = e.[IdCompetency] AND bd.[IdAssessment] = @IdAssessment ) AS SelfAssessment, ( SELECT ROUND(avg(CAST(cc.[LevelNumber] AS float)),0) FROM Spel_CM_AssessmentsData ca INNER JOIN Spel_CM_CompetenciesLevels cb ON ca.[IdCompetencyLevel] = cb.[IdCompetencyLevel] INNER JOIN Spel_CM_Levels cc ON cb.[IdLevel] = cc.[IdLevel] INNER JOIN Spel_CM_AssessmentsEvents cd ON ca.[IdAssessmentEvent] = cd.[IdAssessmentEvent] WHERE ca.[EvaluatedUserId] = @UserId AND ca.[AssessmentType] = 'g' AND ca.[IdGroup] = @IdGroup AND cb.[IdCompetency] = e.[IdCompetency] AND cd.[IdAssessment] = @IdAssessment ) AS GroupAverageAssessment, ( SELECT ROUND(avg(CAST(dc.[LevelNumber] AS float)),0) FROM Spel_CM_AssessmentsData da INNER JOIN Spel_CM_CompetenciesLevels db ON da.[IdCompetencyLevel] = db.[IdCompetencyLevel] INNER JOIN Spel_CM_Levels dc ON db.[IdLevel] = dc.[IdLevel] INNER JOIN Spel_CM_AssessmentsEvents dd ON da.[IdAssessmentEvent] = dd.[IdAssessmentEvent] WHERE da.[EvaluatedUserId] = @UserId AND da.[AssessmentType] = 'm' AND da.[IdGroup] = @IdGroup AND db.[IdCompetency] = e.[IdCompetency] AND dd.[IdAssessment] = @IdAssessment ) AS TeamAverageAssessment FROM Spel_CM_AssessmentsData a INNER JOIN Spel_CM_AssessmentsEvents c ON a.[IdAssessmentEvent] = c.[IdAssessmentEvent] INNER JOIN Spel_CM_CompetenciesLevels d ON a.[IdCompetencyLevel] = d.[IdCompetencyLevel] INNER JOIN Spel_CM_Competencies e ON d.[IdCompetency] = e.[IdCompetency] INNER JOIN Spel_CM_Levels f ON d.[IdLevel] = f.[IdLevel] -- This will link with user's assigned functions INNER JOIN Spel_CM_FunctionsCompetenciesLevels g ON a.[IdFunction] = g.[IdFunction] INNER JOIN Spel_CM_CompetenciesLevels h ON g.[IdCompetencyLevel] = h.[IdCompetencyLevel] AND e.[IdCompetency] = h.[IdCompetency] INNER JOIN Spel_CM_Levels i ON h.[IdLevel] = i.[IdLevel] WHERE (NOT c.[EndDate] IS NULL) AND a.[EvaluatedUserId] = @UserId AND c.[IdAssessment] = @IdAssessment AND a.[IdGroup] = @IdGroup GROUP BY e.[IdCompetency], e.[Name], i.[LevelNumber] ORDER BY e.[Name] ASC -- This will define the position of each element (managers, group, self and team) SELECT @intManagersPosition = @intMyCounter FROM @tblTotalsSource WHERE NOT ManagersAverageAssessment IS NULL IF IsNumeric(@intManagersPosition) = 1 BEGIN SELECT @intMyCounter += 1 END SELECT @intGroupPosition = @intMyCounter FROM @tblTotalsSource WHERE NOT GroupAverageAssessment IS NULL IF IsNumeric(@intGroupPosition) = 1 BEGIN SELECT @intMyCounter += 1 END SELECT @intSelfPosition = @intMyCounter FROM @tblTotalsSource WHERE NOT SelfAssessment IS NULL IF IsNumeric(@intSelfPosition) = 1 BEGIN SELECT @intMyCounter += 1 END SELECT @intTeamPosition = @intMyCounter FROM @tblTotalsSource WHERE NOT TeamAverageAssessment IS NULL -- This will render the final table for the end user. The tabe will flatten some of the numbers to allow them to be prepared for Google Graphics. SELECT SUBSTRING( ( SELECT ( '|' + REPLACE(ma.[CompetencyName],' ','+')) FROM @tblTotalsSource ma ORDER BY ma.[CompetencyName] DESC FOR XML PATH('') ), 2, 1000) AS 'CompetenciesNames', SUBSTRING( ( SELECT ( ',' + REPLACE(ra.[FunctionRequiredLevel]*10,' ','+')) FROM @tblTotalsSource ra FOR XML PATH('') ), 2, 1000) AS 'FunctionRequiredLevel', SUBSTRING( ( SELECT ( ',' + CAST(na.[ManagersAverageAssessment]*10 AS nvarchar(10))) FROM @tblTotalsSource na FOR XML PATH('') ), 2, 1000) AS 'ManagersAverageAssessment', SUBSTRING( ( SELECT ( ',' + CAST(oa.[GroupAverageAssessment]*10 AS nvarchar(10))) FROM @tblTotalsSource oa FOR XML PATH('') ), 2, 1000) AS 'GroupAverageAssessment', SUBSTRING( ( SELECT ( ',' + CAST(pa.[SelfAssessment]*10 AS nvarchar(10))) FROM @tblTotalsSource pa FOR XML PATH('') ), 2, 1000) AS 'SelfAssessment', SUBSTRING( ( SELECT ( ',' + CAST(qa.[TeamAverageAssessment]*10 AS nvarchar(10))) FROM @tblTotalsSource qa FOR XML PATH('') ), 2, 1000) AS 'TeamAverageAssessment', SUBSTRING( ( SELECT ( '|t++' + CAST([FunctionRequiredLevel] AS varchar(10)) + ',' + @RequiredColor + ',0,' + CAST(ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY CompetencyName) - 1 AS varchar(2)) + ',9') FROM @tblTotalsSource FOR XML PATH('') ), 2, 1000) AS 'FunctionRequiredAverageLabel', SUBSTRING( ( SELECT ( '|t++' + CAST([ManagersAverageAssessment] AS varchar(10)) + ',' + @ManagersColor + ',' + CAST(@intManagersPosition AS varchar(2)) + ',' + CAST(ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY CompetencyName) - 1 AS varchar(2)) + ',9') FROM @tblTotalsSource FOR XML PATH('') ), 2, 1000) AS 'ManagersLabel', SUBSTRING( ( SELECT ( '|t++' + CAST([GroupAverageAssessment] AS varchar(10)) + ',' + @GroupColor + ',' + CAST(@intGroupPosition AS varchar(2)) + ',' + CAST(ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY CompetencyName) - 1 AS varchar(2)) + ',9') FROM @tblTotalsSource FOR XML PATH('') ), 2, 1000) AS 'GroupLabel', SUBSTRING( ( SELECT ( '|t++' + CAST([SelfAssessment] AS varchar(10)) + ',' + @SelfColor + ',' + CAST(@intSelfPosition AS varchar(2)) + ',' + CAST(ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY CompetencyName) - 1 AS varchar(2)) + ',9') FROM @tblTotalsSource FOR XML PATH('') ), 2, 1000) AS 'SelfLabel', SUBSTRING( ( SELECT ( '|t++' + CAST([TeamAverageAssessment] AS varchar(10)) + ',' + @TeamColor + ',' + CAST(@intTeamPosition AS varchar(2)) + ',' + CAST(ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY CompetencyName) - 1 AS varchar(2)) + ',10') FROM @tblTotalsSource FOR XML PATH('') ), 2, 1000) AS 'TeamLabel', (Count(src.[IdCompetency]) * 30) + 100 AS 'ControlHeight' FROM @tblTotalsSource src SET NOCOUNT OFF GO

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  • Setup VPN network for PS3

    - by L Franco
    Getting informed on setting up a home network so i can use VPN on my PS3, i live in Mexico but want the programming available in the US. Getting a little confused as every sites gives you different options, both in hardware and software. specially on subjects like dd-wrt, dns or vpn options... i know there is no "best" setup, but are there any tried and true?? Options in hardware and software would be apreciated...

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  • Upload database backup from mysql to Amazon S3 or Glacier without creating local file

    - by Rubem Azenha
    Is there a tool that makes possible to backup a Mysql database to Amazon S3 or Amazon Glacier without having o create a local file with the database contents? Something like that: mysqldump -u root -ppass -h host --all-databases | magical-s3-tool s3-bucket backup-yyyy-mm-dd.sql This magical tool would use the pipe data and transfer the backup data directly to S3, without creating a local file.

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  • Multiple OS's and GRUB chainloading

    - by Kent
    Hi, I want to have multiple OS installations and I have been advised that chain loading using GRUB is a good way to handle this. I have looked at tutorials on the web but I still have some questions before I can start. I want: Windows XP: 20 GB. For running some school stuff and a game which does not work through WINE. Xubuntu 9.04: 85 GB. My main OS. Another Linux distribution: 15 GB . For experimenting and trying Linux distributions out. I will: Wipe and install various distributions quite often on the 15 Use dd to make a copy of my Windows partition after installing it and getting things to work as I like. My experience is that Windows needs to be re-installed maybe once per year to not get bloated and slow. I have been told: To use GRUB chain loading. It will make it easier when kernel upgrades are made in the Linux distributions, as they modify the GRUB boot-menu. To my understanding I need to: (I might very well be mistaken) Install Windows first. Then install Xubuntu and let it write over the MBR with GRUB (I guess this is the default). Get the GRUB on the MBR start Windows XP if I want to (it's done by default), start Xubuntu using the kernel of my choice or defer execution to the boot sector of my other Linux distribution. The actual chain loading will only occur when I want to start my experimental install of Linux. I wonder: Is step 3 above correct and a good way to handle this? Is it also a good way to use chain-loading for both Xubuntu and my experimental Linux installation? How do I get a Linux distribution to install the boot loader it comes with to the boot sector of its partition and not to the MBR? If I can't get it to not touch the MBR. Then I could make a backup of the MBR using dd and then write it back after installing my experimental Linux installation. But then, how would I get the boot loader (lets say GRUB) into the boot sector of the experimental Linux installation? How would it work if said Linux installation gets a new kernel update and needs to update the GRUB menu?

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