Installing CentOS 6.2 from the net installer ISO on a 1 GB Kingston DataTraver USB stick
Thursday, March 29th, 2012What is nice about CentOS 6.2 is the ability to install the OS from a USB stick. Here is how I performed my installation.
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Archive for March, 2012
Grub error 15 File not found on Ubuntu and Linux
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012Don’t normally do this, but I was editing the menu.lst file on my Ubuntu machine and thought I would be cool and just replace some of the file names. Well, I did not fair too well. I received the infamous Grub error 15: File not found with any of my boot selections.
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Configuring Windows Updates on Windows 2003/2008 to benefit your organization
Sunday, March 11th, 2012There are advantages to configuring Windows Updates to automatically install on workstations. However, having Windows updates set to automatically install can be catastrophic to the organization. The default Windows Update time is 3 AM, which can cause interference with backing up data, month and year end reporting, and users working late on a project.
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Perl: Random dice game using array, case, and for Windows with Perl installed
Sunday, March 4th, 2012I had a bit of free time, so I created this craps game for Windows. You can also run it on Linux and Unix by changing the path to where your Perl is located on the system. The application uses variable, a pre-defined array length, functions, and a do – while loop with a sentinal value to terminate the loop.
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