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Forgot to mention kernel update

ByEtzion 17/06/2006

Kernel version 2.6.16.9, so I will supply its config file here config-2.6.16.9.txt. Same procedure as before.

Good luck.

Disk Storage | Laptop | Linux

Ubuntu 18.04 and TPM2 encrypted system disk
ByEtzion 27/05/201919/01/2022

*** EDIT *** : An updated version of this post can be found here: https://run.tournament.org.il/ubuntu-20-04-and-tpm2-encrypted-system-disk/ When you encrypt your entire disk, you are required to enter your passphrase every time you boot your computer. The TPM device has a purpose – keeping your secrets secure (available only to your running system), and combined with SecureBoot,…

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High load average due to hardware issues
ByEtzion 30/03/2007

Performance tuning is a sort of art. You know what you expect to reach, and you somehow strive towards that through selective tuning. Either your OS memory utilization, your network settings, NFS mount parameters, etc. I’ve been to a customer who’s server acted funny. First, it had high load average – for an idle server…

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An experiment
ByEtzion 30/09/2008

My brother is a computer illiterate. He can use a computer for the purpose of e-mail messaging and for editing documents, spreadsheets, etc. I have decided to “abuse” his older laptop, an IBM X31 and install Ubuntu on it. This is some sort of an experiment. I wonder how he, a simple user, can cope…

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Quick items about repackaging Linux ISO
ByEtzion 28/10/202111/03/2023

There are two topics I would like to describe here, for later reference (by myself, of course. This blog is my extended memory). The first is about how to create a bootable ISO out of RHEL extracted ISO, and the other is about how to download only specific update, or make your own RHEL updates…

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Disk Storage | Linux

dm-multipath and loss of all paths
ByEtzion 13/05/2008

dm-multipath is a great tool. Its abilities were proven to me on many occasions, and I’m sure I’m not the only one. NetApp, for example, use it. HP use it as well (a slightly modified version, and still), and it works. A problem I have encountered is as follow – if a single path fails,…

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Citrix Workspace AppProtection blocks snap
ByEtzion 10/03/202510/03/2025

TL;DR: I am required to use Citrix Workspace and with it – AppProtection and it is blocking my ‘snap’ command. I’ve been using Citrix Workspace version 24.8.0.98 and had a weird issue when running ‘snap’ command: The root cause had to do with the integration between Citrix AppProtection and libX11.so, which blocked running multiple applications….

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