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This error happens usually when the /boot folder is full and grub doesn’t update/install properly when the system is updated. One way to fix this is to boot with a Live USB image, mount the boot drive, and update/install grub … Continue reading →

Windows 10 setup does *not* work via PXE ram disk when the iso is directly loaded. A Pre-Environment must be loaded first for to load setup from a mapped network share where the iso image has been dumped. This guide … Continue reading →

Intel line of server motherboards have iKVM built-in but it must be enabled with a separate licensing module that plugs into the motherboard. I got one recently and was curious as to how this “license” works. For the AXXRMM4LITE module, … Continue reading →

The built-in mail option seems to work out of the box, but every post seems to suggest using a script to trigger internal mail binaries for mail notifications. Those require extra dependencies and configuration. With SendGrid and the REST API, … Continue reading →

The oracle-java9-installer, as of writing, has an old URL that doesn’t redirect properly to the right URL, which causes the installer to fail when it tries to download the binaries. Setting up oracle-java9-installer (9b162-1~webupd8~0) … Using wget settings from /var/cache/oracle-jdk9-installer/wgetrc … Continue reading →

As of writing (2017-04-06), there is no native tooling to resize a fixed-size VDI. Those on the internet saying they can resize one are misinformed. You will get this error message: Progress state: VBOX_E_NOT_SUPPORTED VBoxManage.exe: error: Resize medium operation for this … Continue reading →

I spent several weekends working a project using the Amazon Lambda serverless micro-architecture to see whether it was worth using for larger projects. I created a micro SaaS – https://pdfbatchfill.com – that essentially takes a bunch of rows and spit … Continue reading →

I couldn’t find anything readily available that was trustworthy or free to determine the lifespan of an SSD. MTBF isn’t very useful as on-time doesn’t wear down like hard disks do. The next best thing is to get the total … Continue reading →