tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106651842024-03-23T18:46:00.689+01:00Bit Runner.......1..............0.........0.......0......1.......1.........tyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-65469171281418757522010-07-14T23:16:00.003+02:002010-07-14T23:24:58.983+02:00Cannot continue. The microsoft runtime dll installer failed for complete installation. VMware Server 2A partir de ahora, ya que he vuelto a España, voy a poner mis posts en castellano de nuevo.Estoy jugando en mi pórtatil con Windows XP usando diferentes máquinas virtuales usando Vmware server. La cuestión es que tanto en la versión 2.0.0, como en la 2.0.2, me he encontrado que en algunos casos obtengo ese error.La solución la encontre aquí .Básicamente la solución es cuando nos da el error no tyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-27486893623138071482009-10-10T15:15:00.004+02:002009-10-10T15:32:59.365+02:00Windows PE network driver in VMware FusionI hope next time won't take so much time to post here again. I'll try to do short posts and more often.At work we use all flavours of VMWare: Server, ESX, Fusion.Also we have set up a WinPE system to install Windows XP, so we can perform a fresh new installation in a new machine completely unattended with the possibility of installing some extra corporate software and some other tools.I tried to tyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-60445600051761265632008-05-09T04:29:00.000+02:002008-05-09T04:30:00.140+02:00Virtual Server iSCSI and AiO 600After a lot of problems in my work, I'm now back on track to write about what I normally do at work.About my last attempts of using iSCSI these are roughly my conclusions:- Virtual Server is not a good solution for networking under Windows or Linux if you need to use gigabit throughput: the network drivers from Virtual Server don't support gigabit simulation and although they say it is a naming tyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-260029452415201182007-10-04T16:13:00.000+02:002007-10-04T16:14:42.450+02:00Fedora in Virtual ServerAfter several months without posting anything on this blog I'm going to start again, at least with short posts.Today I'm going to talk about virtualization and my last experiments with iSCSI. I'm testing iSCSI against our NAS in our HP StorageWorks machine. HP claims that is possible to use it not only for SMB shares but for NFS shares and iSCSI drives.Our current environment makes use of Virtualtyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-82923955497579838202007-10-04T16:12:00.000+02:002007-10-04T16:13:02.697+02:00New storage NAND system will replace Hard DrivesFusion IO has developed a non-volatile PCI Express card with NAND memories for replacing hard drives. They will feature hard drives from 80 to 640 Gb. The worst is the price: $30 per Gigabyte.I guess the first customers will be data centers since It will cut down prices on power consumption.http://www.fusionio.com/faq.htmltyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-41321149284317097992007-04-03T20:16:00.000+02:002007-04-03T20:41:24.611+02:00Weird problems with Apache2 and TomcatI am using Tomcat and Apache working together through mod_jk. I am using Debian, so I have to stick to the configuration and the already built-in packages, which are mod_jk2 packages, although you can have mod_jk.so library (kind of weird, for being honest). I was getting a strange message when cycling Apache: Forcing reload of web server: Apache2[Tue Apr 03 13:05:58 2007] [error] env.createBean2tyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-1173129595336377902007-03-05T22:17:00.000+01:002007-03-05T22:19:55.346+01:00Update Daylight Saving Time in DebianFinally I managed to come to the US :)Right now I am fixing the Daylight Saving Time issue, for Debian boxes you have to test if you have your OS time set correctly, so you have to issue: file:~# zdump -v /etc/localtime |grep 2007 /etc/localtime Sun Apr 1 06:59:59 2007 UTC = Sun Apr 1 01:59:59 2007 EST isdst=0 gmtoff=-18000 /etc/localtime Sun Apr 1 07:00:00 2007 UTC = Sun Apr 1 03:00:00 tyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-1165180416386342292006-12-03T22:13:00.001+01:002006-12-03T22:16:05.186+01:00Setting up WPA-PSK with madwifiI was setting up my wireless AP to support WPA-PSK, for that I used thefollowing instructions:http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/HostAPhttp://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/WPA_PSK_on_Both_EndsMainly under Debian you have to issue:apt-get install hostapdand modify /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf following the instructions inmadwifi.org. But I kept getting among all the traces this:madwifi_del_key: addr=00:0c:tyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-1165146761763399142006-12-03T12:52:00.000+01:002006-12-03T12:54:17.130+01:00Beta version of the Sunbird Mozilla Calendar systemFor the ones who want to test the new system of Mozilla Calendar calledSunbird, it is already in the BETA version:http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/download.htmltyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-1165144555185328802006-12-03T12:15:00.000+01:002006-12-03T12:29:17.866+01:00Free and open essential software for WindowsI have a nice list of free and open software for Windows as replacementof proprietary software. A nice to have list for the ones who wants asmooth path from Windows for Linux and someone who needs to run the samesoftware in Windows as in their Linux PCs.http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/12/01/30-essential-pieces-of-free-and-open-software-for-windows/ tyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-1163882378431001582006-11-18T21:39:00.000+01:002006-11-18T21:39:38.440+01:00Manage bandwidth in Apache for web hostingI am having problems with my Apache Server and I am trying to tune the performance of Apache 2. It seems that there are not enough Apache processes to handle all requests and I am changing some parameters to check whether this solves this problem. In the meantime, you always come across with interesting information, which does not solve your problem, but It could be interesting in the future. I tyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-1162429970995248112006-11-02T02:12:00.000+01:002006-11-02T02:42:17.886+01:00Montar un Punto de Acceso Barato Wireless 802.11g en Linux con MadwifiUno de mis principales objetivos de la infraestructura que intento montar en mi red casera es desplegar un punto de acceso para poder conectarme a Internet desde mi salón :) (lo se, soy un poco vago). Dos son las principales ventajas de esta tarjeta inalambrica. La primera, la que se menciona en el titulo, y es que es bastante barata, y la segunda es que es una tarjeta 802.11g. La mayoría de los tyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-1162295383710556702006-10-31T12:49:00.000+01:002006-10-31T12:49:43.713+01:00secure Instant Messaging systems as MSN, Jabber, etcToday I was wondering if It would feasible to use any plug-in in your current favourite IM tool for securing and encrypting your conversations.After some short research on the Internet I found this website about SIMP project:http://www.secway.fr/us/products/all.php#Their product are not GPLed licenced, but seems promising, since you could add encrypting capabilities using their free edition to tyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-1161013796723366832006-10-16T17:25:00.000+02:002006-10-16T17:49:57.156+02:00Using Internet Explorer in LinuxAn interesting way of using and testing your web developments under Linux without the need of installing the Operating System, the name of the package is ies4linux and needs wine:http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Installationtyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-1160381847708758582006-10-09T10:16:00.000+02:002006-10-09T10:17:27.720+02:00Secure PHP installationHow to secure a PHP installation.Found in meneame.nettyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-1160125061633345352006-10-06T10:55:00.000+02:002006-10-06T10:57:41.643+02:00Acceder sin clave a varios servidores via SSH y usando cron y atLo mando en castellano ya que el artículo esta en castellano y lo encontré en meneame (www.meneame.net) :http://www.linux-es.org/node/246tyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-1160124933090430852006-10-06T10:14:00.000+02:002006-10-07T13:43:37.360+02:00Deploying a cheap Wireless Access Point 802.11g in Linux with MadwifiOne of my main goals in the infraestructure that I am trying to setup at my home network is to deploy a cheap Access Point to be able to connect to the Internet just sitting in my living room :) (I know, I am too lazy). I am editing the post that I made because I forgot to mention two main advantages of this wireless card. One, of couse as mentioned in the subject, is very cheap, but the other tyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-1159783737802282092006-10-02T12:07:00.000+02:002006-10-02T12:08:57.810+02:00Globalization Decimating US I.T. JobsInteresting topic in Slashdot:http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/02/0233226tyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-1158067551770342772006-09-12T15:09:00.000+02:002006-09-12T15:25:51.816+02:00PHP in command lineThis post is a bit off-topic of my two last posts to my blog, but just in case someone (maybe me), in the future could have any problem.Today, I was trying to run a php script in command line. I came across the following link:http://es2.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.phpWhich was helpful to know that I could do what I want. I needed to check whether my php installation could run as CLI (tyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-1157714602570971452006-09-08T12:58:00.001+02:002006-09-08T13:23:22.573+02:00Installing Debian testing problems with e2fsprogs and signatures couldn´t be verifiedAs I said yesterday, I am going to share my experiences rebuilding my home infrastructure of linux servers. I used to have RedHat based servers, but since I always have thought tha t bilingualism is a good thing to have ;-) so I am going now for Debian servers.As some people know, Debian separates different branches of its distribution: stable, testing and unstable. As the names indicate, the tyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-1157652347199981562006-09-07T19:24:00.000+02:002006-09-08T12:47:06.953+02:00The show must go onThe title is just a reference of Freddy Mercury and his song which I like very much. I just wanted to highlight that after a long time thinking about to write again this blog, finally I made the effort to recover the passwords and so on to give it again a try. Why starting in English? For me it is a kind of challenge to write in other language than my mother tongue, and secondly, as any writer, tyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-1129295297531417262005-10-14T15:05:00.000+02:002005-10-14T15:08:17.556+02:00Live CD Necromantux - Seguridad y analisis forenseHola: He encontrado un proyecto muy interesante, buscando herramientas para hacer chequeos de PCs, borrados de discos duros, analisis forenses, benchmarking, montado de servicios, la verdad que tiene pinta de ser muy completa. Voy a echarle un vistazo.http://necromantux.gpul.org/?q=node&from=30tyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-1125479205997922932005-08-31T11:05:00.000+02:002005-08-31T11:06:46.003+02:00BlogobjecsPor lo visto unos cordobeses estan usando para los turistas unos GEMs (son unos coches electricos pequeños) en Cordoba con software libre para recibir informacion turistica usando GPS. Suena bastante interesante...Sobre todo para ciudades donde el turismo sea importante...http://www.aromeo.net/http://www.aromeo.net/archives/000687.htmlUn saludotyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-1124696438070729042005-08-22T09:19:00.000+02:002005-08-22T09:40:38.086+02:00Alternativa al Babylon TranslatorHola a todos, Existe una alternativa a Babylon dentro de Linux llamada WordTrans. Se puede descargar aqui: http://www.escomposlinux.org/rvm/wordtrans/index.php Yo todavia no la he probado...Estoy buscando una version tambien en Windows. Un saludotyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10665184.post-1121766768512878332005-07-19T11:49:00.000+02:002005-07-19T11:52:48.516+02:00Herramienta para controlar duplicados en ThunderbirdHola a todos: Hace tiempo puse aqui una herramienta para controlar correos duplicados en Thunderbird. He encontrado otra extension que hace lo mismo pero mucho más mejorado, te muestra los correos que ha detectado, te permite elegir criterios para buscarlos. Me parece muy util: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=956&application=thunderbird Saludostyler durdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611201286570810869noreply@blogger.com0