Category Archives: Computer

Aug '09 23

Ext3/4 performance

by Brin in Computer, Linux | Comments Off on Ext3/4 performance

I’ve converted my /home partition to EXT4, and running my root partition as EXT3. While EXT4 looks good, for some reason i’m getting bad write performance on RAID1, compared to a normal JBOD disk, which i would expect to be … Continue reading →

Aug '09 15

New Filesystems – EXT4 and BTRFS

by Brin in Computer, Linux | Comments Off on New Filesystems – EXT4 and BTRFS

EXT4 is now considered stable  since 2.6.28, there is a good article here. Its a lot better than ext3, which really only added Journals over ext2. In particular EXT4 now supports Extents, Delayed Allocation and Multiblock Reservations,  as thats the … Continue reading →

Aug '09 01

Debian 5 on Microsoft Vitrual PC

by Brin in Computer, Linux, Windows | Comments Off on Debian 5 on Microsoft Vitrual PC

To be able to test a Debian 5 Mirror install, I setup virtual PC on XP, as i had the environment already. The new Kernel kills the VM by default, so press TAB on the “Install” prompt, then enter the … Continue reading →

Jun '09 04

iptables

by Brin in Linux | Comments Off on iptables

Been getting alot of INVALID packets on the firewall due to the riverbed, looks like a new packet without the SYN Found a good tutorial for iptables and SYSCTL values, a Pocket Reference and a Firewall book too.

May '09 24

Bogomips

by Brin in Computer | Comments Off on Bogomips

Interesting to compare different BogoMips from Different CPU’s Intel P-III – 800Mhz = 1600 AMD XP2000+ = 3322 Intel P-IV – 1800Mhz = 3600 Intel E2180 – 2Ghz = 3990 AMD XP3000+ = 4381 Intel E6850 – 3Ghz = 5990 … Continue reading →

Apr '09 01

Ripping

by Brin in Windows | Comments Off on Ripping

Trying to figure out the best program(s) to use to RIP my DVDs to my server HDD for viewing on the Popcorn hour. The Forum has a link to a few of them Also AutoGK is good for ripping to … Continue reading →

Mar '09 28

ImgBurn device buffer fluctuates

by Brin in Windows | Comments Off on ImgBurn device buffer fluctuates

I’ve noticesd the last few times i’ve used ImgBurn that the device buffer jumps from 100% to 10% and back up again, and hovers around 2X burn speed. I though my HDD must have needed a defrag, as it was … Continue reading →

Mar '09 24

Re-process mail

by Brin in Linux | Comments Off on Re-process mail

I can never remember the command to re-process mail with existing headers. cat 1.txt | uudecode -o /dev/stdout | /usr/sbin/sendmail -v -t -oiee