about 3 months ago - No comments
Recently I was having a problem getting some software installed on my laptop running Windows 7. The software (IBM’s Rational Developer for Power Systems) has a custom installer. When I tried to run the installer, it was complaining about some internal version number. Problem was, I couldn’t find any trace of the installer or it’s
about 8 months ago - No comments
Yes, it’s that time of year again … UPGRADE TIME! With the release of Fedora 12 a few months ago, I’m taking the holiday break from work to get my servers up to a more current version of Linux. The fact that Fedora 10, the version of Linux I am currently running, is no longer
about 9 months ago - No comments
Those of you who follow my blog (or know me in person) are well aware that I’m a big fan of Norton Ghost backup software. One of the major problems I’ve had with Norton Ghost is the fact that it only provides the ability to create a recovery CD … it doesn’t provide any ability
about 11 months ago - No comments
Last week I decided to start playing around with Windows 7 on my laptop … just to see how it’s going to work. Luckily I have a spare SATA hard drive, so there was no risk that I would damage anything permanently. If the Windows 7 install went bad, I could simply switch back to
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
I just completed the 2nd of two upgrades of my Linux systems to Fedora 10. I’m very worried. What’s got me worried? Both upgrades when relatively smoothly. In the past my upgrades have been fraught with trouble … failing hard drives, failing DSL modems, misbehaving hardware, etc. This time the upgrades when pretty well. A
about 2 years ago - No comments
Ok, I got both iPhones upgraded to the 2.0 version of the iPhone OS. Initially, I had some trepidation about upgrading a day early … and my feeling seemed to be valid when a co-worker tried to upgrade his phone and had a bunch of problems. He kept getting an “Unknown error (6)” message. I
about 2 years ago - No comments
ZDNet UK has a great summary of some of the most annoying software products around. I pretty much agree with them on all counts … although my personal annoyance with anything that tries to install the Yahoo tool bar goes way beyond what they indicate. I also really dislike Java’s insistence on a background task
about 2 years ago - 4 comments
Yep, it happened again … about this time last year I was trying to upgrade my servers to Fedora Core 6 and ran into some problems. Well, I decided it was time to upgrade to Fedora 8 … and, since I have time off, I figured this was a fine time to do it again.
about 2 years ago - 20 comments
I’ve been using Quicken for many years … and for the past 8 years or so I’ve had this annoying problem. Every time I would download transactions from my bank, I would get this dialog box popping up … Of course Bank One had been bought out by Chase a few years ago, so the
about 3 years ago - No comments
Well, I finally got my Linux systems upgraded … both Rivendell & Gondor got upgraded to Fedora Core 6 this weekend. There were a few minor glitches … but nothing that couldn’t be handled. One thing that was kind of annoying is the fact that the Apache config (httpd.conf) was replaced on both servers (the
about 11 months ago
Ghost will let you convert it’s backup files into Virtual disks that will work with both Virtual PC and VMWare.
about 11 months ago
Does Ghost support VHD files? I switched to Acronis True Image a while ago since it would let me boot a backup image in a Virtual PC instance. I used Ghost back before Symantec bought it and it was amazing back then. I’m guessing they’ve improved it significantly in the succeeding 15 versions