Tag: hardware
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Disk Partitions, Tables, Labels and File Systems
Intro I just got a new disk, installed it physically into my Ubuntu Server, and realized that I’ve forgotten everything to do with disk formatting/partitioning, etc. Here I remind myself as to what exactly all of these are concepts are and how to work with them. Identifying Disks When you’ve got a disk installed for…
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Raspberry Pi Cluster Part I: Goals, Hardware, Choosing OS
A while back I built a raspberry cluster with 1 x RPi4 and 2 x RPi3b devices. This was shortly after the release of the RPi4, and, due to the many fixes that it required, I didn’t get far beyond hooking them up through a network switch. Now that RPi4 has had some time to…
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Installing Windows 10 when all you have is a Mac (Legacy/Non-UEFI Version)
Important! This advice has been deprecated and is only applicable if you’re trying to install Windows 10 on a machine without UEFI support. If your machine does have UEFI support, then start here. Background Skip this section if you just want to jump to the “how I did it” content. I haven’t used Windows in…