Radmind Wizardry

[][1] These directions describe how to add support for new hardware into an existing base load [1]: https://mailman.rice.edu/pipermail/radmind/2003-March/002241.html

cat a binary and screw up your terminal?

via [unixtips.org][1] When your term can’t display the correct char after you cat a binary file try the following command to reset it: echo CTRL-V ESC c [1]: http://www.unixtips.org/index.php3?catList=1

crib sheet: ssh single-login/no password

via: <a href="http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-03/msg00289.html">Robert Citek - crib sheet: ssh single-login/no password ( was Re: ssh-keygen )</a>

How to set up a no-password ssh connection from A to B, where A && B == trusted machines

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deleting files with find

To delete files matching *searchstring*, use the following: user# find . -name "*searchstring*" -exec rm {} ; Probably a good idea to run it without -exec rm {} ; first to see what you’d be deleting. Oh, and the space after the {} really is important – the command won’t do anything unless it’s there…

Rebuilding Ethernet drivers on a DL360 GL2

Quick notes for updating the bcm5700 driver on RedHat EL3 after updating the kernel…

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Fedora Myth(TV)ology :: Welcome

[Fedora Myth(TV)ology :: Welcome][1] Getting MythTV running on Fedora – couldn’t get much more focused than that, huh? Pretty cool… [1]: http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/index.php

new vlan setup on redhat el3

create a startup script in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts, using another vlan’d interface as a template (ifcfg-ethX.vlan) create a routing table in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts, using another vlan’d route as a template (route-ethX.vlan) add the new route to /etc/iproute2/rt_tables using an unused table number (name needs to match what you specified your routing table) ifup the interface and ping it to be sure everything works (hint: make sure your switch has tagged the packets for

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Setting MAC address on a VLAN interface, source-based routing, and kernel set routes

here’s a synopsis of what I’ve found, and how I got things working as desired (I know there are others in similar situations with VLAN that might find this useful)

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