To alternate between mounting a Linux-formatted (ext2) floppy disk and a Windows-formatted (vfat) floppy disk: Create a directory like /mnt/winfloppyAs root, pico /etc/fstabEnter the following into fstab: /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy ext2...
In order, try these solutions:
As root, type:
/sbin/depmod -ae
As root, type (replace “2.4.7-10” with your kernel number):
insmod /lib/modules/2.4.7-10/kernel/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.o
Murmurhash is a nice and speedy hashing algorithm that is handy for creating hash values based on strings. I use it often as benchmarks suggest it is one of the speedier implementations out there. Murmurhash can create 32-bit or 128-bit outputs. In...
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I heard this one again last week, and I’m not sure why it’s still going around. Microsoft changed the behavior of Truncate Table to be able to be rolled back, but this myth had been taught to DBAs for so many years, that I think some...
URL shortener’s have proliferated in the past few years, mainly due to the confines of data length that mobile and social networks like Twitter apply. The following code example shows how to make a simple and efficient URL shortener, with...
By default, WHM gives you the option of using Spamhaus and/or Spamcop for added SPAM protection for incoming email. If you have additional DNSBL’s (DNS-based RBL’s) that you want Exim to check email against, you can easily enable them if...
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