Pain and the other server
So it turns out the triple redundant PSU supplied with the case was dodgy, and has subsequently blown out the motherboard. It seems the CPU is okay for now, but will require further testing, as will...
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Areca are liars: The ARC-1300ix 16 does not support Solaris
Oh damn... why did no one tell me? Well, that about settles it. This file server is cursed. After replacing the CPU and motherboard, I booted up my once again completed fileserver to find out, unlike...
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Curse of the server
Gasp! Intrigue! Another fucking motherboard! I suppose at this point I really shouldn’t be surprised. The number of things that have gone wrong to date rival most government run projects. Not covering...
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Sometimes giving in is easier
OpenSolaris’ ZFS implementation recently picked up one of the tastiest things it possibly could: block level dedupe. Except I no longer care. Too impatient to wait for the RMA on the dead Asus P5Q-E...
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Getting the 3ware 9650SE working in Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit
While the Linux kernel has included 3ware drivers that have worked perfectly for a long time, to manage your array you need access to applications. Firmware aside, 3ware splits its application into two...
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Ubisoft's new DRM doesn't quite work
Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed II may have the new DRM scheme by the time it's released on PC. UPDATE | Good lord. They really have been as stupid as to boot you from the game if your internet connection...
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Getting the 3ware 9650SE working in Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit
Ubuntu 10.04 might bring a new look, but it breaks a few things too. UPDATE 16/09/2010 | Despite 3ware updating its software to 10.2, the name resolution bug still exists. Webmin’s update to 1.520...
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Making old games in Steam not suck — Part 2: Chrome & Chrome Specforce
Chrome needs a little massaging to get into a workable condition Man, this is a hard one. Chrome and its sequel weren’t particularly popular. It really did establish some trends that the likes of...
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3ware 9650, Windows 8 and sleep/hibernate problems
3ware’s drivers aren’t Windows 8 ready. Recently I had the opportunity to move my 9650SE into an HTPC, where Windows 8 is quite useful. Sadly 3ware’s drivers aren’t quite ready yet. While storage is...
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Making old games in Steam not suck — Part 3: Far Cry
Still quite pretty almost a decade later. Far Cry was the graphics benchmark back in the day. With a little bit of tweaking, it can still look amazing for a game that was made in 2004. Our biggest ace...
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