Comments for MCS Press http://www.mycybersupport.com/blog Who cares what I think . . . Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:11:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Getting More Virtual Space with DD & Gparted by hotspot shield http://www.mycybersupport.com/blog/2009/07/getting-more-virtual-space-with-dd-gparted/comment-page-1/#comment-90 hotspot shield Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:11:37 +0000 http://www.mycybersupport.com/blog/?p=161#comment-90 Thank you very much for that great article Thank you very much for that great article

]]> Comment on Getting More Virtual Space with DD & Gparted by sCrIpTmUnKeE http://www.mycybersupport.com/blog/2009/07/getting-more-virtual-space-with-dd-gparted/comment-page-1/#comment-87 sCrIpTmUnKeE Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:15:40 +0000 http://www.mycybersupport.com/blog/?p=161#comment-87 Cool! Thanks for showing me how 'watch' works. - Ken Cool! Thanks for showing me how ‘watch’ works.

- Ken

]]> Comment on Getting More Virtual Space with DD & Gparted by Bracelets http://www.mycybersupport.com/blog/2009/07/getting-more-virtual-space-with-dd-gparted/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Bracelets Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:57:25 +0000 http://www.mycybersupport.com/blog/?p=161#comment-86 Really enjoyed this! Well done! Really enjoyed this! Well done!

]]> Comment on Getting More Virtual Space with DD & Gparted by slmingol http://www.mycybersupport.com/blog/2009/07/getting-more-virtual-space-with-dd-gparted/comment-page-1/#comment-85 slmingol Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:26:11 +0000 http://www.mycybersupport.com/blog/?p=161#comment-85 I use watch all the time. You can run your 2 looped commands like this in watch: watch "ls -lh *.vdi; df -h | grep home" watch can take the -n switch to change how many seconds it waits before re-running the command(s) being watched. watch -n 4 "ls -lh *.vdi; df -h | grep home" I use watch all the time. You can run your 2 looped commands like this in watch:

watch “ls -lh *.vdi; df -h | grep home”

watch can take the -n switch to change how many seconds it waits before re-running the command(s) being watched.

watch -n 4 “ls -lh *.vdi; df -h | grep home”

]]> Comment on Getting More Virtual Space with DD & Gparted by sCrIpTmUnKeE http://www.mycybersupport.com/blog/2009/07/getting-more-virtual-space-with-dd-gparted/comment-page-1/#comment-82 sCrIpTmUnKeE Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:10:23 +0000 http://www.mycybersupport.com/blog/?p=161#comment-82 Chris, I was pretty happy to have the process run so smooth. All other ways I've tried were just dead ends. Thanks again, -Ken Chris,
I was pretty happy to have the process run so smooth. All other ways I’ve tried were just dead ends.
Thanks again,

-Ken

]]> Comment on Getting More Virtual Space with DD & Gparted by sCrIpTmUnKeE http://www.mycybersupport.com/blog/2009/07/getting-more-virtual-space-with-dd-gparted/comment-page-1/#comment-81 sCrIpTmUnKeE Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:09:32 +0000 http://www.mycybersupport.com/blog/?p=161#comment-81 Dave, I will have to look into the 'watch' command. I've never used it before. Thanks for the tip. -Ken Dave,
I will have to look into the ‘watch’ command. I’ve never used it before. Thanks for the tip.

-Ken

]]> Comment on Getting More Virtual Space with DD & Gparted by Chris 'excid3' Oliver http://www.mycybersupport.com/blog/2009/07/getting-more-virtual-space-with-dd-gparted/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Chris 'excid3' Oliver Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:23:10 +0000 http://www.mycybersupport.com/blog/?p=161#comment-80 Glad to see it worked out great for you! :D Glad to see it worked out great for you! :D

]]> Comment on Getting More Virtual Space with DD & Gparted by David Sterry http://www.mycybersupport.com/blog/2009/07/getting-more-virtual-space-with-dd-gparted/comment-page-1/#comment-79 David Sterry Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:46:51 +0000 http://www.mycybersupport.com/blog/?p=161#comment-79 Nice post. I tend to use watch but I can see the use of this while statement for being able to run multiple commands repeatedly. Also, I think links are good but they might hurt your pagerank. Gotta keep the google juice in house! Nice post. I tend to use watch but I can see the use of this while statement for being able to run multiple commands repeatedly. Also, I think links are good but they might hurt your pagerank. Gotta keep the google juice in house!

]]> Comment on Getting More Virtual Space with DD & Gparted by Ken Simeon (scriptmunkee) 's status on Friday, 31-Jul-09 06:41:01 UTC - Identi.ca http://www.mycybersupport.com/blog/2009/07/getting-more-virtual-space-with-dd-gparted/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Ken Simeon (scriptmunkee) 's status on Friday, 31-Jul-09 06:41:01 UTC - Identi.ca Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:41:12 +0000 http://www.mycybersupport.com/blog/?p=161#comment-78 [...] http://www.mycybersupport.com/blog/2009/07/getting-more-virtual-space-with-dd-gparted/ [...] [...] http://www.mycybersupport.com/blog/2009/07/getting-more-virtual-space-with-dd-gparted/ [...]

]]> Comment on RAID to the AID (part 1) by J http://www.mycybersupport.com/blog/2009/05/raid-to-the-aid-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-74 J Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:14:46 +0000 http://www.mycybersupport.com/blog/?p=92#comment-74 I too had too much data spread across too many computers not being backed up, and ended up going with a ReadyNAS NV+. The size of a small toaster, its low profile and reasonably quiet fan make it easy to leave running in any room. I plug it into a wireless router with an Ethernet cable, and then the drive is easily available to all devices on my network. I've used it to backup Linux, Mac OS X and Windows laptops with minimal fuss. The unit holds up to four drives. I have 4 1-TB drives in mine, giving me ~3TB of storage. I started with only 2 500MB drives, but using their X-RAID technology upgraded to larger drives without losing data and the volume automatically expanded. Not a quick operation, but it worked. I was worried when NetGear bought out the original company making the device, but they have continued to support and upgrade it. I move a lot and carry the drive with me, so its compact size is one of the biggest selling features, along with its continued reliability. (The biggest oddity I've run into is that the drives themselves get stuck in the unit. Searching online you find that the fix is to use a paperclick to flip a switch inside and pop the stuck drives out. Odd and cheap seeming, but otherwise things have worked great.) I too had too much data spread across too many computers not being backed up, and ended up going with a ReadyNAS NV+. The size of a small toaster, its low profile and reasonably quiet fan make it easy to leave running in any room. I plug it into a wireless router with an Ethernet cable, and then the drive is easily available to all devices on my network. I’ve used it to backup Linux, Mac OS X and Windows laptops with minimal fuss.

The unit holds up to four drives. I have 4 1-TB drives in mine, giving me ~3TB of storage. I started with only 2 500MB drives, but using their X-RAID technology upgraded to larger drives without losing data and the volume automatically expanded. Not a quick operation, but it worked.

I was worried when NetGear bought out the original company making the device, but they have continued to support and upgrade it. I move a lot and carry the drive with me, so its compact size is one of the biggest selling features, along with its continued reliability.

(The biggest oddity I’ve run into is that the drives themselves get stuck in the unit. Searching online you find that the fix is to use a paperclick to flip a switch inside and pop the stuck drives out. Odd and cheap seeming, but otherwise things have worked great.)

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