Monthly Archives: December 2009

This post is mostly for my own reference, just in case I need to rebuild a server and want to save myself the Googling. These links helped: Nagios Core 3.x Docs – The quick-start guide was great. I recommend compiling yourself instead of using yum so that your paths match […]

Helpful Links For Setting Up Nagios and NRPE on RHEL ...

This entry was posted in Linux Reference Technology and tagged CentOS nagios on December 28, 2009 by Steve Jenkins (updated 4786 days ago)

I recently noticed that my /boot partition was at 95% full, so I investigated to see what was causing it. Apparently, it was filling up with older versions of the linux kernel as a result of upgrades. Because my system has been very stable, I decided to keep only the […]

Removing Old Kernels on Fedora, RHEL, or CentOS with Yum

This entry was posted in Linux Reference Technology and tagged CentOS Fedora kernel Redhat remove old kernel RHEL yum on December 27, 2009 by Steve Jenkins (updated 3838 days ago)

For about a year now, we’ve been happily running two Dell PowerEdge 2950s with quad procs, 4GB of RAM (or so we thought), and RHEL5. Running a high-traffic website can be memory intensive, so we recently decided to upgrade the memory, and bought 8 more GB of RAM for each […]

Running more than 4GB RAM on Fedora, RHEL, & CentOS

This entry was posted in Linux Reference Technology and tagged 32-bit 4GB RAM 64-bit CentOS kernel-PAE PAE PAE kernel RHEL on December 24, 2009 by Steve Jenkins (updated 5109 days ago)

In a cabinet in a top secret location somewhere in the Pacific Northwest, I’ve got two Dell PowerEdge 2950s, each with four 2GB DIMMs installed. I purchased four additional 4GB DIMMs to upgrade the memory in both to a total of 16GB, and installed them in the servers last night, so […]

Dell Warning: The current memory configuration is not optimal.

This entry was posted in Reference Technology and tagged 2950 Dell memory not optimal PowerEdge RAM warning on December 23, 2009 by Steve Jenkins (updated 4851 days ago)

A few months ago, I installed two software upgrades in my 2007 Maserati Quattroporte GT Sport: an enhancement module for the drive-by-wire system, and an ECM peformance chip, both developed and manufactured by Formula Dynamics. They both made huge differences to the car’s performance. Until recently, neither unit had produced […]

Got New OBDII Code Scanner to Clear Check Engine Light ...

This entry was posted in Cars Product Reviews Rants and Raves Technology and tagged check engine light code scanner maserati obd 2 obd ii obd ii codes obdii scanner on December 13, 2009 by Steve Jenkins (updated 5109 days ago)

After successfully setting up a dual boot of Windows 7 (64-bit) and Fedora 12 on my new Dell Studio laptop, I wanted to record some of the tricks that were necessary to get it done. The laptop is a Dell Studio 1737 (why didn’t they call it 1337?) which came […]