Tinderbox setup The machine I’m using is currently being used to test port updates. It has a bunch of jails for the -STABLE branches and a copy of the ports tree that I make changes to when testing port updates. I decided to use this machine for my package builder but this meant keeping things separated. So for package building …
How to create a backup schedule for tarsnap, and how to test it without using up your allowance.
A look at backup options for my server and why I decided to go with tarsnap.
Being able to take snapshots of a filesystem is very handy for backups, but does it actually work on FreeBSD?
How to get the Eduroam wireless network at the University of Kent to work on FreeBSD.
A look at how I replaced my ageing router and ADSL modem with a Soekris net5501 running FreeBSD.
I’ve done a bit of work on my FreeBSD ports lately. Firstly, after building my new server, I got round to upgrading from SlimServer to SqueezeCenter. This also meant sorting out ports for all the plugins I use. This didn’t take too long, and you can find them all over here. So far I’m liking SqueezeCenter, and I’d highly recommend …
A few weeks back I started having problems with my file server at home. This machine is fairly important to us; it holds all our photos, music and other files. For years I’ve been bodging it together with various old parts scavenged from other machines and some new parts when needed. But, once again, it’d started to break. Disks were …