This post is my way of having a sticky to see how to extract initial RAM disk images. 1. Plain ol’ gzip – initrd.gz Extracts the contents of the archive to the current directory. 2. CPIO images – initrd.img Extracts the contents of the CPIO image to the current directory…
Proxmox VE installer with MultiBootUSB
tl;dr I have uploaded a mod for Proxmox+multibootusb to make Proxmox handle ISO install images. This article is a brief look at my troubles with getting the Proxmox installer to work with MultiBootUSB, and, a solution that I cooked up to resolve it. The conventional process of using the Proxmox VE installer ISO is to…
Everything has changed, yet nothing has
This week I wrapped up the last bits remaining for moving my site. “But it’s still here!”, you may ask. Well I moved my web hosting and domain providers this week. The site is still the same (infrequent updates and all). I am trying out DigitalOcean as a VPS provider. Their packages (and better control…
Shopping for my first NAS
Note: This post was published with a date in the past. Feel free to post comments with this context in mind. This post describes my experience shopping around for my first NAS. Maybe it will help someone looking to get a new NAS themselves. It is not possible to go into excruciating details of every…
Blog in the attic
Whoa! Look what I found here. <blows over the dust-covered surface>… <cough>, <cough> <cough> It’s my blog! Hmm… Last post was more than 2 years ago. Gosh! What was I doing all this time? Oh wait, a lot has happened these past few years. I am a married man now. Got married to my sweetheart…
A bachelor, no more
Note: This article has been published with a date in the past. Attraction, woo-ing, googly eyes… love is fascinating. In our 4 years of courtship, Rachana, and, I have been through ups-and-downs, yays-and-nays. On May 7, 2014, we put it all behind us, as we got married. These four years have been a wild ride…
Portal 2, maps & more
I must say that I am a big fan of Valve games ever since I played Half-Life. I believe, till date, there have been few (if any) game developers who make games as immersive as Valve does. There is a continuous link to each campaign and prequels and sequels fall seamlessly into place. I had…
Happy New Year 2012!
A beautiful quote to ring in the new year: A beautiful year is waiting for you.Walk with aims,Run with confidence, andFly with achievements. – Anonymous Wishing everyone a very happy and a prosperous new year 2012!…
Merry Christmas 2011!
It’s Christmas and it brings us the joy and excitement that we have come to experience with it every year…
CSS Units of Measurement – Part 2
Hello! Well I am back from a long break to post the second part of this series. I got little, but valuable, feedback on my last post, mostly verbally and on twitter. I encourage you guys to leave feedback in the comments. Any questions are also welcome. Last time we learnt about percent (%). Today…