http://drcs.ca/blog A Techie from Winnipeg Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:48:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://drcs.ca/blog/connecting-to-the-amazon-vpc-using-vyatta-community-edition/ http://drcs.ca/blog/connecting-to-the-amazon-vpc-using-vyatta-community-edition/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:48:53 +0000 Dave Rose http://drcs.ca/blog/?p=575 A quick tutorial on how to connect to Amazon's VPC from your internal network using Vyatta's network OS software.

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]]> http://drcs.ca/blog/solving-a-microsoft-communicator-address-book-syncing-issue/feed/ 0 http://drcs.ca/blog/adding-godaddy-intermediate-certificates-to-java-jdk/ http://drcs.ca/blog/adding-godaddy-intermediate-certificates-to-java-jdk/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:29:00 +0000 Dave Rose http://drcs.ca/blog/?p=460 How to add the GoDaddy Intermediate Certificates to JAVA JDK on Linux

]]> http://drcs.ca/blog/adding-godaddy-intermediate-certificates-to-java-jdk/feed/ 0 http://drcs.ca/blog/kindles-out-of-stock-for-christmas-2010-in-canada/ http://drcs.ca/blog/kindles-out-of-stock-for-christmas-2010-in-canada/#comments Sun, 28 Nov 2010 21:16:49 +0000 Dave Rose http://drcs.ca/blog/?p=425 I guess in some ways its a good problem to have if you are Amazon, but apparently the latest generation of the Kindle WiFi is already out of stock for the 2010 Christmas season! I just tried to order one online and this is what I saw! Now I’m from Canada, but it’s hard to [...]

]]> http://drcs.ca/blog/kindles-out-of-stock-for-christmas-2010-in-canada/feed/ 0 http://drcs.ca/blog/how-to-mirror-centos-5-and-use-it-as-a-local-yum-repository/ http://drcs.ca/blog/how-to-mirror-centos-5-and-use-it-as-a-local-yum-repository/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:51:32 +0000 Dave Rose http://drcs.ca/blog/?p=307 An article to help explain how to set up your own local mirror of CentOS 5 and use it as an HTTP source for use with YUM.

]]> http://drcs.ca/blog/how-to-mirror-centos-5-and-use-it-as-a-local-yum-repository/feed/ 1 http://drcs.ca/blog/how-to-create-a-centos-5-vmware-virtual-machine-using-pxeboot-and-kickstart/ http://drcs.ca/blog/how-to-create-a-centos-5-vmware-virtual-machine-using-pxeboot-and-kickstart/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:38:15 +0000 Dave Rose http://drcs.ca/blog/?p=303 An article explaining how to configure a system to allow you to create a VMware virtual machine that will install and configure CentOS 5 via PXEBOOT and Kickstart.

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]]> http://drcs.ca/blog/m0n0wall-firewall/feed/ 0 http://drcs.ca/blog/vmware-vmxnet-driver-support-when-using-pxeboot-and-kickstart/ http://drcs.ca/blog/vmware-vmxnet-driver-support-when-using-pxeboot-and-kickstart/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:27:04 +0000 Dave Rose http://drcs.ca/blog/?p=181 This article was recently updated using CentOS 5.5 I know VMware would probably ask why I don’t just clone a reference image when creating additional VM’s, but I find that I like to be able to create a system from scratch and apply my cfengine against it.  Also, contrary to what VMware would like, not [...]

]]> http://drcs.ca/blog/vmware-vmxnet-driver-support-when-using-pxeboot-and-kickstart/feed/ 6 http://drcs.ca/blog/fibromyalgia-and-mycoplasma-infection-investigation/ http://drcs.ca/blog/fibromyalgia-and-mycoplasma-infection-investigation/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 10:26:20 +0000 Dave Rose http://drcs.ca/blog/?p=146 For many years I have had fatigue and tender, weak, sore muscles, particularly in my forearms, biceps, thighs, calves, abdomen and lower back. Along with the pain and fatigue, I have annoying twitching that comes and goes. Sometimes this twitching is mild, and other times it is quite annoying. While my symptoms have been mild [...]

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