How to set up a fault tolerant / failover system on Linux
Problem: You need to make sure that your disks are 100% redundant. Solution: A popular way on Linux to do this is DRBD. Here are
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Two good configuration files for DRBD and OCFS2
Problem: You need to know if your DRBD and OCFS2 disk fault tolerance has been setup correctly but the configuration options are overwhelming. Solution: See
How to use SCP to quickly copy files from one server to another
Issue: You want to copy files from your local computer to a remote server. On the remote server you don’t have root access. Or maybe
How to configure Debian source.list for automatic download of Debian Packages
Issue: You’ve installed Debian but during the installation you didn’t specify a good DNS server, or Debian didn’t pick up any of the sources you
How to check what version of Linux Mint you are running
To see which version of Linux Mint you are using, issue the following command: user@host ~ $ cat /etc/issue Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa \n \l
Cannot find Mintupdate icon, shield, or program in the menu
Issue: You’re trying to update Linux Mint 18.x to the latest 18.x version. You google that there is a program called Mintupdate, which is supposed
How to upgrade from Linux Mint 18.1 to 18.3 and then to 19.x
Solution: You want to upgrade your Linux Mint but you’re unsure how to do it. Following this article: https://www.tecmint.com/upgrade-to-linux-mint-19/ The steps are basically to first
"Package dbus-x11 is not configured yet" error loop during Linux Mint Upgrade
You’ve just run ‘mintupgrade upgrade’ During the upgrade process your system start looping endlessly and you see many errors, but a notable one keeps on
How to get special characters on a Linux keyboard
On Linux Mint, you can get special characters by using the right Alt key. Press the right Alt key, and then then press the special
How to recover a Linux Mint / Ubuntu System’s Root Password
This article explains how to get your Linux system password reset. To reset your lost or fogotten password: Reboot your computer / Turn your computer