Arcanus Maximus http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/ en Copyright 2007 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:38:59 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss neat trick to find filesystem associated with a label redhat.com | Red Hat Magazine

findfs LABEL=[label]

This command can also be used to locate filesystems with UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) by replacing LABEL with UUID:

findfs UUID=[uuid]

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]]> http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/use_a_smart_playlist_to_see_un.html http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/use_a_smart_playlist_to_see_un.html Computing Tue, 26 Dec 2006 11:05:09 -0500 Remote Desktop CLI tips Remote Desktop - Tips, Tricks, and what you didn't know you could do. - Windows Central Forums

Most people like to just use the default Remote Desktop Application found in Windows XP. Some prefer to use the RUN command off the START Menu.

Personally I use both since on my desktop with two monitors I can have multiple Remote Desktop's running with little problem but, on my laptop screen space is at a premium so I use the command line to set certain variables for the remote desktop sessions. This allows me to size the individual Remote Desktop Sessions to fit my needs and also gets around the global remote desktop settings.

**Note – Microsoft has released a new version of Remote Desktop for Windows XP SP2. If you have NOT upgraded you might want to. Visit the Windows Update page and look under “Recommended”, you should see it listed there.

Example:

Say I need three Remote Desktop Sessions on my laptop. Instead of using the Remote Desktop GUI interface I'll use the command line to stipulate certain screen sizes for each session.

mstsc /v: myserver /w:640 /h:480 (window size is 600x480)
mstsc /v: myserver2 /w:800 /h:600 (window size 800x600)
mstsc /v: myserver3 /w:1024 /h:768 (window size 1024x768)

Other variables you can pass via the command line are:

/console (useful when you need to connect to Windows 2000 Machines – you MUST have the remote desktop software installed on the Win2000 machine: - Remote desktop for Windows 2000 and Older Clients

/edit
/migrate
/v:

]]> http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/remote_desktop_cli_tips.html http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/remote_desktop_cli_tips.html Computing Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:29:47 -0500 SSH mount How to Mount a Remote Folder using SSH on Ubuntu :: the How-To Geek

]]> http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/ssh_mount.html http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/ssh_mount.html Linux Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:59:40 -0500 AB's popcorn Get Rich Slowly » DIY Microwave Popcorn I had forgotten about Alton Brown's DIY microwave popcorn recipe. I have done this in the past and it works well.

]]> http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/abs_popcorn.html http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/abs_popcorn.html Cooking Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:29:55 -0500 Windows command line dev manager The DevCon command-line utility functions as an alternative to Device Manager. It allows you to manipulate attached devices as you would in the gui. You can enable, disable, restart, update, remove, and query individual devices or groups of devices. DevCon also provides information that is relevant to the driver developer and is not available in Device Manager.

]]> http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/windows_command_line_dev_manag.html http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/windows_command_line_dev_manag.html Computing Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:32:19 -0500 How to extract an rpm files contents How to extract an RPM package without installing it | nixCraft

Syntax is as follows:
rpm2cpio myrpmfile.rpm
rpm2cpio - < myrpmfile.rpm
rpm2cpio myrpmfile.rpm | cpio -idmv

]]> http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/how_to_extract_an_rpm_files_co.html http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/how_to_extract_an_rpm_files_co.html Linux Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:58:49 -0500 Installing HP ILO firmware updates
Component for Linux - HP Integrated Lights-Out, 1.89 allows you to install the latest ILO firmware updates without having to unpack on Windows and create to stupid boot floppies.
you can either update from the command line, or extract the bin file and update in the ILO's web interface.

]]> http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/installing_hp_ilo_firmware_upd.html http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/installing_hp_ilo_firmware_upd.html Linux Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:57:35 -0500 Language lab podcasts Open Culture: iTunes - Foreign Language Lesson Podcast Collection

]]> http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/language_lab_podcasts.html http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/language_lab_podcasts.html General Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:55:04 -0500 VMTN Subscription dying? Alessandro Perilli notes that VMTN Subscription links have disappeared. I wonder why they would kill this program off? I think it has really driven the growth of VMware (along with the free Player and Server).

]]> http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/vmtn_subscription_dying.html http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/vmtn_subscription_dying.html Computing Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:35:45 -0500 HP unix model scripts HP JetDirect printer installer for UNIX model scripts contains a list of model scripts (essentially drivers) for use with HP Jetdirect print installer (HPPI).

This is how you would install a new model script.

There is also a good list of documents to give further guidance.

HPPI is available from hp.com

]]> http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/hp_unix_model_scripts.html http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/hp_unix_model_scripts.html Computing Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:11:17 -0500 Food hacks Top 25 food hacks - Slashfood.

I had never thought of food in terms of hacking, but that is really how I think you should view it. I think that is what I like about Alton Brown. He takes a hackers approach to food, and not an artsy magic approach.

]]> http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/food_hacks.html http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/food_hacks.html Cooking Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:41:25 -0500 Swanky digs Tourism replaces terror at Latvia's Soviet 'ghost bases' - Europe. I can think of better places to stay, but it might be an interesting visit. I think it is ironic that the Latvians probably still don't know where all the bases were. I wonder if there were more Soviet soldiers than Latvians at some point.

]]> http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/swanky_digs.html http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/swanky_digs.html General Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:32:45 -0500 Solar bonanza Two interesting solar stories today. Treehugger: Skinny Sliver Cells Could Cuts Solar Costs by 60% and Boeing Spectrolab Achieves 40% Solar Cell Efficiency.

I am curious to see if Moore's Law is applicable to solar cells. if so then they will quickly become cheap and powerful enough to really start supplementing fossil fuel based electricity.

]]> http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/solar_bonanza.html http://digitaldespot.org/arcanusmaximus/2006/12/solar_bonanza.html Frugal Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:01:10 -0500 Cloning NTFS from linux. I am working on a project for work. I am using NTFSCLONE to clone ntfs filesystems. It is an interesting command. ntfsclone is part of the ntfsprogs package and is available at:
http://www.linux-ntfs.org/content/view/19/37

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