Transferring a list of files from one server to another maybe not so easy as it looks like, if the list consists of files with…
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Stopping the glusterfs volume releases disk sleep process hangs
A quick tip for GlusterFS volume. There are multiple possible reasons for a Linux process to hang in “Disk Sleep” state, which even the KILL…
Repairing damaged backup GPT with gdisk
Problem with network shared storage could lead to a damaged file system or even GPT tables, so the gdisk may help in this case. Here…
Force losetup detach of local file after it became unavailable
Mounting a file as loop devices is simple enough operation! But what if the file just disappears because of the network storage got unreachable? In…
removing the default kernel in CentOS 8 – remove elrepo kernel
Removing the default kernel aka the loaded kernel in CentOS 8 maybe challenging because the package is protected and cannot be removed by the yum…
Booting network installation from ipxe disk using IPMI KVM
There is a project for extended PXE Boot features https://ipxe.org/. This article is not for describing what this project may offer, but to show how…
xdg and autostart in Linux X server regardless the desktop environment
There is a tool xdg, which manages application integration with the different GUI Desktops in the Linux world. One of the features it offers is…
multiple random crashes of firefox in a docker container under Linux
Multiple random crashes in Firefox under Linux, when started in a docker container with errors of the kind: The chances to stop these multiple random…
gpg list key and display key details from a file (without importing the key)
Files with GPG keys – public or private. Here is how to get more information without importing the keys. GPG cli could give enough information…
Cron missing path – executing docker/podman – adding network: failed to locate iptables
If you have ever happened to execute some complex scripts using the cron system you were inevitable to discover the Linux environment was different than…