Debian: Update SSD Firmware without CDROM

If you want to update the SSD Firmware of a device you should know some things: Do you REALLY need the update? Bugs? If NOT exit here! Firmwareupdates can destroy DATA on Drives! Data cant be restored if the Controller fails after Update Downgrade a Firmware to older is most IMPOSSIBLE!! .. now you need … Read more

Linux FreeBSD: Protect your Disc Data against power loss

Problem: If you use IDE or SATA Disc Drives inside your Workstation or Server without a additional uninterruppted power supply after a power loss your Disc Drives can lose data, do not boot clean up agian or damage the drive headers and sectors. Background: SATA or IDE Drives uses “Disc Cached Controllers”, the count of … Read more

SME Server Centos Red Hat speedup disable unneeded services sound pcmcia cpuspeed

Problem: The default installation setup some unneeded services like pcmcia or sound or cpuspeed Solution: log into your server as root run/sbin/chkconfig –list to see active services run/sbin/chkconfig –level 2345 pcmcia off to disable pcmcia cause a server does not have pcmcia edit the /etc/modprobe.conf and switch off sound-modules with alias "name-module" off run after … Read more

Centos: Yum Installer Howto

yum (Yellow dog Updater, Modified) ist eine RPM-Paketmanagement-Programm, das, aehnlich wie apt/RPM, automatisch Abhaengigkeiten aufloest. Es wird u.a. zur Zeit als Standard Paketmanager in Fedora Linux genutzt. Pakete installieren/updaten/entfernen: Installation von RPMs: yum install paket Upgrade einzelner Pakete (nur bereits installierte Pakete): yum update paket Upgrade des kompletten Systems: yum upgrade Deinstallation von Paketen: yum … Read more