I am right now working on an interesting requirement. We need to netboot a few diskless clients from a server that is running on GNU/Linux. A few clients would run GNU/Linux on then and a few will run Solaris on them. I am exploring about the possibility of netbooting multiple operating systems from the same server. I am sure that some could have tried this already. But there is no straight forward howto on this topic. One more challenge here is going to have Solaris to have it’s /root and /usr on a RAM disk instead of an NFS mount. The RAM disk would be a real big one like 512MB with all the essential software in it. We already have this setup for GNU/Linux clients. I have no idea how RAM disks are used with Solaris kernel. This is going to be an interesting experiment to carry out. You can soon expect an howto on this topic in my blog.
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மனதை நெகிழ வைத்த ஒரு கதை. எழுதியவர் யாரோ!
டிசம்பர் மாத குளிரோடு லேசான தூறலும் சேர்ந்து பெங்களூர் மாநகரை ஊட்டி போலாக்கிக் கொண்டிருந்தது…
வழக்கம் போல் 7 மணி பஸ்ஸிற்காக கோரமங்களா பார்க்கிங் லாட் அருகே நின்று கொண்டிருந்தேன். எலக்ட்ரானிக் சிட்டி போய் சேர எப்படியும் ஒரு மணி நேரத்திற்கு மேலாகும். நல்ல வேளை இந்த i-pod இருப்பதால் ஓரளவிற்கு சமாளிக்க முடிகிறது.
இந்த மழை ஏன் இங்க பெஞ்சி உயிர வாங்குதுனு தெரியல… மழை வரலைனு யாகமெல்லாம் நடத்தறானுங்க… அங்க வராம இங்க வந்து நம்ம உயிர வாங்குது. அதுவும் ஆபிஸ் போற நேரத்துல.
அருகே கம்பெனி ஐடி கார்டை மாட்டிக் கொண்டு நான்கு, ஐந்து பேர் நின்று கொண்டிருந்தனர். இவனுங்களுக்கு எல்லாம் பெரிய சாப்ட்வேர் இஞ்சினியர்னு பெருமை. இந்த ஐடி கார்டை கம்பெனிக்குள்ள மாட்டினா போதாதா? லைசன்ஸ் வாங்குன நாய் மாதிரி எப்பவும் கழுத்துல மாட்டிக்கிட்டு திரியறானுங்க.
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This may be a controversial topic. This post solely represents my views on the topic. It doesn’t have any damn thing to do with my employer, friends, relatives, dog, car and a pair of old socks. I want the readers to make some analysis before jumping into conclusions on the following topic.
A week back, I met an Indian guy in a mall at Newark, CA. He just introduced him to me, had some friendly talks and gave his business card to me saying that we will meet some time later. This weekend, he called me over phone and said that he is going for a business get-together with his fellow Indians and asked me if I could join him. He didn’t let me know what the get-together is all about. I was just curious to find out about that. I went to the place and it was a presentation about Quixtar.
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This is my second international trip. Everything remained the same as the first trip. A Saturday early morning British Airways flight to San Francisco departing from Bangalore (international?) airport. But this time, the trip was not as smooth as the last one. Three of us (me, Manoj and Partha) were traveling this time.
My bad luck started as soon as I left my home. One of my neighbor offered me a ride to the airport in his car. He sent his driver for me. In the midway, the tire got flattened. The poor driver didn’t know how to replace the tire. I had to help him out. I was already half an hour late than my planned time. I kept my cool as I had given a 45 minutes tolerance to my plan.
Things went fine once I reached the airport. Baggage check-in, security checks, and boarding were all smooth. We were in the flight by 6:30 am. The flight was scheduled to depart at 6:45 am. I just sat back and relaxed. I was already very tired as I skipped the last night sleep to have a good sleep in the flight so that I can avoid jet-lag.
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