Month: February 2012

Hack the Nook Color

There are many different approaches to hacking the Nook Color, some are quite elaborate, some only detailing Linux or Windows procedures from one degree to another. This approach, from what I have read, should not void the warranty of the product. It will allow for either booting into the the original Nook or booting into the Android OS. This is…

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Change a Linux Network Configuration from DHCP to Static IP Address

If you CentOS network configuration is set at DHCP and you want to change your network configuration to a static IP address, then read on. The network configuration settings are generatlly found and edited in two places. Edit the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to resemble the following (replace the network addresses with your own). Edit the /etc/sysconfig/network to resemble the following (replace the…

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Icinga – How to add the check_yum plugin

Icinga, an open source monitoring tool, monitors networks and its resource, can send notifications, and generate reports. Icinga is scalable and can monitor small to large network environments. Icinga is a fork of Nagios and is backward compatible. Nagios configurations, plugins and addons can be used with Icinga. Icinga has retained the existing features of Nagios, however, is actively maintained…

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