For some time, the option to enable or disable javascript from within Mozilla Firefox was relatively easy to find. Although the option moved from place to place on the tool bar and in the menu options, the option was there. Since Firefox 23, this option was removed from an obvious place to the obscure. It has been suggested that this…
Read More »Without going into too much detail, for over 30 years the MBR has been the hard drive partition standard, which has a 2TB limit. GPT replaces MBR with one of it’s key benefits, exceeding the 2TB limit. While the fdisk tool is dated, there are several other tools that handle 2TB drives and beyond. gdisk One such tool, is gdisk,…
Read More »While testing a client connection to a Katello server, the client returns an error when any yum command is issued. The error is quite visible with [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 22 – “The requested URL returned error: 403 Forbidden”, however, it is not quite clear. While the environments will likely vary, this is the environment used for this test. Environment…
Read More »If yum updates or yum anything provides a network error or if you simply want to unregister the system from a managed server like RHN Classic, Red Hat Satellite, Katello, or Spacewalk, there is a only one file in the way. If presented with an error similar to this: To resolve delete one file. or gzip them temporarily. To revert…
Read More »A method to increase the yum download speed is to install the yum-plugin-fastestmirror yum plugin. While this in itself increases the download speeds and decreases the download times, there is yet another plugin to be added. An article titled, Turbo Charge Yum with Fastest Mirror and AxelGet Plugins, provided the foundation for this script to simplify the installation and configuration…
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