I have a hard drive-duplicator device. It works great if you two of the same drive. But I’ve had issues transferring from an SSD to a regular hard drive (and vice versa). I looked into buying the EaseUS Disk Copy program (only works in Windows) but now they want a subscription? Hell no to that.… Continue reading Clone a Hard Drive using Ubuntu Live CD
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Connect a PC to a Commodore 1541/1571 drive
Did you ever want to transfer files from your old Commodore 1541/1571 drive between your computer and a real drive? Did you also want to use a real Commodore floppy drive with the VICE emulator? Me too! 😉 Both of these things are possible with the zoomfloppy device being offered by Retro Innovations. You can… Continue reading Connect a PC to a Commodore 1541/1571 drive
Subsonic issues on Ubuntu Server?
HTTP ERROR: 503 Can’t load server My subsonic installation was not working! I tried everything (or so I thought) including reinstalling subsonic, looking at my router settings (is 4040 configured properly?) etc. Finally I found the solution: cleaning up a corrupt Subsonic Database. If you are being met with a 503 html error, this could… Continue reading Subsonic issues on Ubuntu Server?
Ubuntu and Video Streaming Services
Up until now, I have been frustrated by the lack of support for video streaming services on Ubuntu. For streaming audio, there’s a Spotify snap app conveniently in the Ubuntu Store but nothing for Netflix, Hulu or others. Today I was poking around and discovered an application called “ElectronPlayer” in the Ubuntu Software store. It… Continue reading Ubuntu and Video Streaming Services
Ubuntu fstab; mount external drive at boot
Procedure for rescuing an Ubuntu Server when the boot file gets messed up due to a misnamed external hard drive. Backup the current fstab file: sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.old List the drives: sudo blkid Example output: /dev/sda1: UUID=”8F1B-7691″ TYPE=”vfat” PARTUUID=”eea0152e-f8aa-4d1f-8d44-172261edd5a2″ /dev/sda2: UUID=”5be250be-a857-11e8-9dd6-a82066361186″ TYPE=”ext4″ PARTUUID=”9ba42200-226c-4e67-a667-649658dfbd0b” /dev/loop0: TYPE=”squashfs” /dev/loop1: TYPE=”squashfs” /dev/loop2: TYPE=”squashfs” /dev/loop3: TYPE=”squashfs” /dev/sdb1: LABEL=”media” UUID=”746622C40BE949C9″… Continue reading Ubuntu fstab; mount external drive at boot
Force Ubuntu Server to redirect http to https
If you want to redirect your web address from http to https, you will have to configure your server’s virtual host file. Edit the virtualhost file to update the port 80 portion; replace “test.com” with your domain name: sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/test.com.conf Edit the :80 portion (in bold), replacing <ip_or_host> with your domain name: <VirtualHost *:80>… Continue reading Force Ubuntu Server to redirect http to https
Ubuntu Server: Configure the firewall with “ufw”
Ubuntu Server’s firewall is called ufw. If you are running an Ubuntu Server, you definitely want to enable some kind of firewall to keep intruders out of your ports. They likely will perform a port scan and try to find weaknesses. You can prevent this by enabling ufw and then configuring it to open ports… Continue reading Ubuntu Server: Configure the firewall with “ufw”
Static IP address for Ubuntu Server 18.04 “netplan”
If you are using Ubuntu Server version 18.04 LTS and want to configure a static IP address, the procedure has changed for network interface configuration. We used to configure /etc/network/interfaces but now the system uses something called netplan. If you try to configure the old “interfaces” file, it will point you to this new netplan… Continue reading Static IP address for Ubuntu Server 18.04 “netplan”
Install Sony Playstation Now (PS Now) on Ubuntu
I’m always looking at ways to play video games on Ubuntu Linux. This one is a doozy. With Playstation Now, you can play over 700 real PS2, PS3 and PS4 games on your Ubuntu computer. The technology uses streaming from remote server where the gaming console exists. Sony typically will give you a couple weeks… Continue reading Install Sony Playstation Now (PS Now) on Ubuntu