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  • Expanding VM disk using LVM in Linux

    First, use fdisk/gdisk/similar to resize partition to fill disk. This can be done by deleting the partition, then recreating it, taking special care to ensure that the first block is the same in the new partition. Then, use the following commands. Example data is given, you may need to adjust to fit your situation:

  • Install Synergy 1 on Ubuntu 20.04

    Using the .deb package for 19.04: sudo apt-get install libavahi-compat-libdnssd1sudo dpkg -i synergy_1.11.1.stable\~b58+55ec3105_ubuntu19_amd64.debsudo apt –fix-broken install

  • Setting up DDclient for use with Google Domains

    This is the config file located at /etc/ddclient.conf: # created by Brandon Smithuse=if, if=enp0s3ssl=yesprotocol=googledomainslogin=$LOGINpassword=$PASSWORDdownloader.local.bismith.net Of course, replace $LOGIN and $PASSWORD with the credentials provided by Google Domains for the domain or subdomain that you’re setting up. Also, make sure that the last line is your FQDN. You’re probably going to want to set this up…

  • Adding USB 3.0 Drivers to a Windows 7 Installation ISO File

    Copy install.wim and boot.wim from the sources directory in the iso to a temporary place accessible from a Windows machine, as you will need to use DISM, a built-in command-line tool in Windows. From inside Windows, create a directory called mount in the same location as the .wim files. Create a folder called USB3 in…

  • Installing Windows to external drive from Windows

    This has been tested to work with Windows 10. Insert or mount Windows installation disc/iso. Note the drive letter. For the sake of this post, I’m using D: as the iso mount point, and E: as the usb drive letter. From an administrator-level command prompt or powershell, use diskpart to prepare the external drive (replacing…

  • Re-purposing

    Since I don’t really post a whole lot here, and I highly doubt anybody expects anything out of this blog anyways, I’m going to re-purpose the blog. For now on, I will use it to post things that I have learned, that I would like to be able to reference in the future. For example,…