EXT3 File System On A USB Stick

This how-to will create USB memory stick with ext3 file system. First of all, use sudo fdisk -l to get the device handle of USB stick. It might look something like this:

Disk /dev/sdd: 4041 MB, 4041211392 bytes
125 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1018 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 7750 * 512 = 3968000 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xddeb26e6
Device Boot . . . → Read More: EXT3 File System On A USB Stick

Inspecting Network Cards In Ubuntu

I was planning to upgrade my home network into Gigabit. Before I start to spend money on it, I wanted to check the capabilities of the network cards on my laptop. Here is how I did it.

Install ‘hwinfo’. Its quite an useful tool as it can check the configuration of any hardware. Refer the manpage of . . . → Read More: Inspecting Network Cards In Ubuntu

Monitoring Real-time User Logins In Ubuntu 8.04 Server

‘whowatch’ is a console, interactive users and process monitoring tool. It displays information about the users currently logged on to the machine, in real-time. Besides the standard informations such as login name, tty, host and the user’s processes, the type of the connection (ie. telnet or ssh) is also shown. A particular user can be selected . . . → Read More: Monitoring Real-time User Logins In Ubuntu 8.04 Server

How To Check The Memory Usage Stats On Ubuntu Server Via Command Line

Following are some methods to check the memory usage in Ubuntu. More details about these tools can be found from the man pages.

free

free command displays amount of total, free and used RAM in the system, as well as shoing information on shared memory, buffers, cached memory and swap space used by the Linux kernel.

vmstat

vmstat reports report . . . → Read More: How To Check The Memory Usage Stats On Ubuntu Server Via Command Line

Migrating MediaWiki To A New Server

Today I decided to move my MediaWiki (MW) from the ailing old server to the new one. Overall it was a fairly simple process but I wanted to share a few things that I learned from the experience.

1. The database

a. Creating the backup

The very first thing that I had to do was to create a safe . . . → Read More: Migrating MediaWiki To A New Server