Category: Installation and Configuration
27/11/09
04:26:30 pm, by richard 
, 1243 words 
Categories: Ubutnu Linux, Installation and Configuration, OS and Systems Administration, Virtualization
HOWTO: Install Ubuntu Server as a VirtualBox Guest
Install VirtualBoxSee my short HOWTO: Installing VirtualBox or go to the Downloads page on the VirtualBox site.If you are running X you will be able to run the GUI for Virtual box. This is probably the simplest way to start with and while you are… more »
07/11/09
08:17:00 am, by richard , 12557 words
Categories: HOWTOs, Ubutnu Linux, Installation and Configuration, Network and Connectivity, OS and Systems Administration, Virtualization
Setting up a Professional Quality Mail Server with Ubuntu Karmic Server 9.10.
IntroductionWhy I wrote this.I wrote this HOWTO after following many other HOWTOs for Postfix and Exim and finding that parts did not work or did not explain how things worked. In short I spent many hours installing and reinstalling, playing around… more »
30/12/08
02:59:11 pm, by richard , 2695 words
Categories: HOWTOs, Ubutnu Linux, Installation and Configuration, OS and Systems Administration
HOWTO: Convert from single disk to RAID 1 without reinstalling
When I decided it was time to make the file systems on my mail server use RAID 1 I looked around for a HOWTO. I could find loads that were either very old or incomplete or just so verbose I got old reading them. :) So in the spirit of Linux I wrote my ow… more »
22/12/08
06:44:13 pm, by richard , 697 words
Categories: HOWTOs, Ubutnu Linux, Installation and Configuration, Network and Connectivity, OS and Systems Administration
HOWTO: Setup apt-cacher, caching service for installation packages
If like me you have multiple machines running Ubuntu Linux and want to take the load off from those updates! You know you need to get the upgraded software and look forward to the new features. But why download the same packages over and over when it cou… more »
21/07/08
11:42:59 am, by richard , 338 words
Categories: HOWTOs, Ubutnu Linux, Installation and Configuration, Network and Connectivity, OS and Systems Administration
HOWTO:Set up NFS sharing
The Network File System (NFS) was developed to allow machines to mount a disk partition on a remote machine as if it were a local disk. It allows for fast, seamless sharing of files across a network.I stopped using NFS for remote file systems. When I… more »
