create a bootable USB key from a DBAN .iso image
For whatever reason dban only ships an ISO image. If you want to boot from USB key the process of creating one is fairly trivial.
Administrivia
Hey Neo When do we get our Neural Connector?
As a system administrator I get chained to my monitor most of the time …….I had to pause to make sure no hardware crashed where I have to run a few floors to the NOC. But it is true. If we aren’t replacing hardware or pulling cable we are looking at a monitor. Well some…
When does a computer book really become outdated
As one of those who are considered a Grey Beard (Oddly if I let my beard grow in it is red while my hair is grey or white). I am at the point in my career where it is time to clear out your book shelf. Over the 30+ years in this field I have…
Seeking input on the LOPSA Mentorship program
The wheels turn slowly, but they do turn. The next step is polling all the people who have an interest in the system asking for any input they’d care to share. I’ll be sending out email through the various lists. If you have something to contribute, stand by for messages!
And then there were three
As part of our current effort to overhaul the system that supports LOPSA’s Mentorship Program (LMP), I’m going to write some basic status updates here. (Along with cross posting to the main discussion list.) Two LOPSA members — Scott Murphy and Matt Finnigan — have volunteered to form a team of three to oversee this…
No really, we’re going to rebuild the mentorship program
So it’s been a year since the last post. Way back, we managed to create a team of volunteers and we started working on spec’s… and we coasted to a stop. I’m looking for someone who is will to help me manage a “restructure LOPSA’s mentorship program” project. By “manage” I mean: Work with me…
#LOPSA-LIVE on Tuesday evening/night
I’ll be moderating the #lopsa-live Candidate Q&A tomorrow evening, so this is just a quick note to remind people to participate tomorrow night and get to know the people you will be voting for to help run this organization. The format will be as follows: A quick administrivia bit on how it will run (similar…
My little Hacker is two years older and getting worse
A few posts back I posted about my Granddaughter who I cleverly nicknamed “Kevin” after Kevin Mitnick. After her little hacking escapade on her Aunt’s laptop I had a discussion with her about privacy and why we use passwords. But who would think you would have to deal with that at her age. Especially when…
That isn’t the 5th Wave I know of
Recently i was writing up a presentation for work and was looking for a comic image to add to my presentation. In my days with the Federal Government I used to get a periodical called Government Computer News. Inside it was a cartoon a creation of Rich Tennant (http://www.the5thwave.com/content/about-rich-tennant) The feature was called the 5th…
LOPSA Blog Migration Completed
First: If you got a note from me (Philip) saying your e-mail address on the LOPSA Blogs got changed, it wasn’t actually me. I did initial setup on the blogs and I believe that the company doing theming and final configuration (particularly changing AUTHN/Z methods) left my personal address I used for boot-strapping the blog…