New article - Swap vs. no swap
This article describes how lack of swap partition affects behavior of your Linux system. It is right here.
Entries Tagged ‘article’
New article - Few problems that you may encounter when booting Linux
I have finished writing a new article. This article gives solutions to common problems that one may encounter when booting Linux. From faulty service scripts to corrupted initrd, it’s all there.
You can find the article here.
New article - sed, the missing manual
This article describes sed, an excellent tool that I often use in shell scripts that I write. In the article I explain it’s most common features and also show some often overlooked features. You can find it here. Enjoy it!
New article - Aligned vs. unaligned memory access
This concludes a long research that I’ve made. I wanted to know if unaligned memory access is really that bad, or not a big deal. Eventually I made some quiet interesting discoveries. Read on.
New article - Opening and modifying the initrd
As the name implies, this article explains how to crack up, modify and save modern initrd file, without using fancy tools such as mkinitrd and friends. You can find it here.
New Article - tcpdump for Dummies
In this article I explain how to use tcpdump, one of the most powerful tools in my toolbox. Hope you’ll find it useful. You can find it here.
New article - Reverse SSH tunnel or connecting to computer behind NAT router
In this article I explain how to connect to a computer protected with NAT router using reverse SSH tunnel. I explain problems involved in the process and how to solve them. Enjoy the article here.
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SMP affinity and proper interrupt handling in Linux
Today I finished working on a new article called “SMP affinity and proper interrupt handling in Linux”. It describes a problem encountered by many system engineers and administrators and that is how to configure the system to properly handle interrupts.
This article concludes a research that I did, those purpose was to find out what really [...]
New article - How debugger works
In this article I am showing how real debugger works and even demonstrate a small program that debugs other program. It’s right here and I hope you’ll find it interesting.
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Irex Technologies Iliad, more than a year together
I finally finished writing this review. Took me almost a month to complete, but its finally here.
I decided to write this review for two reasons. First of all, although there are so many reviews out there, no one has tracked the device and its development or evolution for over a year. I did. Also, there [...]