Web

Redirect failing URLs to other webserver

A typical FAQ about URL rewriting is how to redirect failing requests on webserver A to webserver B. Usually this is done via ErrorDocument CGI-scripts in Perl, but there is also a mod_rewrite solution. But notice that this performs more poorly than using an ErrorDocument CGI-script! Place this in your httpd.conf og .htaccess file on […]

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Linux

Force fsck at reboot

There are at least two ways to force a disk check (fsck) at reboot. Creating a /forcefsck file As root run the following command # touch /forcefsck Using the shutdown command # shutdown -rF now Note This command switch might not work on modern Linux operating systems since they use Upstart instead of the old […]

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Linux

HP Compaq 8540p hardware list in linux

You can use lspci -n to analyce what hardware is on your system. My new laptop a HP EliteBook 8540p gives the following output: 00:00.0 0600: 8086:0044 (rev 12) 00:01.0 0604: 8086:0045 (rev 12) 00:16.0 0780: 8086:3b64 (rev 06) 00:19.0 0200: 8086:10ea (rev 06) 00:1a.0 0c03: 8086:3b3c (rev 06) 00:1b.0 0403: 8086:3b56 (rev 06) 00:1c.0 […]

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