Monthly Archives: July 2013

Ubuntu netbooting needs a “new” kernel parameter

Posted on July 23, 2013 by blogger

After a few hours spent trying to find why Ubuntu 12.04 would not download a preseed file while netbooting, I stumbled upon this bug bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/923219 . I needed to add “IPAPPEND 2” after the APPEND directive in the pxelinux config … Continue reading →

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OpenIndina: resize an iSCSI LUN exported to Microsoft Windows 2008

Posted on July 21, 2013 by blogger

Just as a reference for future needs. To resize a zvol exported as an iSCSI LUN to a Windows OS, you need to change the zvol size, then change the “iSCSI backend” the LUN changed size and then do a … Continue reading →

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ZFS bug in FreeBSD and FreeNAS

Posted on July 15, 2013 by blogger

After a few weeks using FreeNAS 8.3.1, I noticed I could not create new volumes because the pool was out of space. The problem was that I should have had enough space, by a long shot. In fact, one of … Continue reading →

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