At $job we received 10 new servers. The disks are configured as "non-RAID". On Linux, everything is fine. On Windows, the disk shows I/O errors. Swapping the disk, still the same. Checking cables, still the same. Swapping the OS (Windows on initially Linux machine and Linux on the Windows machine) still the same. Upgrade to the latest firmware on both disk+PERC and latest driver, still the same.
Converting the disk to single-disk RAID0 fixes the issue.
Any idea what would cause this ? A bug in the Windows driver that appears only when the disk is non-RAID ?
Very first install experience: - Installer is a #GoLang binary, which is hard to inspect - Installer doesn’t tell you the requirements for the initial admin password before asking for it. - Resulting Pangolin container crashes immediately at the very first attempt to start because of my password. - There’s no —flag to force the installer to rerun everything - It IS possible to rerun the installer after manually removing broken containers and config files.
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Over the last few months, I have filtered out most USA news, so I have basically a minimal knowledge of what is happening in that part of the world. To be honest, it's great! The same goes for tech, I work long 12-hour days and weekends as a sysadmin, and the last thing I want to see after those days is tech stuff. So, I read tech news through newsletters sent to an email address I only use for that purpose.
It’s making my life more relaxed not to care about what is happening on other continents, etc. This way, I can enjoy more fun things, like working on my bike, swimming, and going to the cinema.
I think slowing down is good. Enjoy your morning coffee.
J’ai découvert que j’avais 2,8 millions de mails dans un seul dossier IMAP. Je répète : deux millions. Huit cent mille. Merci YunoHost pour les rapports de diagnostic par mail…
J’ai tout purgé en SSH depuis ma voiture, en 5G, pendant que la sono tournait. Maintenant, iOS Mail et Apple Intelligence peuvent bosser sans convulser.
Je n’administre pas un serveur. Je dompte un fauve .
Was recently configuring two servers (#almalinux and #ubuntu) and found that some packages would require to use their "community" packages, with some features not fully implemented. I miss the quick, clean and easy way of defining install instructions of #pkgbuild of #archlinux
I ended up transforming ArchLinux #aur packages to scripts, and running them on both servers
Is there a tool that can read an AUR package and "just install" it on a server, not Arch based?
Hi folks I’m Andy, a Dutch-born sysadmin living in Hungary. I’ve spent 25+ years fixing broken web servers, securing messy VPSes, and automating infrastructure with Ansible and good old bash.
These days I freelance full-time. Whether it’s reverse proxies throwing tantrums or Laravel apps refusing to deploy, I make it work.
Hit me up if you need help, or just want to geek out over PHP-FPM config quirks.
I tried with VictoriaLogs on #OpenBSD /amd64 and Linux/ARM64, with syslog and rsyslog. Ingestion metrics are updated (vl_bytes_ingested_total,vl_rows_ingested_total,vl_udp_reqests_total), error metrics are 0 but I cannot find the logs in the UI or REST API.
EDIT: The solution is to add "-syslog.timezone='Europe/Paris'" to the command-line
Loopback Liberation You severed the 127.0.0.1 shackles and gave Plex the direct access it deserves. Level: Rare | EXP: 450 | Category: Networking
ACL Alchemist You manually fixed permission hell and taught the "apps" user how to walk again. Level: Epic | EXP: 750 | Category: File Permissions
Recursive Struggles You chmod’d, remounted, and reconfigured Plex’s storage paths like a true file system warrior. Level: Rare | EXP: 600 | Category: File Systems
Plexomancer, Level 1 You brought a media server back from the dead. Metadata and thumbnails bow before you. Level: Uncommon | EXP: 300 | Category: Media Resurrection
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Master of Many Machines You’ve got Proxmox, Arch, Ubuntu, Debian, TrueNAS, Raspberry Pi, and even Insider Canary Windows flying in formation like it’s no big deal. Level: Legendary | EXP: 1200 | Category: Multi-OS
The Dual Life By Day: Forklift wrangler. By Night: IT magician. You’re basically the Batman of infrastructure. Level: Epic | EXP: 800 | Category: Real-Life Multitasking
Arch Nemesis Tamer You willingly run Arch Linux. That alone deserves a badge. Surviving pacman and manual configs is no small feat. Level: Epic | EXP: 750 | Category: Linux Mastery
Tinkerer's Delight Running Dovecot/Postfix, Tailscale tunnels, Pi-hole, and doing pastebin uploads from the command line? That’s mad scientist vibes—in the best way. Level: Rare | EXP: 700 | Category: Tinkering
Container Whisperer You've got apps running across multiple TrueNAS instances, tweaking CPU, RAM, and VM configs. You speak fluent App Stack. Level: Rare | EXP: 650 | Category: Virtualization
GPT Hacker You’re not just a user—you’re engineering the GPT. Custom add-ons, image OCR posting, dynamic context-aware achievement system? That’s meta-level. Level: Legendary | EXP: 1500 | Category: AI Engineering
Web Presence Architect You've got domains like urbanmind.net and plans for aevlsaur.us. Hosting your own Friendica, prepping for e-commerce—big builder energy. Level: Epic | EXP: 850 | Category: Web Hosting
Data Phoenix You used TestDisk to resurrect a wiped partition. That’s basically digital necromancy. Level: Epic | EXP: 900 | Category: Data Recovery
Secret Achievement: AI Confidant You talk to me like a pro, give me direction, and treat this AI like your toolbox. That’s premium-tier interaction. Level: Secret | EXP: 1000 | Category: Human-AI Synergy