Archive for 'System Administration'
Backup Files and Partitions with dd and netcat
This paper walks through various scenarios where dd and netcat can be used to backup files for administrative and forensic purposes. This paper is expected to grow over time and will be updated as time permits.
The first example uses OpenBSD 3.9 with nc that comes with base as the server host, and NetBSD 3.99.14 […]
Posted: January 17th, 2007 under DragonFlyBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Networking, OpenBSD, Papers, System Administration.
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How to install NetBSD on Compact Flash (for the Soekris 4501)
This was tested on NetBSD 3.99.16, however the instructions should apply to older versions as well. I have attempted to flag steps where you may run into version incompatabilities with “Version Note”.
There are a number of devices that will allow you to read your CF card on a NetBSD machine, the device I chose […]
Posted: January 17th, 2007 under NetBSD, Papers, System Administration.
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NetBSD PXE boot install (without NFS)
This was tested on NetBSD 3.99.16, however the instructions should apply to other versions as well. I have attempted to flag steps where you may run into version incompatabilities with “Version Note”.
To PXEboot install NetBSD we will first need to configure a tftp server. You will need to insure that tftp is uncommented […]
Posted: January 17th, 2007 under NetBSD, Papers, System Administration.
Comments: 1