fdisk was always so straightforward. However parted requires just that extra bit of hardware knowledge. I had two disks, /dev/sda and /dev/sdb, on which I wanted to create a swap partition on each, and the remainder of the disk was to be part of a RAID volume. So I started parted: (/dev/sda first) parted /dev/sda…
I have been using the Eluna Graph System for several years, as I like it’s simplicity. As per this post, I graph my ESXi disk temperatures so that I can keep an eye on them. Content of create.sh: #!/bin/bash rrdtool create esxi_disks.rrd \ –start `date +%s` \ –step 300 \ DS:disk1:GAUGE:600:0:U \ DS:disk2:GAUGE:600:0:U \ DS:disk3:GAUGE:600:0:U…
In the console enter: In my gnuplot (bash) scripts I have: export GDFONTPATH=”/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/” export GNUPLOT_FONTPATH=”/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/” Other methods: export GDFONTPATH=”/your/font/directory/fonts/” before you start gnuplot. The fonts should be in the folder “/fonts”. To make this persistent across reboots, and to set the paths for fonts in postscript terminal, add lines similar to the ones below to…
Adding routes in Linux Setting a route in Linux or Unix is just a matter of utilizing the route command. To make routing modifications you have to be running as root or use sudo for super user privileges. This article will show you how to use "route add" and "route del" to add and remove…