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technical information library

• adminz: an auto-semi-blog concerning tech, security, support
• generic troubleshooting process: my technique for issue resolution
• FreeBSD:

   my FreeBSD diary
   FreeBSD and ATA disks
   adding a disk
   upgrading a disk
   FreeBSD backups
   backing up to a remote volume
   Samba as a file server (low security)
   Samba as a file server (high security)
   Samba as a Primary Domain Controller
   Samba as a member server
   Samba as a print server (with CUPS)
   troubleshooting Samba
   troubleshooting printing with CUPS
   configuring sendmail
   dealing with mail for root
   automated PHP scripting
   special-purpose users
   upgrading to key-based authentication
   distributed data warehousing
   upgrading from 6.1 to 6.4
   filesystem access controls
   unix basics

• email filtering:

   email filtering with Spampal
   fixing Regexfilter's ruleset
   customising Regexfilter's ruleset
   refining Regexfilter's ruleset
   the Filter of Last Resort
   the phish filter

• data recovery I: MBRs, partition tables, FATs, lost clusters and Norton Utilities
• data recovery II: FAT1, FAT2, floppy disks, dead sectors and Norton Utilities
• data recovery III: corrupted partition tables and Norton Disk Editor
• data recovery IV: recovering data from an NTFS partition
• data recovery V: recovering data from a bad CD or DVD
• erasing partitions: nuking pesky partitions with Disk Editor
• programming: BAPI/CC - PB/CC porting notes - BAPI
• Netware 3.1x: copying a server, restarting a server, creating a server, verifying user login
• Windows: dual-boot - 16-bit wierdness
• DOS: subroutines and looping in batch files - detecting errorlevels - codepage notes - FIND sux, GREP rulez - FC sux, DIFF rulez
• tables: ASCII table - ISO country codes - currency codes - IDD calling codes - TCP/IP port list - partition types - PCI vendors/devices: copy 1/copy 2
• security: virus backgrounder - defeating BIOS passwords - firewall troubleshooting
• theory: The Database Administrator - The History of Computing - CPUs - software
• old hardware: manuals - AT drivetypes - old HD specs - hard drive standards - parallel port troubleshooting - Xerox tech tips
• BBSing: full file list August 1993 - WA BBS list June 1990 - WA BBS list December 1990 - WA BBS list June 1991
• FidoNet: full FidoNet nodelist August 1989 - full FidoNet nodelist January 1990 - full FidoNet nodelist December 1991
• links to selected tech sites