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Install ssconvert (part of gnumeric) on a server without GNOME

I need to use gnumeric's file conversion tool ssconvert on a server. The problem is that gnumeric is a gnome application and can't be installed without a desktop installed. There is also no separate packages for ssconvert, and I can not compile it…
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IPv6 / IPv4 Third Form conversion?

I'm reading about how to configure IPv6 on Ubuntu, I've gotten to the section about Reading IPv6 Addresses and though the first two examples make sense to me, the last one escapes my grasp a bit, as it's been a few years since my last networking…
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convert 1x2TB HDD with LVM into 2x2TB HDD with RAID1+LVM or with LVM mirroring?

I have Ubuntu server with 1x2TB HDD and 1x128GB SSD (unused). There are 2 partitions: /boot, and a physical volume for LVM, which has 1 group and 5 logical volumes: /, /var/log, /home, /srv, /tmp. Recently the 2nd 2TB HDD arrived. We need better…
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How to convert Xen image to VirtualBox?

I have some open-source Xen images (.img), that I want to convert to VirtualBox. Both the methods I tried (convertfromraw or to .xva via xva.py then to ova via XenConvert) produce FATAL: Fatal: No bootable medium found!. Any idea what the most…
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conversion of a VMDK image with qemu-img failed with "error while reading sector 131072: Invalid argument"

I tried to convert a VMDK image found in a OVA file to the QCOW2 format with the qemu-img command but it failed with the error message qemu-img: error while reading sector 131072: Invalid argument user@ubuntu:/tmp$ wget…
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how do I convert a live root ext3 filesystem to ext4?

I have a root filesystem thats live and mounted and I'd like to convert it to ext4. All the howto's i've read deal with booting off a live CD but thats not an option.
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How to convert Mysql database to Postgresql in Linux?

I have a large Mysql database containing tens of tables which I need to convert to Postgresql. I have tried a couple of ancient Perl scripts which I found here and there but none of them did the job correctly. So wondering if there is any free and…
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How do I power SATA drives in my DELL poweredge 2850?

I have a Dell 2850 which I've been fairly happy with. It runs RAID 5 to 6 Hot-swap SCSI drives, but I'd like to add some cheap storage. So I bought an Intel PCI-X SATA raid card and tried to install it. Problem is that my 2U server doesn't have any…
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qemu.img: conversion of a VMDK image failed with error "invalid VMDK image descriptor"

I trying to convert a VMDK image (Windows installed) to RAW format with the qemu-img command. However, it is failing with the following error: $ qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O raw image.vmdk /tmp/image.img qemu-img: Could not open 'image.vmdk':…
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Convert Hyper-V .vhdx file for import into .vhd file for xenserver import?

A VM was sent to me as .vhdx instead of .vhd and I need to import it into xenserver which supports .vhd but not .vhdx. I looked at the following solutions: Convert-VHD via Powershell Hyper-V Converter The problem with using powershell, is you…
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Moving system from ESXi to Hyper-V

I have a problem with moving a system from ESXi to Hyper-V. The system on ESXi has got 100GB allocated space on HDD. The system is made from an image file(size about 6GB). The machine hosting Hyper-V has about 110GB free space. Is there any way to…
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Convert VMDK images into AMI images

I have setup and environment for building the virtual machines in vmdk format and then use ec2 api tools to convert, bundle and upload it to the AWS Cloud. However, I am facing certain challenges in that. Created a virtual machine in vmdk…
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Convert libvirt Xen configuration to native

I've configured some virtual machine under Xen on Debian Squeeze using libvirt with virsh. Now I want to get rid of the libvirt layer, because I need to configure some specific parameters on the DomUs that are not supported by libvirt. How can I…
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converting INT to DATE / TIME

I have a table that holds date and time values as INT data type. eg a date is stored as YYYYMMDD, like 20110901 and a time is stored as HHMMSS, like 21826. The date is close to ISO standard so its not too big an issue however can anyone suggest a…
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Tip for a good Database Converter Tool

I need often to convert a database from a database server to another, for example convert a database in MSSQL to a PostgreSQL or convert a MySQL to PostgreSQL, but also convertion between MySQL and Firebird. Is there a good tool that allow to…
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