Questions tagged [image]

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Boot to CD image over network

I have multiple diagnostics CDs that I want to avoid making twenty copies of for the sake of time and convenience. I figured a good way to do this would be to boot an image of the necessary CD over the network. However, most of the information on…
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Linux backup in-place (no unmount) solutions

I have an Ubuntu server that I'd like to backup on a daily basis. I want to be able to restore the entire system with the click of a few buttons (or keystrokes). Also, I don't want to bring down / unmount my partitions to back them up. So far what…
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Serve large number of small images in ext4

I read through some similar question, but still have some confuse about my situation. My website allow user upload huge number of large images (scan pages of book). My server will auto tiling and saving those images. So each page will become 10…
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Has anyone switched from Netbackup to Acronis?

We're a site with over 100 servers and we're considering a switch from traditional file-level backups (using Netbackup) to block-level (using Acronis). Of course, with this, we're also considering a switch from the traditional tape based system…
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How to create and import image into openstack?

I downloaded the image precise-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img from http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/release/ , then I tried to import it into openstack using: glance -v add name="ubuntu1204" is_public=true container_format=ovf…
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How to track hits/viewing activity on an image file?

First and foremost, please forgive me if this is in the wrong section. I always seem to pick the wrong site when it comes to computer questions. In the air of recent, wildly viral internet events, my buddy and I have formulated an idea to run an…
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Sysadmin: Where to Start?

Hopefully this won't get closed as too vague or too duplicative but here goes anyway... I recently started work with a small company (25~ people). First up front is I am a developer and brought in to really start providing them with strategic…
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Autogenerate a PDF or image of all the database tables and columns in a MySQL database?

I want to be able to create a PDF or an image of a MySQL database. It should have one box per table and each box should list all the columns in the table. I don't need lines going between various forgein keys or show info on default types or even…
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VMWare additional drives

I have a system that I imaged using VMWare Converter, and it runs perfectly. However, I have a second drive on the system that I did not originally image. How can I image the second drive and add it to the virtual machine?
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Why did wbadmin produce a VHD I can't mount?

I used the wbadmin tool in Windows 7 to produce an image of my laptop's C: drive, saving it to a network location (call it \\server\backup\user\currentimage) and when it completed, I was unable to mount the VHD. I pointed Disk Management to…
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Can two disk images be compared?

I want to compare the content of two disk images. (For example two disk images with gutsy n edgy) Is there a straight forward command for it in Unix?
nirandi
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Create "raw disk file" from WIM file

First timer here. I've searched around here, but haven't found a question like the one I have. Apologies if I missed it. The challenge at hand: produce a "raw disk image file" from a given WIM file. What I am pursuing so far is to use imagex.exe…
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Allow external HTTPS images on MediaWiki

On a MediaWiki wiki, we've set $wgAllowExternalImages which enables us to display inline images from another source without uploading it to the wiki (we just specify the URL). However, this only works for http images. I'd like to display an https…
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Batch rename via command line?

I have a Media Temple (dv) server which I am setting Magento up on. I have uploaded a few thousand images to the /media/import directory that the client has provided me with. The problem is, some images are .jpg and others are .JPG. Is there a way…
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ASP uploading/transferring images

I have an ASP web service, that allows to various users to put some data in a database and to upload some images. Since the users have different web sites, the web service uploads the image in a first directory in its own space, then calls an ASP…
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