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Questions tagged [operating-system]

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Server running an OS

How do I know if my server has a OS. How do I know if it is only a media device to store files on? I want to know if it has an OS or if I need to install an OS onto it to help with my work.
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Can I specify operating system with a node definition in Puppet?

I want to do something along the lines of: Is this possible with Puppet? If not, what's the best way I can distinguish modules by operating system?
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Unsuccessful clean install on a Macbook Pro Late 2011

I've already worked on several Macbooks, reinstalling them, formatting, changing drives, etc. and normally it's a relatively simple process. But I just got a 13" late 2011 Macbook Pro which just won't accept a new installation. I switched the main…
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automated change password on linux servers

Dear friends and colleges Each half year we need to change the password on our redhat Linux servers , we have 8723 servers!!! In our company Is it possible to automate password changing each half year without our involving ? Regarding the password…
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Migrating from one Linux distribution to another

How should I approach migrating a server from Mint to Ubuntu? I don't know how go about it since I have a lot on my Mint server. EDIT: I also would like to keep my mail server running, if possible, during the migration.
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Best Linux server OS versions to use

I am going to get a VPS/VDS and will be hosting several websites, Some type of chat server (XMPP, Openfire or eJabberd), and possibly a Teamspeak server. The websites will be mostly PHP based with javascript, and will need a MySQL server for certain…
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Processing data faster using ssis and an ssd drive

We have a new local server that processes data using sql server 2008 and ssis. in this server i have dedicated drive to do different things. the c drive is for the os and software. the d drive is for db storage , and the ssis . The e drive is a ssd…
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Is Firmware OS Independent?

Normally when I buy a PC laptop the first thing I do is update the BIOS via default Windows install, and then blow away Windows with a fresh Linux (Fedora) install. That's the case now, just bought a Dell Precision M4700, updated the BIOS and now,…
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Converting a workstation to be server which os?

Firstly why im going to use a workstation as a server: im broke and the choice was between a totally done/crap ancient server or a half decent hp workstation i chose the hp workstation with xeon(core2based) and a some fb-dimms.. for like 50 quid. I…
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Why an operating system would like to be POSIX compliant?

What's the big deal around POSIX and how it interferes in the overall usage of an Operating System?
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Windows in crashing with Blue screen of death

This is a recent problem I am facing with windows 10 in laptop. I first noticed that while installing a game 'League of Legends' client in Garena platform. The installation struck and it first showed the blue screen. I don't remember the stop code.…
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how to copy all chown's and chmod's of files from an remote system to an other system

i want to copy all files (/var/www/html) from system A (debian) to system B (debian) without loosing all chown and chmod configurations. there are more then 200.000 files in the folder and many of them have special rule configurations. it is really…
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Change existing file type from standard file "-" to directory "d" as shown with Unix ls -l

In summary, if I use ls -l it yields something for a directory like... drwxr-xr-x and the reported error for a directory with files in it, is it shows as a standard file and ls -l yields... -rwxr-xr-x My goal is to find a way to manually change file…
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Running 64-bit apache mesos on 32 bit non-Linux non-Mac OS operating system

I am exploring Apache Mesos for my next project. As I was going through the mesos documentation, I realised that it can be installed on a Linux(64 bit) and Mac (64 bit) machine. That should be fine with my current setup. But I'm interested in…
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Minecraft FTB Ultimate server crash (OS Related?)

(Originally posted this on StackOverflow and was told that it wasn't the correct site to post on - I think ServerFault is the correct site, but tell me if otherwise). (ServerFault didn't like me posting more than 2 links, so here's a link with all…
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