Migrating IMAP mail accounts

If you need to move all your email from one server to another, an easy and quick way is by using imapsync. Below is a simple script which will ask for server names, credentials and run imapsync. This might not work for you, so please check the imapsync manual page for different options, and remember [...]

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How to convert and burn a .dmg (Mac OSX) disk image on Linux

Today I wanted to burn a .dmg file, but I didn’t have an Apple computer available. So, running Linux I started to google for a solution, and found one. You need to download the dmg2img tool from http://vu1tur.eu.org/tools/, and then compile it. I had to install libbz2-dev and libssl-dev packages and of course the compiler [...]

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No 64bit flash player for Linux

I’m not sure whether this is good or bad… but Adobe has removed it’s 64bit flash player for Linux (don’t know about other platforms). This means no flash-content for me, running Debian Squeeze amd64. The alternatives are .. none?  The gnash player (which has a Mozilla plugin) is useless for everything but movies and will crash and hog [...]

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LVM Extend HOWTO

Just a quick ‘howto extend an existing logical volume’ on a Linux box. You will of course start by adding a new disk to the server. If this can be done online, you will need to run scsiadd -s to scan for new devices. Verify that the new disk is seen by the system and [...]

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Debian Squeeze network-manager offline problem

Today I replaced my Ubuntu 10.04 desktop with Debian Squeeze (frozen testing). Installation went smooth, beside two small problems. I could not select Danish locale. I had to select ‘C’ as locale, and later on select DK keyboard layout. I also ended up with two kernels installed. The first would not boot (called -trunk), but [...]

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How to save (a little) space on Windows Servers

On our virtual Windows servers, there is really no need for hibernation, so why not disable it. This will free up the space of the hibernation file, which will be the same size as the memory installed. Run in cmd.exe as Administrator: powercfg -h off Windows keeps shadow copy and assembly caches in c:\windows\winsxs and [...]

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