Scott Alan Miller :: A Life Online
In the Linux world, using the AutoMounter (autofs) to automatically mount remote NFS filesystems is relatively uncommon. However, in the Solaris universe this is the status quo. One of the most common uses of the automounter is what is known as the /net filesystem. Many Linux users who have not spent time in the UNIX …
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Installing Solaris 10 on the SunFire V100 UltraSPARC server is very easy and straightforward. However, if you install the “Core” version of the distribution there are some surprises out there. So I decided to document my own installation procedure as well as subsequent “setup” steps that I use to get the server into a reasonable …
In business, people love to talk about bonuses. “Bonuses are an incentive for employees to work harder.” you hear people say. But are they? Let’s take a critical look at this “motivational” practice. Thinking that bonuses are a path to employee efficiency shows a great lack of corporate empathy by management for the workers. It …
I am working from home today. My schedule this week is all weird. Originally I was schedule to be in Warren tomorrow but that has been changed until Thursday. And today I am home. I think that my home day is more likely to switch to Tuesdays rather than Thursdays just because Thursdays normally work …
Continue reading “October 16, 2007: Nicklin Comes to Newark”
I woke up exactly one minute before my alarm this morning. It is so weird how I do that all of the time. I was up and out the door in record time today. It was a cool, crisp morning and I was able to walk very quickly and get into the office nice and …
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