If you have been following along with my series on the SunFire V100 you know that I have installed Solaris 10 Core 8/7 onto it (adding in SSH and BASH packages to make it actually useful in the real world) and have put the root volume under the control of the Solaris Volume Manager or …
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September 21, 2007: Oreo Day
I just realized that I never posted for Wednesday, September 19th. Oh well. I have no idea by now what happened then. Nothing important, I am sure. I went to work. I ate dinner. Yada yada yada. You all know the drill. Today is my work from home day this week. I had to reschedule …
Java Snippet: Converting a Double to Currency
A common task in any programming language, especially for students, is to convert a double or a float into a properly round and formatted decimal format appropriate for use as currency. There are two rather discrete steps in this process. The first step is to round the number appropriately. When working with currency people tend …
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Introductory How-To with Solaris Volume Manager
Solaris Volume Manager, or SVM, is a logical disk management suite (formerly known as Solstice Disk Suite) that is included for free with the Solaris 9 and high operating systems. SVM is an important piece of SUN’s strategy for Solaris as it provides the basic functionality for logical volume management that UNIX users have come …
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September 20, 2007: Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
I didn’t manage to get to bed last night nearly as early as I had hoped but I do feel that I managed to do a good job on my homework and I got that turned in before the deadline for submission.I was up and into the office this morning just in time to walk …
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