Author Archives: j mozdzen

Installing OpenSUSE 13.1 with MD-RAID and bcache

When setting up our new NAS/SAN servers, we decided to use OpenSUSE 13.1 and to create a configuration with all HDDs in a RAID6 array, which then is expanded with SSD caching support via “bcache”. As this isn’t available right … Continue reading

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Adding features to initrd on every mkinitrd call

I came across a situation where I have to specify a specific feature to “mkinitrd” to make the system boot. The scripts won’t autodetect that requirement, so calling “mkinitrd” with the “-f” flag was the way to go. But what … Continue reading

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Linux, RDP and SmartCard readers

We’re a Linux-mostly shop, running only  “Microsoft Windows” machines for specific software environments not available for Linux. One of those environments is DATEV “Unternehmen online”, which is bound to “Internet Explorer” and to using the DATEV (Windows-only) “Sicherheitspaket”, enabling access … Continue reading

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