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25-Aug-2008 16:48Burn, baby, burn
Burning ISO 9660 CDs
So, you've got to make an ISO-9660 compatible CD for whatever reason. In my case, I've got to upgrade some Itaniums, and they need firmware updates, too.
I found that there's plenty of documentation (well, if you can count as high as 1) for the CDRecord.com procedure (specifically, @CDRecord Help), but not much on actually using Sys$System:CDRecord.exe, and practically none for using that to burn what's commonly called an ISO image file.
But I think I've figured out how.
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17-Mar-2008 15:52Blocking annoyances
Intruder alert!
Over the years, I've gotten more than my fair share of annoying hits on my server from script kiddies who don't know VMS from Windows or U*X. Fortunately, they've only been annoyances, but rather than take a chance, a couple years ago I kludged together a way to just say no. This is my super-simple, lightweight, intrusion detection and prevention system.
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05-Mar-2008 18:39PmWiki
Talk about easy...
I've got some projects I want to do, and one of them requires a simple CMS. When I heard about PmWiki, my heart nearly skipped a beat -- here was an open source, PHP v4-compatible, and flat-file based wiki!
I just had to try it!
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28-Feb-2008 21:36SysLog installation
A new toy
After suffering through several years of a LinkSys WiFi router, I finally got tired of it and bought a new router for my home network. You can read about my reason for choosing a D-Link DIR-655 and experience installing it
on my personal blog, but here I want to talk about my SysLog installation
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14-Feb-2008 12:37VMS Audio Update
Podcast feeds, finally!
Thanks to Marty for finally providing a real podcast feed for the VMS Audio Updates! There's an article on OpenVMS.org announcing the availability of this great new feature.
Good job, Marty!
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13-Feb-2008 14:10WebMaster's Prayer
And an Ode to Alpha
I was perusing the 'net today, looking for links back to this blog. While I didn't find what I was looking for, I did find the Webmaster's Prayer and an Ode to Alpha. Ah, fond memories; I remember struggling with that animated GIF of Homer Simpson, trying to get the size down to something reasonable.
My servers are still Digital.
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10-Feb-2008 23:20Are you up?
Yeah? How long?
The Uptime Project has moved around over the past few years, and currently resides at uptimes-project.org. This server keeps a database of clients and their reported uptimes. Yes, some of the data is absurd (a Windows machine with 272 years of uptime? Heck I thought 1 year was hard to believe...) Fortunately, the OpenVMS and OpenVMS Cluster times are more reasonable and logically consistent.
Here are instructions on setting up the client on your system. NB: don't install this on a system that you do not have authorization to run it on. From a security perspective, the source code is included -- it is up to you to review the code and build it for your system. I am not responsible for software that YOU install on YOUR system.
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15-Jan-2008 08:34Another 30th item
I got my sweater
Got a package in the mail yesterday! I'd signed up on the HP website, entering the competition to see who had the oldest OpenVMS system based on serial number. I knew I didn't have a chance at winning the Itanium (after all, the oldest system I was able to find was a VAX 3100 Model 80), but I was hoping to be early enough to get a shot at a sweater.
And I was! Thanks, HP!
Although it's hard to tell in this picture (I shot it with my Nokia N800's camera), the lettering is quality stitching, not a silkscreened image.
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Linkdump
24-Mar-2008 15:29Command of the day, 24-Mar-2008
Introduced with OpenVMS v7.3-2:
$ Set Device /Reset=Error_Count
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20-Mar-2008 14:00Another blog
Poking around the web today, I found another VMS blog: Quayle Consulting's
VMS Spoken Here.
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19-Feb-2008 13:35Command of the day, 19-Feb-2008
If Init/Erase isn't sufficient, this does a triple pass over your media with varying patterns (you can even specify the pattern):
$ Analyze /Media /Exercise=Full
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