SuSE RMT Repo Installation
by Ramses Soto-Navarro ramses@sotosystems.com
Overview
Register
Install RMT
Setup MySQL Password
RMT Setup
Setup Firewall Rules
Enable SLP Broadcast
RMT Server Status
Install Repos
Mirror Repos
Setup RMT Clients
Add Repo Install Directories
Create Mini ISOs
Remove RMT Clients
Overview
Brief notes about how to install RMT (Repository Mirror Tool) on SuSE 15.x. The audience is experienced Linux administrators.
NOTE: Do not install Apache; on SuSE it uses Nginx. Official Documentation:https://documentation.suse.com/sles/15-SP1/single-html/SLES-rmt/index.html
Register
Verify server is registered with SUSE via regular registration procedures: yast, Product Registration.
Verify online repos are populated:
# zypper refresh # zypper repos
FreeBSD Mini MemStick Image with SSH Access
by Ramses Soto-Navarro ramses@sotosystems.com 10/10/2020
Overview
Download
Disk Image
Boot Ministick
Manual Startup
Auto Startup
Remount Set Root
Configure SSHD
Remote Login
SSHD Problem
Overview
The FreeBSD 10 ministick does not have sshd enabled by default. It must be manually configured. The same goes for the FreeBSD 12.1 ministick (mini memory stick image). mfsBSD already offers it by default. Here is how to enable it on the FreeBSD ministick. There are no permanent settings yet, so it will have to be entered every time - good for disaster recovery practice. More on remastering later.
Download
$ DIR="https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/12.1" $ wget $DIR/FreeBSD-12.1-RELEASE-amd64-mini-memstick.img.xz $ xz -d FreeBSD-12.1-RELEASE-amd64-mini-memstick.img.xz $ ln -s FreeBSD-12.1-RELEASE-amd64-mini-memstick.img mini.img
FreeBSD Wifi on a BCM4328 Wireless Card
Overview
Notes about configuring a wifi wireless network on FreeBSD 12.1, using an old laptop with an unsupported wireless card. Lots of forums said that the card is not supported and that it could not be done. But I refused to believe it, and this is a testimony to the resilience of FreeBSD.
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OS: FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE-p10
Laptop: Dell Inspiron 1525 (circa 2007)
Memory: 4GB
Wireless Card: 802.11g Broadcom BCM4328 SIBA bus BCM4312 rev 15
The history: while running FreeBSD 12.1 everything worked on my old Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop, except my wifi network. Going through blogs I discovered that the wifi card is not supported by generic FreeBSD kernel, so it does not work by default; and requires special tweaking. There’s no official guide for this wireless card. Tried many different recommendations from forum postings. Below is what what worked for me. There may be better ways; but if so then please comment.