Monthly Archives: May 2006
CMD memo
Drafted memo to LRG middle management and CMD staff regarding disk space issues in CMD and possible solutions.
Fixed RealServer protection
Client reported that protected RealServer files had lost proetction. Renabled as described here. But why did they revert?
Art/CMD Lab System Images
Continued to refine image and deploy on Art and CMD machines
Dspace Failed
Dspace failed. Inestigated, no obvious reason why it failed. Restarted,
Art/CMD Lab System Images
Worked on new combined image for Art and CMD Macs; installed Audacity, TextWrangler, iLife 06, latest system updates; changes to login script (old one didn’t clear files in /Users/customer proper, just sub-folders thereof). Started to re-image art macines, starting with … Continue reading
This and that (whatelse I did today)
tracked down CMD Software orders; diagnosed and informed TSG of problem with Quicktime Streaming Server
Directory Lookup Edits
serious edits (improvements?) to the UVM Directory Lookup pages.
Boot MacBook Pro from External HD for use with Boot Camp (Windows)
Not as easy as it looks. Trick is to partition external HD using GUID partitioning. So I partitioned and instaled and booted, but Boot Camp refuses to partition an external drive.
Video Links
Faculty having problems getting WebCT links to RealMedia files working. Helped him out.
Changing User Name on OSX
omebody asked how to change the user name (or Short name) in Mac OSX. Simplest is to use NetInfo, but be sure to change namae in admin group, too! or you lock yourself out of the system. Sems like ChangeShortName … Continue reading