So, you own a Synology Disk Station and a disk broke. You messed up by trying to replace the wrong disk. You tried to fix it by reinserting the right disk but that didn’t help. Then you messed up even further by trying to change the volume – or something. You can’t even remember exactly…
Unbrick the Minix Neo X7 Mini – with Linux
Lately I bought a Minix Neo X7 Mini. Next thing you know: I brick the box. Here’s how to unbrick the thing – with Linux. It’s rather easy, too!
De VVD wil miskoop stimuleren!
Geachte heer Hartog, Met belangstelling las ik uw artikel “De VVD wil afkoop van erfpacht stimuleren!” Graag maak ik u attent op het volgende.
An IPv6 MTU path discovery bug
While installing a new server last week, my (SSH / TCP) connection seemed to suffer from some sort of hanging; randomly. I tried to figure out what was going on and it didn’t take long to find…
IP addresses for your Hetzner machine
We lease a couple of machines at Hetzner.de and recently, I looked to improve my initial Easy Setup manual, so I could also use the IPv4 “main” address for a virtual machine. This leaves the main server (the “host”) without an IPv4 address. Please read below how to proceed.
Syslog-ng intrusion detection
There seems to be a problem using the file() destination for /proc files in Linux. When implementing Securing Your Server With Syslog-NG you will run into it. Please read below.
(Not) rooting RK3066 systems
The update updated, 2014-04-28: unbricking is fairly easy, see https://valentijn.sessink.nl/?p=517 Please note that I received some reports from people that tried to flash their RK3066 stuff – but it would not boot afterwards. And in fact, that’s what I experienced when I tried to flash my Minix Neo X5.
Rooting the Cube U30GT rk3066 android tablet
I just bought a Cube U30GT Android tablet, based on the Rockchip RK3066 ARM chipset. Here are the instructions to root it under Linux.
Oude GPS-tracks
Oeps, opeens zie ik dat mijn GPS-tracks Kopenhagen – Amsterdam helemaal niet gelinkt staan. Hierbij alsnog (2 jaar oud).
Wat is waar?
Vanochtend las ik een nieuwtje op Retecool: Neil Young komt met een vervanger voor MP3. Het bericht klonk zo mistig, dat ik eens op zoek ging naar de werkelijkheid achter het bericht en die bleek treurig.