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Ruby on Rails Ubuntu 8.10: VirtualBox – Vista Host
I was recently coerced into checking out what all the Ruby on Rails hype is about. In reading about Rails, it sounds like trying to get it to run with IIS is probably not the best idea. So I’ve taken...
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Ruby on Rails Ubuntu 8.10: Installing Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex
After creating and launching a VirtualMachine on a Vista host, I captured the following screenshots to document the process of installing Ubuntu 8.10. Post install, I updated the Network Interface...
View ArticleRuby on Rails Ubuntu 8.10: Installing Rails
After creating and launching a VirtualMachine on a Vista Host and installing Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, I executed the following steps to configure my Ubuntu server for Ruby on Rails. After trying...
View ArticleRuby on Rails Ubuntu 8.10: Installing Phusion Passenger
Phusion Passenger™ — a.k.a. mod_rails or mod_rack — makes deployment of Ruby web applications, such as those built on the revolutionary Ruby on Rails web framework, a breeze. It follows the usual Ruby...
View ArticleRuby on Rails Ubuntu 8.10: Creating a Rails Application
After deploying Ubuntu 8.10 server, installing Ruby on Rails and all its prerequisites, and installing Phusion Passenger, there are just a few Passenger specific steps necessary to get your Rails...
View ArticleUbuntu 9.04 Server Install with Software RAID1 and LVM
For the sake of reliability and flexability, I wanted to install Ubuntu 9.04 Server on a Dell PowerEdge using Software RAID1 (reliability) and LVM (flexability). Software RAID1 was also considerably...
View ArticleLimiting network file transfer throughput with rsync
To transfer a large amount of data (200GB) across a 100mbps network without saturating the connection, I used rsync with the –bwlimit=KBps flag. Transferring from Windows to Ubuntu 9.04, I first...
View ArticleInstall Windows XP Guest on Ubuntu 9.04 Host
Create a Windows XP VirtualBox guest from scratch using a SATA harddrive. Download the Windows XP Intel SATA Drivers and unzip to extract F32.IMA Hit F6 during setup to select the Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM...
View ArticleVirtualBox 3.1 – Install Windows XP Guest on Ubuntu 9.04 Host
VirtualBox 3.1 significantly changed the way that harddisks, dvd/cd drives and floppies are mounted. The following steps are to install Windows XP as a guest on an Ubuntu 9.04 host with a IntelAhci...
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