November 2007

Drive Imaging, Ghost, Backups...

FOG - Free, Open-Source Ghost: Version 0.04

PartImage

Linux installs

Clonezilla

Acronis TrueImage

DriveImage XML

trinity rescue kit

Firewall issues

Uploading yesterday, I had issues w/ my firewall. Testing today to see which config, if either, works!

So, the question now answered, as this posted just fine. Using the config I prefer anyway. Curious whyTHAT was foobar yesterday, but whatever...

The winmail.dat dilema

Previously, when receiving an email from an Outlook user with an attached winmail.dat file, I'd either ask for a "resend" if I was somewhat interested, or it would go in the "round-file".

Today, I had to fix the problem for somebody else. Generally, requesting the attachment in a different format is more trouble than it's worth. A little Googl'ing was very helpful. I came up w/ multiple solutions.

The first, is a website www.winmaildat.com is a service; save the file, go to the website, upload the file and you will be provided with the attachment to save. The other option, is at www.fentun.com which is even more interesting as it provides solutions for both Windows and Linux. I can attest to the fact that the Linux static version works very well, the Windows option still remains to be tested, but I'm hopeful....

Let's use the BLOG for a TODO list...

The following caught my eye in an email the other day. I just KNOW I'm not going to get around to it anytime soon, but I don't want to lose it. Got to thinking that the best way to do THAT would be to park it in the BLOG. This will either get "messy" or maybe it'll be "just the trick"

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DBDesigner4 

Toad Data Modeler 

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