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shankl

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  1. Thanks for the input guys, Ive started looking at booting from the network as an option. It would be nice if I could actually wire a device to the machines that would reset the power (I've seen it done for laptops people have wired into their cars) some sort of custom ILO device. I am trying to eliminate points of failure and don't want to have to remotely connect to the client machines to rely on resetting them. Possibly have power on/off device connected to the command and control box which is also the PXE server. Then I could basically just connect to the command and control machine to do the reboots of the other boxes and loading of the images. I suppose the first step would be to get the schematics of some cheap used laptops and work on the device to control the power. Do some research on setting the PXE server up. Anyone have any experience with getting a linux box to control a custom external board? (google time...)
  2. I was thinking of putting together a system of four computers (cheap laptops, same model) within a 2u rack. I don't want to run virtual machines because of limitations. I came up with these schematics: http://i25.tinypic.com/ancxvc.jpg[/img] I might have to rip the screens off them to get them to fit. I would like to be able to remotely re-image the drives. I can't seem to think of any way to do this automatically. In the diagram you can see the connections for USB drives which I at first figured would house the images to be reloaded. Also I probably need to include a router, something cheap of the Linksys variety. Also cooling will be an issue so mega fans will be important. The first problem is resetting the machine and having it boot from the USB drives ONLY if I choose to have it boot from them (for re-imaging). The other problem is getting the machines to reboot remotely. Maybe coming up with a device that handles the reboots by wiring directly to the power buttons. All in all I've figured I might have to sacrifice one of the 4 computers in the box for command and control of the other 3 boxes. I don't want to have to be on location for the re-imaging and resets primarily because I am looking to rent a spot in a datacenter to drop this box into. My setup at home makes this process too difficult, and my wife would kill me for setting up something like this in the closet ;) I can think of plenty of uses for this unique setup, how about you? Any ideas about how to get this to work? Do you think it's feasible or stupid idea? shankl
  3. I recently had this question myself. I decided to start with something like Bash scripting and Perl because I figured it has direct uses for my hobbies. LinuxCBT has some great videos on scripting from Linux. I guess these don't really qualify as full programming languages so I will probably move to C and Assembly afterwards since I am interested in learning about rootkits. I think you ought to check out something that is going to provide you with some immediate use in your own projects/hobbies. I've found that if I don't use something I've learned I feel like I've wasted time learning it in the first place...
  4. Unfortunately today there are way to many drivebys on forums. Usually it's because the forums get indexed by google then people just post question after question... The internet is chock full of information and it would be stupid to rely on just one source for information. I rarely come across problems that a good google search or wikipedia read doesn't fix.
  5. YouTube has some video of the affair. I am still wondering what all the fuss is about. What is it that they have done that is so wrong?
  6. If you are in the US and can shop at Costco they have a special right now on SanDisk MicroCruzers, you can get 3 2GB drives for $45 :shock: . I just saw it the other day. . unfortunately I bought 2 from NewEgg a few weeks ago :-? I really like the SanDisk Micro variety, I've had multiple others and they have all crapped out. . . of course they all got plenty of use!
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