Previously on Twin Peaks I wrote about the problems I was having with the Lightning calendar add-on for the Thunderbird email client, to the extent that I had to un-install the add-on and the associated Google Data Provider add-on (which synchronises calendars between Lightning and Google Calendar).
I’m pleased to report that since the release of [...]
I was in the situation recently where I needed to transfer about 500Gb of data from one HP-UX box to another.
Unfortunately most of these data were in small files - the largest probably a megabyte or so.
I ran some speed tests. We had gigabit ethernet connecting the 2 boxes on a little used LAN.
I wrote [...]
If the first step in any procedure is ‘backup your data’, for goodness’ sake do as it says!
Don’t think that because you’re more technical/brighter/don’t really care about the existing data that you’ll be OK.
If you don’t have a back up Murphy’s Law dictates that something disastrous will happen and you’ll lose everything.
If you do have [...]