Category Archives: Tales from the Sysadmin

Troubleshooting a Symlink — A Whodunnit for the Git Record books

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While I normally sport the well-worn fedora of a hard-boiled sysadmin, Sunday mornings I swap that neo-noir accessory for the tech-noir: a pair of pro headphones. This is the tale of the collision of those two roles. An educational caper, dear reader. You see, my weekly gig is to run …read more

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Tales from the Sysadmin: Dumped into the Grub Command Line

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Today I have a tale of mystery, of horror, and of hope. The allure of a newer kernel and packages was too much to resist, so I found myself upgrading to Fedora 30. All the packages had downloaded, all that was left was to let DNF reboot the machine and …read more

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