Introduction Today I will show you how to build a Raspberry Pi 3 RAID NAS server using USB flash drives, the Linux native RAID application mdadm, and SAMBA so the drive will show up as a normal network folder on Windows PC's. It's a pretty easy tutorial and shows you how to create a Linux RAID array which is a good skill to have. Contents Introduction, Hardware Requirements & RAID Levels Install/Update Raspbian 9.x "Stretch" and mdadm Setup RAID Volume & File System … [Read more...]
Build Your Own Mini-ITX Firewall with IPFire – Complete DIY Guide
Introduction Today I will show you how to build your very own compact Mini-ITX Firewall using easily sourced parts with the excellent (and Open Source) IPFire firewall operating system. You can also use any old PC with an extra Ethernet card, but this guide does focus on the Mini-ITX form factor and parts suitable for it. I will also give you links to the sources for each part. Contents Introduction, Hardware The build Motherboard BIOS settings, Installing IPFire … [Read more...]
Setup LAMP Server on Raspberry Pi 3 – [Updated 2019] Complete DIY Guide
Introduction [This guide has been fully updated in 2019 to reflect the changes to MySQL in Raspbian "Stretch" v9.x and the FTP issues have been fixed] You wouldn't think a little PC like the Raspberry Pi 3 could handle the job of being a Web Server, but it does, and performs flawlessly too. Today I will show you how to source genuine Raspberry Pi 3 hardware, then setup a fully fledged LAMP Server (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) along with instructions to install WordPress. You'll also know how to … [Read more...]
Budget 6TB RAID-5 Network-Attached Storage (NAS) Under $600 DIY Guide
Introduction Today I'll show you how to build your own budget 6TB RAID-5 Network-Attached Storage (NAS) System for your home or small business for under USD$600. We'll be using a second-hand desktop PC and a dedicated hardware RAID controller card, but purchasing new hard drives. We'll also be installing OpenMediaVault as the NAS operating system. Nowadays, used computers are cheap-as-chips on websites like eBay and Amazon if you know how to search. I am very good at getting bargains so I will … [Read more...]
[RD] Perform Disk Check on Windows 10
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wleGRhwEqtQ] If your Windows 10 computer is throwing up errors, crashing or otherwise behaving badly, sometimes an Error Check (aka: Disk Check) can help improve things and I'll show you how to do it in this guide. Watch the video above or follow the text guide below. Perform hard drive Error Check on Windows 10 Click on the Windows Explorer folder icon on your taskbar Click on This PC menu item on the left-pane Look for the hard drive icon with … [Read more...]
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