Monthly Archives: August 2007

Recovering from optimistic locking exceptions

Posted on August 17, 2007 by Miguel Arroz

WARNING: the solution presented in this article is wrong. It’s a partial solution only, it won’t always work, and you may screw up your data. To see why, check my second article on this issue. There are many situations, in … Continue reading →

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Testing memory

Posted on August 12, 2007 by Miguel Arroz

I wrote some days ago about badblocks for testing a hard drive surface. Now, the same for memory. As I said, I bought a second-hand PowerMac G5 to replace my old G4. When I got the new machine, I run … Continue reading →

Posted in Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, UNIX | 6 Comments

Mac-compatible ethernet card

Posted on August 3, 2007 by Miguel Arroz

For those of you who need an ethernet card that works with Mac OS X, this may be a useful tip: Mac OS X has a built-in driver for the RealTek RTL8139 chip. I looked arround and found this Netgear … Continue reading →

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