Author: James Richards

  • Proxmox VE 8 Root Pool Settings

    There are two things I wanted to change with the root ZFS pool that the Proxmox VE 8 installer creates: The pool can be renamed after installation but it is slightly complicated. I do not know of a way to change the identity of the disks used in the VDEV after the pool is created.…

  • Disable the Power Off Button

    If you have a computer that needs to run 24/7, you probably don’t want the power button to be accidentally pushed and the system to shut down. Here’s how to disable the power off button in Linux (Proxmox 7.4/Debian 11.6). Edit the /etc/systemd/logind.conf file and set HandlePowerKey to ignore. The power button can still be…

  • Proxmox Wipe Disk

    The Promox VE user interface has a button called Wipe Disk that is roughly equivalent to this command: Source Code

  • PCIe NVMe Card Comparison

    My 2023 workstation build requires many NVMe drives for redundancy and performance. The need for a high number of PCIe lanes is what drove me to the Threadripper Pro platform. I have two conflicting goals in this build: Pros Cons Pros Cons Pros Cons Pros Cons When my card is populated with more than 2…

  • Linux Installer Won’t Start

    On the Asus Pro WS WRX80E-SE SAGE WIFI motherboard with an AMD Threadripper Pro 5955WX CPU, there is a problem with Debian-based distributions where the installer does not boot from the GRUB boot menu. These Linux distributions fail to boot the installation environment. Many thanks to Ventoy for making it easy to try multiple ISO…

  • Composer Archive Project

    Composer Archive Project

    This Composer plugin makes it easy to create an archive file of your WordPress plugin or theme project.

  • Multiple Development Sites

    Multiple Development Sites

    How to have many wordpress development sites with only one install.

  • Parameter Type Declarations

    Parameter Type Declarations

    What happens when a different type of value is passed into a PHP function with declared parameter types?