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  • Jonny Gerold 5:58 pm on February 1, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: bchunk, bin.cue, iso, , , macports, unix   

    Convert .bin/.cue to .iso [Mac/Linux] 

    I dislike .bin/.cue combinations for a few reasons. But the biggest is that Mac doesn’t natively support mounting them. Good thing I have macports to install linux programs.

    Firstly lets install bchunk (use your favorite package manager, or macports on the mac)

    # Mac Installation
sudo port install bchunk

    Then locate your .bin/.cue combinations and CONVERT!

    jg_mbp:CBT NUGGETS CISCO CCNA CCENT EXAM-PACK 640-822 ICND1 jgerold$ bchunk agcnccci.{bin,cue} CCENT
binchunker for Unix, version 1.2.0 by Heikki Hannikainen <hessu@hes.iki.fi>
 Created with the kind help of Bob Marietta <marietrg@SLU.EDU>,
 partly based on his Pascal (Delphi) implementation.
 Support for MODE2/2352 ISO tracks thanks to input from
 Godmar Back <gback@cs.utah.edu>, Colas Nahaboo <Colas@Nahaboo.com>
 and Matthew Green <mrg@eterna.com.au>.
 Released under the GNU GPL, version 2 or later (at your option).

Reading the CUE file:

Track  1: MODE1/2352    01 00:00:00

Writing tracks:

 1: CCENT01.iso  338/338  MB  [********************] 100 %
jg_mbp:CBT NUGGETS CISCO CCNA CCENT EXAM-PACK 640-822 ICND1 jgerold$ ls
CCENT01.iso     agcnccci.bin    agcnccci.cue
# ^Yay a new .iso

    bchunk makes .bin/.cue > .iso conversion EASY!

     

  • Jonny Gerold 7:12 pm on January 31, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

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  • Jonny Gerold 9:45 pm on January 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Pogoplug 

    Well I took all the pictures for the pogoplug, and took a ton of screenshots of the web interface. Well about an hour into my unboxing I’ve rooted the device, changed the password, checked out the CPU spec, and am planning on oh so much more. I’ve been looking for a new hub to access my home network from far far away. Pogoplug you have been chosen for this task, do you accept? hehe. Anywho it’s a basic linux distro based off ARM9:

    -bash-3.2# cat /proc/cpuinfo
Processor       : ARM926EJ-S rev 1 (v5l)
BogoMIPS        : 1192.75
Features        : swp half thumb fastmult edsp
CPU implementer : 0x56
CPU architecture: 5TE
CPU variant     : 0x2
CPU part        : 0x131
CPU revision    : 1
Cache type      : write-back
Cache clean     : cp15 c7 ops
Cache lockdown  : format C
Cache format    : Harvard
I size          : 16384
I assoc         : 4
I line length   : 32
I sets          : 128
D size          : 16384
D assoc         : 4
D line length   : 32
D sets          : 128

Hardware        : Feroceon-KW
Revision        : 0000
Serial          : 0000000000000000

    Man I love this device so much already. The throughput seems a little sluggish in comparison to my FailNAS (long story) But that is a X86_64 PC with opensolaris (ZFS) and it does an amazing job at storing all my files.

    ——

    For a preview the install was the simplest install of a network device that I’ve ever experienced. Followed by automatic encoding of my media files to allow for streaming via web/my motorola droid.

    I’ll post the review after having some time to play with the device. Hopefully I don’t brick it :)

     

  • Jonny Gerold 4:50 pm on January 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply
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    OpenVZ with Archlinux (back in business) 

    Linux smsitraining 2.6.26.8-OVZ26-gogol.1 #1 SMP Thu Jan 28 15:49:59 PST 2010 x86_64 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5520 @ 2.27GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

    Success! I’ve been working all day on a working OpenVZ kernel on my dev machine. 2.6.18, 2.6.24, 2.6.18rhel5; all borked out on the machine (either mid compile, or crapped out at boot) Anywho I setup a PKGBUILD for 2.6.26 Gogol & made a few modifications, and BAM everything is golden.

    I’ve updated git & uploaded the package to AUR: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34116

    BTW, I just found out that an online friend of mine (Wonder) that is heavily involved in ArchLinux has created an Arch template for OpenVZ. Previous to this wonderful contribution OpenVZ has been without an Arch Linux template (that is updated), and it’s been a real drag. You can find the template on the standard templates page:

    http://wiki.openvz.org/Download/template/precreated

     

  • Jonny Gerold 10:45 pm on January 24, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Busyness 

    Who has time to type things in their blog anyway? Anywho I’ve been busy with my super job @ Smithmicro. I’ve also been working on a site for a friend of mine Ryan Morck.

    I’ve been hacking away at my Motorola Droid (Which is kinda useless) hacking that is, cause the Motorola Droid is AMAZING. But there really is no need to root/hack the droid unless you want to remove the Amazon & Facebook apps (which I did :), and do some other kinda neat little things. But you can pirate the apps without hacking the phone, so that’s kinda nice.

    I have a lot to catch up on as far as the blog goes.
    ——

    On another note, I will be receiving a PogoPlug to Review within the next week. I’m very excited about it, and am going to review the life right out of it :)

     

  • Jonny Gerold 7:12 pm on January 10, 2010 Permalink | Reply  

    Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-10 

    • #sparkfun freeday was supposed to be awesome, too bad that the site wasn't up to par. #
    • @matthewforr If they were enterprise servers they could #
    • @sparkfun, this sucks, I can't get in and there are 11k in orders already :( #
    • #sparkfun 17k mark just hit, and the damn site logged me out, so I couldn't post my order. BAH! #
     

  • Jonny Gerold 7:12 pm on December 6, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

    Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-06 

    • Started work today. It's Awesome! #
     

  • Jonny Gerold 12:12 pm on November 29, 2009 Permalink | Reply  

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  • Jonny Gerold 2:01 pm on November 28, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , meh   

    Err, Cliard 

    I got some hefty notes from Kimmo (creator of arduino_make.sh) and decided it would be best to take down the cliard repo until I have a little more original code/don’t have cliard as one big hack to Kimmo’s script. I feel bad “as if slandering his name.” Sorry if I got anyone’s hopes up, but I shouldn’t have released crappy modified code since it has the possibility of making the originator look bad. I look forward to a good release of cliard in the future.

     

  • Jonny Gerold 3:52 am on November 28, 2009 Permalink | Reply
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    Cliard | Command Line Arduino FTW 

    Well, Cliard 0.1.0017 is… working :) It’s almost a direct descendant of Kimmo Kulovesi’s arduino_make.sh. I stripped out a lot of flac (placed it into ‘docs’ for now), changed a few things, and gave arduino libraries a much deserved home in ~/.cliard/arduino. The program itself is comprised of ~/.cliard/arduino/{examples,hardware,libraries} & ‘cliard’ executable & a perl serial interface (to restart arduino via software)…

    To install you have a couple options:

    1) PKGBUILD (If you’re on Arch Linux)

    2) http://github.com/fsk141/Cliard (If you’re on something else)

    How to use:

    1) make a directory containing you .pde file (with the same name)

    Example: ~/LED/LED.pde

    
#define LED 11

void setup () {
 pinMode(LED,OUTPUT);
}

void loop () {
 digitalWrite(LED,HIGH); // turn led on
 delay(1000); // delay
 digitalWrite(LED,LOW); // turn led off
 delay(100); // delay
}

    Inside the ~/LED directory execute ‘cliard’

    If everything goes well, then you should be able to plug in your arduino and type ‘cliard upload’, and enjoy your new .pde running on your arduino.

    There is a lot that needs to be worked on, but *all* of these things should get done in good time. I hope you enjoy cliard as much as I do. And happy hacking with your arduino. Oh and I’m thinking of making a dedicated page for cliard, but aren’t sure as of yet, so for now just check the gitlog for updates.

     

    • Kimmo Kulovesi 10:35 am on November 28, 2009 Permalink

      Hi,

      As the original author of this script, I’d like to point out that the ~/.cliard home for the Arduino installation and Arduino libraries seems like a very bad move. I suggest free placement of the Arduino installation itself and libraries in ~/sketchbook/libraries for compatibility with the latest Arduino IDE.

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