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# zypper install go git
# apt install golang-go git
# go get -u github.com/sophaskins/efs2tar
# export GOPATH=$HOME/go
# export GOBIN=$HOME/go/bin
# cd $HOME/Downloads/github.com/sophaskins/efs2tar
# go install main.go
# go run main.go -in SGI_efs.iso -out SGI_file_tarball.tar

This was actually required to utilize efs2tar, which is a utility which ( Read more... )

Back in the day of pouring through individual HP/UX packages (which for some unfathomable reason is still as archaically individual and manual-intensive as it was in 1996) and Solaris packages (prior to the god-sent auto-dependency download/installer BLASTWAVE), SGI had a web-based package installer. While it still required manual dependency ( Read more... )

I'll be the first to admit that Blastwave's pkg-get (for Solaris) and Debian's apt-get have spoiled me rotten. With the issuance of a single command, the pre-compiled binary of your whim is automatically paired with its dependencies, checked against already installed programs, and installed, along with any other necessary packages if need be. ( Read more... )

Last night, I remembered omelette's. I was at one client site on and off for something like six years across two accounts. And there was this man, Richard. He was the short-order cook. Came in every morning early, and hand chopped all the vegetables and meats, and hand broke and whipped the eggs. He was a great man. Every morning, on and off ( Read more... )