April 2011
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A fix for slow connections to SMB file shares on...
In Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, I found it takes a long time (30 seconds or more) to connect to a shared folder on my Windows server.
Once connected, everything works fine, but the initial delay is a big hassle.
Please note: There is a different problem where the actual file sharing is slow (or browsing between folders is slow). I have not had that problem so I don’t know the solution. The...
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If the Mac App Store is slow, it’s probably...
Recently I had an issue where the Mac App Store became almost unusably slow. It took more than a minute to start up. During that time it would appear completely frozen.
This was caused by enabling a security setting called “certificate revocation list,” or CRL, in Keychain Access.
You can disable this feature and the Mac App Store will become much faster. However—and this is a big one—the CRL...
How to upgrade CentOS Linux running under Hyper-V
When CentOS Linux, running under Hyper-V, is upgraded to a new kernel, it will
probably fail to reboot. Open Hyper-V Manager and look at
the CentOS server’s screen. Most likely you will see the following error:
switchroot: mount failed: No such file or directory
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
Cause
The error is caused by the Microsoft Hyper-V Linux Integration Components...