Who is Adrian Hannah?
Adrian was a poor college kid living in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan trying to make a living as a System Administrator. Now he's a struggling new hire at a software firm in New York, but he's still trying to make a living as a system administrator.
Tag Archives: PXE
Work: 26 Aug 2008
Today I discussed some projects I’ll be working with James on as his new underling. He said that I will basically be in charge of the Chem Eng server room, which will entail clearing out old computers, managing wiring, and … Continue reading
Work: 25 Aug 2008
I worked out how to determine which PCs are still PXE booting by default. First off, PXE booting is simply a DHCP broadcast packet, which occurs on port 67. Now the difference between a standard DHCP broadcast packet and a … Continue reading
Work: 22 Aug 2008
I spent most of the day today trying to figure out how to determine if a PC has a network printer installed or not. Ultimately this information will be used to determine if PCs are connecting directly to lpd.we instead … Continue reading
Work: 13 Aug 2008
I was brought a laptop by Javier today for which the drive partitioning scheme needed to be reconfigured. It had 2 partitions on it and the user (Dr Fisher) wanted it to be one big partition. Thus, I backed up … Continue reading