iMac disk died
Replaced hard disk, reinstalled everything, restored data, installed better backup solution, went fairly smoothly.
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Replaced hard disk, reinstalled everything, restored data, installed better backup solution, went fairly smoothly.
Now that I decided to use Subversion, I've set it up for my Xaraya projects too.
A summary of how I got up and running with svn revision control on my iMac and how I use it.
Using python, django, and mysql5.
Yet another log of one man's blind trek through unfamiliar territory: MacPorts, Apache 2, Ruby, Rails, MySQL5, and even PhP5. Includes a little demo to test the install.
I don't know why but when I ran an OSX automated security update today and restarted my machine, mySQL would no longer start. Here's my notes on re-installing, in case I ever have to do this again (I hope not).
A sample dump of the $_SERVER array available to PHP code.
List of software that I've added to my new iMac to create a complete workstation environment. This is mostly to document it because sometimes I forget (duh), and in a worst-case scenerio if I ever need to start over (or something like that).
I regularly move my projects between various servers, which often have different versions of software tools. I encountered a problem moving data from MySQL 5 to MySQL 4. Here's the fix.