A Geek Goes Flying

Terminal screenshot $ sudo -i # dnf remove -y podman buildah docker docker-client docker-client-latest docker-common docker-latest docker-latest-logrotate docker-logrotate docker-engine # dnf install -y dnf-plugins-core # dnf config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/rhel/docker-ce.repo # dnf install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin # systemctl enable --now docker #systemctl status docker ● docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine      Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; preset: d>      Active: active (running) since Fri 2026-06-05 01:19:51 PDT; 15s ago TriggeredBy: ● docker.socket        Docs: https://docs.docker.com    Main PID: 839223 (dockerd)       Tasks: 10      Memory: 25.0M (peak: 26.1M)         CPU: 155ms      CGroup: /system.slice/docker.servi...

Xeon Been  flogging an HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen 8 for a while now . But I think its time may be coming to an end. It can’t boot the “optical drive” (slot 5) SATA device directly, need to have a USB stick or Micro SD card installed internally to do that. (Which failed last week. Replacing the old  SanDisk Cruzer Fit   with a  SAMSUNG FIT Plus . Second SanDisk I’ve had fail recently; the other was a  120GB 2.5" SATA SSD . Hrm.) iLO sucks, the iPad app crashes constantly, it doesn’t send mouse activity to Linux, etc. I tried using the Comet remote KVM , but I couldn’t get an any active VGA to HDMI adapters to generate a signal the KVM would recognize. So I did most of this stuff using a wireless Logitech K400 keyboard with trackpad and a tiny Eyoyo monitor . Works, but awkward. Can’t boot a GPT partition scheme (it’s got a BIOS and no UEFI), if you try you’ll get a red screen of death with an inscrutable “invalid op code” error. The most recent LTS version...