Archive for May, 2010
Rebooting a Dell DRAC
Strangely Dell don’t provide a way to reset the DRAC card via the web interface. I got into a situation with one where I couldn’t upload a firmware update, and I figured rebooting the DRAC would sort the issue.
So to get around this, I enabled IPMI access over the LAN via the (thankfully still working) web interface, and then issued the following ipmitool command:
ipmitool -H ipaddress -U root mc reset cold
This rebooted the drac which then behaved itself :-)
Add comment May 25th, 2010
Apple Mac Keyboard Shortcuts
With my trusty Dell XPS M1330 is on its last legs, I decided to get with the times and buy a MacBook Pro 13". I’m very, very happy with it. However switching from the PC there were a few main keyboard shortcuts I struggled to find until I asked around/googled. For the benefits of others they are:
PC: ctrl-shift-left/right
Mac: alt-shift-left/right
Selects whole words, useful when deleting the last few words you typed
PC: Page Down Key
Mac: Fn-Down
Useful: Apple - ~
Cycle between windows of same app
Gosh I felt there were more than these. May add more to this as I figure them out :-)
Update: I also found that you can make dialogue box widgets tabble onto (OK/Cancel buttons etc) by doing: System Preferences —> Keyboard —> Keyboard Shortcuts and at the bottom of the page, click on the All controls radio button. Very handy.
Also Ben Summers helpfully recommended a useful tool called Alfred which I’d recommend checking out - helps you quickly launch things by hitting alt-spacebar.
2 comments May 9th, 2010