Michael Otterstedt

Ubuntu Live USB Boot - Surface Pro 8

* Make sure Secure Boot is disabled * Volume UP + Power on to access Boot Settings * Set Secure Boot to 'None' When installing the OS to a USB stick, make sure it has an EFI partition and put the boot loader there. Surface only supports EFI boot.

Reinstall Windows 11 to surface pro 8

The surface's own procedures to restore and reset are not working, so left with regular install media * Create a USB install media using OSX - https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-make-a-windows-10-usb-using-your-mac-build-a-bootable-iso-from-your-macs-terminal/ * Boot Surface with USB Installer The regular installation ISOs did not work to install from. Failed after choosing installation

QNAP as Time Machine Backup

Issue: Mac is not able to use the QNAP as Time Machine backup. During backup it fails and says 'The network backup disk does not support the required capabilities' Resolution: Disable kernel-mode SMB Daemon Control Panel -> Win/Mac/NFS/WebDAV -> Advanced Options -> Untick 'Enable kernel-mode SMD daemon'

QNAP - Replace disks

Procedure to replace disks and expand the raid group. Done on Jan 25 2024. QNAP Model: TS-262 Firmware version: QTS 5.1.2.2533 Note that rebuilding of a new disk can take days. 1. Control Panel -> Storage & Snapshots -> Storage/Snapshots 2. Click Manage 3. Storage Pool ->

OSX El Capitan Installation

Installation efforts on an early 2009 iMac 24. Working Procedure January 2004 Preparations: * Get the El Capitan Installer from How to download and install macOS - Apple Support. Install the El Capitan installer and create a bootable partition on the firewire disk. Probably requires a working old iMac. sudo /Applications/