2009
11.26

Acrobat 9 Fails when using ADMit (Network) Mac Accounts

by Don / Category: OS X / Add Comment

Snagged from http://groups.google.com/group/adobe.acrobat.macintosh/browse_thread/thread/c425e6404785220f/aafd5ccfb85618fa?lnk=raot

Accrobat 9 would crash on start up with the following messages in console:

[0x0-0x483483].com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro[9638]    terminate called after\
     throwing an instance of 'SQLiteUtils::SQLiteException'
[0x0-0x483483].com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro[9638]    terminate called after\
     throwing an instance of 'SQLiteUtils::SQLiteException'
com.apple.launchd[133]    ([0x0-0x483483].com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro[9638])\
     Exited abnormally: Abort trap
[0x0-0x487487].com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro[9655]    terminate called after\
     throwing an instance of 'SQLiteUtils::SQLiteException'

I am running 10.5.8, Intel, using instructions described link above, this is what I did:

  1. Log in as a Network User
  2. Go to /Users/Shared/
  3. Create a folder in /Users/Shared/ named 9.0_x86
  4. Go to ~/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Acrobat/ and trash the 9.0_x86 folder
  5. Go to Applications/Utilities/ and open Terminal
  6. Enter one of the following into the Terminal ln -s /Users/Shared/9.0_x86 ~/Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Acrobat
  7. Open up Acrobat 9 and it should work!

Tada – that was it!

2009
11.26

Freenas Upgrade

by Don / Category: Operating Systems / Add Comment

I’ve been running a Freenas server for sometime.  The configuration was as follows:

  • VIA EPIA 533MHz MB
  • 256 MB Ram
  • Sil 3112 4-Port SATA
  • 4 x 500 GB HD

I upgraded to the following configuration:

  • ASRock P965-GM w/E4300
  • 2 GB Ram
  • Sil 3112 4-Port SATA
  • 4 x 500 GB HD
  • 2 x 1 TB HD

The upgrade process wasn’t exactly straight forward but not too complicated, here’s what I did:

  1. Take a few screen shots of information related to the Disks and RAID array
  2. Take a backup of the Freenas configuration
  3. Shut down the original Freenas server.
  4. Pull the IDE to CF adapter w/512 MB flash card
  5. Install IDE to CF adapter w/512 MB flash card in target system
  6. Install the latest verion of Freenas 0.7 (Sadly rumoured to be the final version)
  7. Boot, assign IP address, login to management interface, upload configuration from step 2
  8. Shutdown
  9. Install the Sil3112 Card & 4 x 500 GB drives, boot, RAID is detected but disk management fails to see drives correctly, simply remove and re-add the drives in disk management
  10. Shutdown
  11. Install the 2 x 1 TB drives, boot
  12. Disk Mgt, add drives, format them software RAID, create RAID 1, Format RAID 1, Mount RAID 1
  13. Test / Benchmark

The end result is a much better performing NAS that offers better than 100 Mbit performance but isn’t going to break and speed records.  Overall the process was fairly simple and were completed in just over an hour.