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Write-ups from the workbench — broken bootloaders, home servers, systems deep-dives and whatever else I end up taking apart.

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LATESTJULY 19, 2026·6 MIN READ

Turning an Old Pentium Box Into a 3-User NAS: The Stack

A rundown of the tools and rough commands behind a Debian/OpenMediaVault NAS on 802.1x-authenticated hardware, without the play-by-play of everything that went sideways.

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12DEC 2025The Unbootable Drive: Bypassing NVRAM Locks with a Fresh MindHow a kernel panic forced me into WSL for my finals, and how I finally fixed my Linux bootloader once the deadlines were gone.6 MIN READ

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