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How to get llama 2 up and running , in a VM, with no GPU, and limited memory on Ubuntu

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OK I decided to write this up after unsuccessfully being able to find all the required info I needed in one place. In this setup we will be using Ubuntu Server 22.04.2 LTS as the OS. I have this running on a home lab ESXi server 8, on a HP Compaq Pro 6300 SFF CPU = Intel Core i7-3770 Installed Memory 16 GB I have some 10K SAS drives installed for the VM's If you have not already, navigate to  Get Ubuntu Server | Download | Ubuntu and download the 22.04.2 LTS ISO Next Lets create our VM that we are going to run this in. *Note Im using ESXi however you can probably do this in Workstation, Fusion, VirtualBox etc The main things to note on the VM creation. Set Ubuntu 64 bit as the guest OS Set your CPU relevant to the physicals CPU, I will be starting with 4 VCPU Set your Memory to as much as you can tolerate, I will be using 12 Disk Space - we are creating a 100G swap file, and the rest of the file can take up some room , so more is better if you can afford it Dont forget to add the U

Windows 8 RSAT tools released for 2012 Server

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Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 enables IT administrators to manage roles and features that are installed on computers that are running Windows Server 2012 from a remote computer that is running Windows 8. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28972 Overview Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 includes Server Manager, Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins, consoles, Windows PowerShell cmdlets and providers, and command-line tools for managing roles and features that run on Windows Server 2012. In limited cases, the tools can be used to manage roles and features that are running on Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008. Some of the tools work for managing roles and features on Windows Server 2003. Top of page System requirements Supported operating systems:  Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro **Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 can be installed ONLY on computers that are running Windows 8.** Remote Serv

Enumerating Groups of users and properties with Powershell ADSI

So the other day it was brought up to give a user access to see what users are in a specific set of groups in a specific OU. I did not want to install the admin tools just so they could use the ActiveDirectory modules, so i had to write this script using only ADSI. using ADSI only requires the end user to have read access to the objects. Here ya go have fun. # Group enumerator script by Jeramy Thompson # Downloaded from http://jeramythompson.blogspot.com/ # Change $ouPath to the path of groups you want to enumerate # To popluate different user properties # change $userCN.mail to $userCN.(property) for example # if you wanted the samaccount name change it to # $userCN.sAMAccountName # # # $ouPath = "OU=OUNAME,DC=netbiosdomain,DC=domain,DC=com" [void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms") [void][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Drawing") $Form1 = New-Object System.Windows.F