Uploading ISO over 2GB to iDrac8

Posted on Saturday, September 26, 2026


 


I have a dell R730xd server with an iDrac8 with a 16GB vFlash.

Its relatively easy to upload an iso to it from the iDrac HTML5 web interface… As long as its under 2GB in size.

 

There is a way to upload an ISO that is over 2GB, but you have to jump through some hoops.

Uploading ISO under 2GB to iDrac8


 

I have a Dell R730xd server with an iDrac8 and a 16GB vFlash.   Here is how you can upload an iso that is under 2GB to it to use for installing an OS on the drive

Why do I say under 2GB?  Well if you are going to use the iDrac html5 web interface you are limited to a max of 2GB for upload.  There are other ways to upload a bigger ISO but that is for another article.

Claude and chrome-devtools-mcp

Posted on Thursday, July 23, 2026


 


The chrome-devtools-mcp https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/ [1]

Is an official MCP (Model Context Protocol) server from the chrome team that gives AI coding agents direct access to a live chrome browser and its DevTools Capabilities.

 

Grok and chrome-devtools-mcp


 


The chrome-devtools-mcp https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp/ [1]

Is an official MCP (Model Context Protocol) server from the chrome team that gives AI coding agents direct access to a live chrome browser and its DevTools Capabilities.

 

Grok Sharing Skills from Claude

Posted on Monday, July 13, 2026


 


I believe Grok Build will snag local Skills from Claude Code located in ~/.claude/skills automatically.  I want to test this out to make sure it’s a real thing.

Grok skills doc https://docs.x.ai/build/features/skills-plugins-marketplaces#skills [1]