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Installing Ubuntu (12.04 LTS 64-bit) from an ISO Image on Hard Drive

Written by Taro Sato on . Tagged: Linux sysadmin

Sometimes it’s useful to be able to install Linux off an ISO image on hard drive for whatever reason. My Dell XPS 630i has had some issues when I was installing Debian off an install CD/USB, likely related to how GRUB 2 does not gracefully deals with SATA configuration particular to this machine (the install process doesn’t appear to recognize /dev/sdaX properly at some point, ending up in IO errors or kernel panic). ... Continue reading.

Installing Debian Squeeze from Hard Disk

Written by Taro Sato on . Tagged: sysadmin Linux

Unfortunately the Debian installer does not work on my Dell desktop box. I still wanted to do a fresh install of Squeeze, and the only sensible option for me was to install off hard disk. I have been having the same issue for several months and I have not been able to solve it myself, and nobody responds to my bug report; however, this hard drive method may work well even if I have a working install USB stick/CD media. ... Continue reading.

Installing F.lux on Debian Squeeze

Written by Taro Sato on . Tagged: sysadmin Linux

In another feeble attempt to become a “morning person,” I’ve decided to follow the usual advice that I should not be looking at bright LCD screen at night to help myself going into the “sleep mode.” Hence F.lux. I want it to launch automatically at the start of a KDE session. ... Continue reading.

Installing Kindle for PC on Debian Squeeze

Written by Taro Sato on . Tagged: sysadmin Linux Windows

I sometimes want to run Kindle for PC on Wine. Amazon is so lame that they don’t even bother making a native Linux version of this software! Here is the procedure. Move to a temporary directory and do: sudoaptitudeinstallwinelib32nssmdnscabextractbzip2 wget http://www. ... Continue reading.

Installing Debian Squeeze (AMD64) on Lenovo T410s

Written by Taro Sato on . Tagged: Linux sysadmin

So far the only thing that I do not like about T410s is its short battery life. I can only get 2 to 3 hours out of “standard” usage. Hopefully this will improve as I tweak things more. To Begin With: A Problem Unfortunately I had a major issue with my T410s recently (November 17, 2010). ... Continue reading.

Customizing & Installing Linux Kernel on Debian Squeeze

Written by Taro Sato on . Tagged: Linux sysadmin

Here is a quickie for customizing and install Linux kernel 2.6.x on Squeeze. Install some packages and kernel source: sudoaptitudeupdate sudo aptitude install kernel-package bzip2 g++ libqt3-mt-dev libncurses5-dev sudo fakeroot If you do not belong to group “src”, add yourself to the group as we work under /usr/src: ... Continue reading.

Formatting a USB Drive with ext4 for Use with Linux

Written by Taro Sato on . Tagged: sysadmin Linux

I wish to use an external USB drive exclusively on a Linux system (in my case, Debian). I want to use the ext4 filesystem. Note that this method wipes out the filesystem on the drive. Install hotplug-type package such that upon plugging the USB drive in the device is attached to somewhere in the system. ... Continue reading.