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).
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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.
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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.
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The installation procedure is confusing only if you are not using csh (I use Bash) and if g77 is not available. Otherwise you can simply follow the installation procedure outlined in the official documentation file (i.e., bc03/doc/bc03.ps.gz).
First, you definitely need csh and a FORTRAN compiler:
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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:
wget http://www.
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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).
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Here is a quickie for customizing and install Linux kernel 2.6.x on Squeeze.
Install some packages and kernel source:
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:
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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.
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