CD/DVD Filesystem Snapshot
Thursday, August 21st, 2008This will work with other filesystems, not just ext2, so you may want to choose a filesystem that is similar to what you currently run (if you care). The idea is that instead of creating an ISO image that is very flexible (can be read by Windows), you create a filesystem image and burn [...]
Making a Bootable Linux CD
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008This is an example of customizing Mandriva 2008.0
First copy the contents of the CD to a directory
auto-boot/
|– VERSION
`– isolinux
|– alt0
| |– all.rdz
| `– vmlinuz
|– boot.cat
|– custom.msg
|– isolinux.bin
|– isolinux.cfg
|– memtest
`– target.msg
To change default auto configuration file, edit:
isolinux/isolinux.cfg
Windows Hosts File
Sunday, August 10th, 2008Did you know that Windows also has equivalent to /etc/hosts where you can set IP addresses for domain names? It’s a plain text file in the same format, and it’s typically found in one of these two places:
C:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Install OpenOffice.org for a Single User
Friday, August 8th, 2008OpenOffice.org distributes their binaries as rpms. That’s great for a majority of the people who can install them, but in a couple of situations I’ve found myself wanting to use the most updated version but didn’t have root access to do the install of the package properly.
Here is how I installed it for my [...]
To Thine Own Self Be True
Thursday, August 7th, 2008“This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
Shakespeare
“The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right.”
Henry David Thoreau
A philosophy that not only should you do what you [...]
Once you have their money, you never give it back
Thursday, April 17th, 2008… that’s the first Ferengi Rule of Acquisition.
Some years ago, when I heard this I thought about all those rebates I’ve done. I’ve done quite a few, and my experience has been mixed. I’m not exactly sure how the decide which people they’re going to attempt to deny (even with legitimate rebates). [...]
Birthday
Friday, March 28th, 2008I got up this morning to drive to the hotel Melisa was staying at in Gaithersburg. It was a beautiful day, not too hot but still sunny. I decided to stop by to bring her something for breakfast. I stopped by a french bakery to pick up a few breads and some [...]
XO Laptop Review
Saturday, December 15th, 2007I got my XO laptop from laptopgiving.org today. I plugged it in and waited the whole day, but I think it was already charged. There’s no way to tell if it’s done charging or not (I think).
It’s interesting. The keyboard is exceedingly small, and the keys are like those flexible keyboards. [...]
