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Linux - how to format multiple file systems within one file?
I need to create a disk image with two empty file systems. I have created it using Next, I have created 2 primary partitions using ; one is FAT32 and other is EXT3. Now, I have to format both partitions in order to create file-systems to be mounted as . But I can't understand how to format them? I …
Add custom network device icons in Mac OS X Finder?
Mac OS X Finder is smug enough to display any non-Mac device as a picture of a PC with a BSOD, but I'm wondering if it's possible to add other devices, so my Ubuntu machine is detected and has a picture of a Ubuntu PC, and my Windows PCs has a picture of Windows crashing, etc. I know that public.ge…
Static routing on a TP-Link TL-WR1043ND
My home network setup looks like this: Both routers are TP-Link TL-WR1043ND routers. The basement router handles all devices in the house that are connected via cable, handing out addresses for the 10.89.49.0/24 network via DHCP. Wireless doesn't really work from the basement, as the signal is too …
How to stream the PC desktop to a phone with VLC?
I got this famous handy VLC player. I want to stream my PC screen over RTSP to my phone. Here are the details: My PC is connected to a DSL router via ethernet LAN cable, which has a built-in WiFi adapter. The modem, ethernet and WiFi have been internally bridged, so data can flow anywhere as desire…
Permissions restoring from Time Machine - Finder copy vs "cp" copy
Note: this question was starting to sprawl so I rewrote it. I have a folder that I'm trying to restore from a Time Machine backup. Using works fine, but certain folders cannot be restored with either the Time Machine UI or Finder. Other users have reported similar errors and the workaround was sugg…
Browsing website hosted in the virtual machine from host machine's browser
I have installed Oracle VM Box and created a Virtual machine. Now I have hosted(in IIS) a website in the virtual machine. I want this website to be browsed in the host machine's browser. Can anybody let me know the settings needs to be configured.
Keep GNU screen window open after program terminates?
The GNU Screen manual says: When a program terminates, (per default) kills the window that contained it. The suggests that you can change this option, so that a program terminating won't kill the window it's in. How to I change this behavior?
How to list recent yum updates
Last night I have updated one of my RedHat systems from 6.1 to 6.2. There were a few hundred updates. How can I list the recent updates that was applied to my system? I have tried but that only shows
Can offlineimap do a one-way sync?
I love the free webmail services out there but hate having years of mail tied up in one of these products. I'm looking for a way to cache a mailbox locally but still be able to access it from a locally installed imap client. I looked at offlineimap, which looks great except its doing a two-way sync…
How do I quickly copy 900,000 files?
I need to copy some data that includes 900,000 tiny files totaling around 30 gigabytes to a windows computer. However, it needs to be able to be copied and set up in under an hour and a half, and it can take 5+ hours to copy off a USB hard drive mostly due to the crazy amount of files. Is there a b…
What does it mean for a computer to be an "IBM Compatible PC"?
A couple questions about this: 1) Is this term even relevant any more? 2) Does this mean anything from a developer's stand point? It is not exactly clear to me if this is a BIOS, architecture, bus or a combination. A piece of software I'm working on expects to see a "Description" of the system and …
Run mplayer from bash in background without extra bash
I would like to watch a movie with from in the background, like I do with all programs and there has never been any problems: if you'd like to see Kickboxer, for example. But, this doesn't bring up the window, instead it says the process is stopped. I can bring the movie window up with , but then t…
sshfs: cannot set file timestamp
Using sshfs with autofs on Ubuntu, I cannot set timestamps on remote files: I do have write access to the file. The problem surfaced because files copied to the remote don't get the original's timestamp, but the time of when the copy was done. If I ssh to the server, I can also change the timestamp…
Btrfs on top of a mdadm raid10, or btrfs raid10 on bare devices?
I have a RAID10 managed by the and I have EXT4 filesystem on top of it. However, I like BTRFS and would like to convert the EXT4 filesystem to BTRFS, but I was thinking about performance and maintainability. For an example with BTRFS, I can't easily see the status when I remove/add another disk to …
Cloned GitHub repos ask for a password, while originally created don't
I've just lost a bunch of repositories from my disk, so I've cloned them from GitHub. These are now asking for username and password each time I push something to GitHub. Those that haven't been deleted don't do that. The only solution I've read for getting rid of username/password prompt is genera…
How long does data stay in a RAID cache?
Most higher-end RAID cards have the option to purchase a battery add-on to allow the controller to finish writing the contents of the cache to the drives in the event of a power failure. I setup RAIDs on the cheap without ever paying for the battery backup. How much risk is there in losing the cach…
What do I do when a program stops responding?
When a program stops responding, and turns gray and the box that says "this program is no longer responding" comes up, How do I know when to close the window, and when do I wait for it to respond?
Rebinding <s-mouse-1> to <mouse-2> in Emacs on OS X
I use a macbook pro and thus am subjected to a trackpad with one button. I can, of course, do by clicking and by clicking with two fingers, but there isn't much I can do about a middle click ( ). I'm surprised this hasn't bit me before, but I only recently started being annoyed by the lack of a mid…
How do I recover data from my presumably dead hard disk
I have a Seagate ST3500620AS (Barracuda 7200.11) hard disk: SATA 500GB 7200 spindle speed I've used this disk for about 2 years now. But today it happened that my computer wouldn't wake up from sleep state. I hard turned off my computer and after turning it back on, I couldn't load the system and a…
How does the internet really work?
There is much information I have seen on TCP/IP protocols/layers, DNS, LANs, VPNs, NAT schemes, SSL/TLS/etc., and the like, which are, I'd say, are more "user-facing" aspects of the way the internet works. But try as I might, it is hard to learn how the internet really works (its "internal" parts e…