Category Archives: Linux

The Nightmare Comes True

Yes, you can get a virus by drinking wine:). I thought this when I started to try some wine applications but I’ve never meet one. http://blog.opensourcenerd.com/i-can-haz-virus

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Try some wine:)

Latest version:1.1.28/Ubuntu 9.04 Instalation is quite easy, just right click Setup.exe and open with wine. Application:Office 2007/Longman Advanced American Dictionary/

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ubuntu 9.04 nfs server

sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server nfs-common portmap gedit /etc/exports /your/source/path  your.dom0.IP/24(ro,sync,no_subtree_check) exportfs -a sudo /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server restart sudo /etc/init.d/nfs-common restart

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Ubuntu lvm2

apt-get install lvm2 lsmod | grep dm_mod modprobe dm_mod fdisk -l #create a physical lvm:pvcreate <partition device,i.e. pvcreate /dev/hdb3 /dev/hda7 > pvremove /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1 /dev/sde1 #create a VG that maps the LVs to the PV on which they will actually be stored: vgcreate … Continue reading

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Install ZTE mf636+ USB modem on Ubuntu9.04

Ubuntu 9.04 (2.26.28.11 or later) recognizes the ZTE stick automatically. Just select which mobile broadband carrier you have and enable the connect.  The geek way: 终于3G上网了,最大速率3.6Mb/s,包月费用13euro。芬兰目前主打推销华为和中兴的modem。可惜我运气不好,拿到的是中兴的东西。好像有个bug,在linux下无法正常工作。参考以下网址配置完毕。工作正常。目前实际最大速率能达到2.4Mbit/s. dowload usb_modeswitch libusb-dev cd usb_modeswitch** sudo make install sudo usb_modeswitch -v 0x19d2 -p 0×2000 … Continue reading

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Notes for CentOS5 install

1. Disk space allocation: /boot physical LVM/ LVM: /swap(100MB is enough) /tmp /home / (at least 5GB)   … 2.RAID3.Advanced boot loader

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Yum update error

To fix this :yum clean allyum upgrade

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Thin Clients

If thin clients support USB booting, then the KAU can help students to save money by using linux.

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Ubuntu9.04

启动画面不错,多了个etx4。有评论说9.04 as slick as Windows7,我看LINUX太乐观了,10多年来linux总是抱着非我莫属的情绪,现实却是连netbook的份额都降到了二成以下。可惜开发环境需要老版本,不能乱升级,否则就可能要费时间重新配置目录,郁闷。

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Force mount

mkdir /media/***ntfs-3g /dev/sd** /media/*** -o force

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