Category Archives: Linux

Working with parted OR partitions larger then 2TB

$ parted /dev/sda (parted) mklabel gpt (parted) mkpart primary ext3 0s -1s Warning: You requested a partition from 0,00kB to 7000GB. The closest location we can manage is 17,4kB to 7000GB. Is this still acceptable to you? Yes/No? yes (parted) … Continue reading

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XGL on Fedora Core 5

HOWTO install and enable XGL (not AIGLX) on FC5 1. Follow the instructions on –> http://fedoraxgl.tuxfamily.org/index.php?title=Installation_en. Do NOT enable XGL before (2.) 2. Edit “/usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf” and set the “GdmXserverTimeout” to “60” (If you update GDM, you have to do it … Continue reading

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Bash Magic

Ctrl + A Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on Ctrl + E Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on Ctrl + L Clears the Screen, similar to the clear … Continue reading

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Installing FC6 on MacBookPro

Preface Hardware [root@pscmbp001 ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor  : 0 vendor_id  : GenuineIntel cpu family  : 6 model  : 14 model name  : Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2600 @ 2.16GHz stepping  : 8 cpu MHz  : 2287.197 cache size  : 2048 KB … Continue reading

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