Seshadri Ramaswami's List: Linux

Preparing a pen-drive that boots into Linux without requiring an ISO burned CD

www.pendrivelinux.com/...nime-2008-install-from-windows - Preview

USB pclinuxOS flash on 2008-06-02 and saved by 6 people

fedora update without net

www.linuxquestions.org/...showthread.php - Preview

yum localupdate on 2008-04-16

Use this method, when your PC can't boot through CDROM. You have to download two files that play the role of initrd.img and vmlinuz

cutecomputer.wordpress.com/...boot-cdrom-through-grub - Preview

boot GRUB CDROM on 2008-08-14

A nice article on Logical Volume Management with a nicer diagram showing how physical devices are clubbed to form a volume group

www.nongnu.org/...ch04s02.html - Preview

LVM PV PE on 2008-08-13

FedoraForum.org is the Support forum for Fedora Core Linux.

forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php - Preview

LVM Vol00 on 2008-08-12

Running a live-CD without booting it

www.vmwarez.com/...cd-player-virtual-machine.html - Preview

vmware on 2008-04-16 and saved by 18 people

mysql root password recovery

www.debianadmin.com/ql-database-root-password.html - Preview

mysql on 2008-08-15

An easy method to speed up a crawling internet connection. Applicable to SuSE too, though the suggestion comes from Ubuntu forum

ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php - Preview

Slow Internet IPV6 etc_modprobe.d_bad_list on 2008-08-17 and saved by 2 people

If too many windows pop up, when you have not clicked your mouse even once, it is a signal from your hard disk that its days are numbered. How to make a replica of your Linux OS before the aged disk rests in peace. Read on.

groups.google.com/...235ab460ee75d474 - Preview

clone g4l ghost for linux on 2008-11-12

rpm -qa -queryformat='%{SIZE} %{NAME}' | sort -n

lowfatlinux.com/linux-rpm-query.html - Preview

rpm package size on 2008-12-13 and saved by 2 people

How to solve the issue of "Root device not ready. Waiting....."

ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php - Preview

USB root device not ready on 2009-02-14

Sound is not working in SuSE even if the sound card appears to be installed per YaST

forums.opensuse.org/...-sound-super-quiet-11-1-a.html - Preview

speaker is quiet no sound on 2009-05-04

This guide is primarily geared towards running aterm with a transparent background on a windows machine so that you can have a decent client for the Cygwin commandline, instead of the crappy Windows one

vivin.net/...thout_a_DOS_console_on_Cygwin_ - Preview

rootless X on 2009-05-28

wiki.sugarlabs.org/...Sugar_on_a_Stick - Preview

USB sugar os linux olpc on 2009-07-09 and saved by 29 people

You don't tug on Superman's cape, you don't spit into the wind...

googleblog.blogspot.com/...roducing-google-chrome-os.html - Preview

google chrome linux netbook opensource on 2009-07-09 and saved by 71 people

One more URL that exemplifies rpm command

rpm5.org/...queryformat.html - Preview

rpm formats query on 2009-11-21