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Burn remote data on to a disc

I have an ISO image in another system which I need to burn on my system. I can copy that image to my system using SCP and then do burning. But I would like to know, whether I can directly burn the ...
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How do I install Red Hat Linux 9.0 Shrike from a USB drive?

I have a desktop PC which does not have a CD drive and does not have access to the Internet or other networks. I want to install Red Hat Linux 9.0 "Shrike" on it using a 8GB USB flash drive. I have ...
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How to make hardened operating system ISO image in Linux [closed]

I want to make hardened operating system image so that all changes get effected in the new ISO image
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SuSe 7.3 and ftp [closed]

Nowadays, i'm trying to install a SuSe 7.3 for a industrial machine. because original machine was crashed badly,So i decided to install distro and cp my files. i was searching on the net and didn't ...
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Not able to create a custom Tiny Core Linux ISO image

I'm trying to create a custom version of Tiny Core Linux. I extracted the ISO image, added the required tcz files, and made a new ISO, but VMWare Virtual Machine was not able to boot from it. So I ...
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Is it possible to run any distro from RAM from within an .iso saved on an NTFS file system?

Running entirely from RAM been done on various distros such as Slax, DamnSmallLinux, and newer Ubuntu versions, and since I have 8GB it seems reasonable that I could run many distros entirely from RAM ...
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how to create ISO and hide certain files

I am a newbie here and my apologies if I am posting a question which has been answered many times in a another thread. I did my homework find some relevant information But could not. Thanks for ...
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How to create a multiboot flash drive in Linux?

I like the way the yumi makes a multiboot flash drive in Windows. In Linux, can I complete the same task as easily as yumi does in Windows? With yumi, I just browse to selected iso (i.e. ...
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Convert .ISO to .IMG in terminal (Mac) (Linux)

I am trying to make a bootable flash drive with Linux on it for my Mac. I have Ubuntu desktop downloaded, and it is in my downloads. The instructions on the Ubuntu website tell me I need to convert ...
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loop-device: is this a Linux entity or a lower-level one?

Here's an Ubuntu How-to about booting from ISO-image on flash. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1288604 What I don't get is creation of loop-device in GRUB2 prior to booting a kernel: ...
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How to mount mdf image, iso9660 doens't work for it?

I have few .mdf images, that can be mounted with Alcohol 120%, but on Linux, is that possible? I've tried things similar to mount -o loop -t iso9660 XX.mdf /mnt/iso, but that doesn't work here, I got ...
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FATAL : No Bootable medium found! System halted

I just got a .iso of the linux distro Backtrack 5 R2. I set it up, using virtual box, and set it up to run using the .iso, and hard drive as a .vdi. Here's the setup: System: Base Memory: 1500 MB ...
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Lightest Debian Linux Distribution : Console Only - StandAlone (not net install)

Please suggest to me the lightest Debian Linux release with console only (no GUI). Please don't suggest any net install like netinst. I need an ISO of that release which is capable to boot and install ...
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Where can I find Mandrake 7.0 ISO?

I'm on the look out for Mandrake 7.0 ISO but I can't find it anywhere. Anyone have it? I need the i586 version.
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What's the best way to join files again after splitting them?

If I have a large file and need to split it into 100 megabyte chunks I will do split -b 100m myImage.iso That usually give me something like xaa xab xac xad And to get them back together I have ...
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How to boot from iso with Grub2/Burg boot loader

I'm using Ubuntu as my primary OS and alternative is Windows 7 for gaming, and another stuffs. I want to have menu to boot some live CD ISO. Is there anyway to make menu entry in Grub2/Burg to boot ...
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Iso booting with grub2

I am using Linux Mint 10, and it is installed on sda8. I edited /etc/grub.d/40_custom: #!/bin/sh echo "Adding 40_custom.">&2 exec tail -n +3 $0 # This file provides an easy way to add custom ...