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Replacing Ubuntu 12.04 with Backtrack 5 R3 dual boot with Mac OSX Mountain Lion
I installed ubuntu 12.04 to run alongside my osx on my 2011 macbook air and would like to remove ubuntu completely to boot replace it with backtrack. I deleted the partition where ubuntu was located ...
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Booting Ubuntu from usb on a Mac
I have a Macbook pro (late 2009) running OSX 10.6.8. I want to partition a flash drive and install my Ubuntu iso image onto it. Then I want to boot up from it by (restarting my computer and) holding ...
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Should 'LC_ALL=fr_FR.UTF-8 date +%x' give consistent results across machines?
The %x format specifier to the date utility should, according to the man page, use the locale specific date format. However, when I specify the same installed locale and try this on two different ...
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chmod: What does the `+a` parameter mean?
I was following a tutorial and it told me to run
sudo chmod +a "SOME_PARAMS" some/dir
I was surprised to see that fail telling me
chmod: invalid mode: `+a'
So I wonder: What does the +a mode ...
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How can I check if mysql is installed using a bash script?
I need to check if mysql is installed from within a bash script. What would be an efficient way of doing that? I thought I could do this:
if [ ! -f `which mysql` ] ; then
echo "foo"
fi
But I ...
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Alt-Left on OSX to behave like Alt-Left on Ubuntu [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to change previous/next word shortcut in bash?
When connected to a ubuntu server bash shell, I can hold alt key and press the left or right keys to move forward or ...
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Opening files from Ubuntu server over ssh from Mac Terminal
So I SSH into a Ubuntu server and try to open the file in a Mac program (Coda) and get an error:
Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console
Using the command
open myfile.html
This ...
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Sound volume control does not work in Ubuntu
My sound volume control does not work when I'm logged in with my regular user, though the sound works correctly. What's weirder is that the sound control works when I'm logged in as guest.
With my ...
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Create bootable ubuntu usb for mac, or any pc
I've used Ubuntu live and the start up disk creator tool to create a bootable usb with ubuntu.
I used the start up disk tool and I first clicked erase, to clear the contents of the usb, and then ...
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Is there a root password on OS X and Ubuntu?
When you setup a new Ubuntu or OS X installation a user is generally created for you. On OS X it is whatever username you pick. On Ubuntu (the server version) usually the ubuntu user is created.
The ...
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How to synchronize a networked drive and an external drive (Ubuntu & OS X)?
In light of a recent hardware failure, I've decided that it's time to be a little less lax regarding back-ups.
What I have:
An Ubuntu 10.10 'server/NAS'
A MacBook 5,2
A WD external HDD
The server ...
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Why curl -O -C on mac fails to download
The following script works on Ubuntu, but not on Mac. Why? How to edit it so that it would work there too?
#!/bin/sh
v=1.1
test_file="Test10.java"
jar_file="dp4j-$v-jar-with-dependencies.jar"
curl ...
