Installing a unix-like operating system
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What is the proper way of sharing the /usr subdirectory?
What parts of the /usr subdirectory are usually shared in common practice without introducing any system instabilities? My intent is to share share-able parts of the /usr subdirectory among VM's of ...
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1answer
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Trying to create a multiboot USB for Installs
I am trying to boot various OS/Configurations of OS Install from a single USB. Have been using Multisystem. But it fails when I try to boot an install created with RemasterSys + Ubuntu 11.04
It gives ...
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1answer
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Debian preseed.cfg/automatic install setup not detecting hard disks
I'm trying to build a Debian automatic install set up using a preseed.cfg file loaded into a client by PXE. The host and client are both Virtual Box VM's.
Everything goes smoothly on the client ...
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Migrating from Ubuntu to Debian
I'm a long term Ubuntu user who is considering migrating from Ubuntu to Debian (mainly because of Unity and the fact that my school has a Debian mirror). I haven't installed Debian on a system before. ...
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Grubby fatal error in Linux kernel installation
I have compiled Linux kernel 2.6.24.6 from source (without problem) and tried to install it. Specifically, after unpacking the Linux source code, I did
make && make modules
to compile. ...
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Where can I find a download of Darwin from Apple?
Where can I find a ISO download of Darwin? I downloaded Darwin at one time (even after they stopped releasing the ISOs) off of Apple's website. Unfortunately, I have no idea where the link went. I had ...
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Cannot forward when going through welcome screen for fedora 15
I just installed fedora 15 on my laptop, but I have problem get it working. My current situation is that when the installation is done, it reboots and gives me a welcome screen. I setup username as ...
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1answer
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Installing Elementary OS on a MacBook Pro 13" Early 2011 (8,1)
I'm trying to install elementaryOS (which is based on Ubuntu 10.10) on my MacBook Pro 13" Early 2011 (model No 8,1). I have resized a partition on my hard drive, and I've installed refit. Two things ...
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Which Debian Architecture Should I Use? AMD Sempron 2500
I have an old computer with an AMD Sempron 2500 1.7GHz Processor and 512MB ram. I am trying to build a simple NAS for my home office.
I downloaded the Debian Small CD file amd64 and i386, burnt them ...
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1answer
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Cannot get startX / Xorg to work on freeBSD 8.1
I am following this link for Xorg configuration on FreeBSD 8.1
After this step:
Xorg -config xorg.conf.new -retro
I can see the screen and mouse is also working but I cannot exit out of it any ...
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1answer
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Fresh Install of Ubuntu Grub rescue
I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.04 from DVD on a wiped hard drive. After it finished installing it asked me to remove the media and hit enter. Which I got the message:
error: no such device: ...
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1answer
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How to remove LiveCD after installing OS on VirtualBox?
After going through the process of installation of a Unix OS (in this case Mageia) on VirtualBox 4.08, the next step is to remove the LiveCD.
Since the LiveCD is virtual, how should one proceed to ...
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1answer
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Got a black screen while booting archlinux installation program
While booting the installation program (via USB), the screen goes black, it looks just like the screen has been switched off.
The laptop is a Lenovo Ideapad z475 and, as per the "Beginners' Guide", ...
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3answers
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Is there a way to run an ssh server on an Android device?
I'm looking to install Debian over my Android installation so as to be able to use openssh-server, as it's so much better than Dropbear. Is there an easy way to do this, or just to simply install ...
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4answers
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What are your best practices and future plans for deploying unixoid desktops?
I have been setting up Linux desktops for a non-profit radio observatory. For me, this was the first time I had to think about "deploying" several identical machines, centralizing login, home ...
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0answers
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Linux Mint installer does not see fakeraid drive
I have a computer with a fakeraid 0 array (the computer came with it, and I don't want to remove my other OS to get rid of it), and I am trying to install Linux Mint. When I first boot up from the ...
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1answer
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What OS should I install on old Sun Blade 1000 / Sun Blade 2000 workstations, and how should I do it?
I was given some nice old Sun UNIX workstations, Sun Blade 1000 and Sun Blade 2000. These are UltraSparc machines running Solaris 8 (which, with regard to all questions below, is useless because the ...
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1answer
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Trying to install Vsphere ESX 4.0 on x86
I am trying to install Vsphere ESX 4.0 on my x86 machine. It is asking for Custom Drivers to install ESX.
When installed on VMware workstation it takes the current installed Ethernet interface ...
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1answer
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How can I configure a set of computers to netboot?
I have a number of machines which I'll be deploying in the near future. As suggested here, I could use network booting to get these computers online without even having a hard disk in them. According ...
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How can I build a custom distribution for running a simple web browser?
You'll have to forgive me, as I'm relatively new at doing something like this, but I need to do the following and I know that it has and can be done.
Basically, a few friends and me are assembling ...
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2answers
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Installing debian on existing ubuntu - will /home folder be removed?
I want to install Debian with LXDE on partition, that already have Ubuntu 11.04 installed. I have a lot of music there, and I don't want copy it to another partition. I know that Debian installer will ...
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installing centOS as second OS on laptop
I am going to install CentOS 5.6 by bootable dvd and I arrive at the Installation Method stage that forces me to choose one item to identify CentOS packages. My CentOS iso file exists on my hard drive ...
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1answer
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Create Ubuntu USB-Installer from Debian
I have Debian Squeeze and want to create USB flash drive for install Ubuntu 11.04. I've already tried many ways:
boot.img.gz + mini.iso at drive's root + syslinux = installer "couldn't found ...
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3answers
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How to install CentOS 4.7?
I am trying to install CentOS 4.7. When I get on to the mirror site, it offers me
different binaries, bin1of5, bin2of5,bin3of5, etc. I just want the basic version.
Which one should I download?
Thank ...
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1answer
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How to fix possibly wiped MBR after centOS install?
I think I have messed this one up royally...
I have done a clean install of centOS 5.6 (x86_64) on my system. I got through the installation process successfully and rebooted. Now I am greeted with ...
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1answer
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Where can I get Debian initial version ISOs?
I am interested in installing initial versions of Debian on VirtualBox. Can anybody tell me where I can find these ISOs?
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1answer
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How to move the existing mount point from /usr/local to /usr in Ubuntu 11.04?
I am running Ubuntu 11.04. During installation, instead of /usr, I mistakenly assigned /usr/local to a separate partition. Now I want to change the mount point to default to /usr on boot but I don't ...
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1answer
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Disconnecting drives for dual-boot installation
Related to my post about my Arch installation, I'm wondering whether the following procedure would work:
Disconnect sda
Install Arch normally on sdb as if on a single-drive system
Disconnect sdb, ...
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1answer
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Problem installing Debian wheezy from USB stick
I try to install Debian wheezy on my IBM ThinkPad X40 2372-CTO via USB stick. First i do zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdb with this image. After that i do cp debian-*-netinst.iso /mnt/sdb with this ...
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First FreeBSD install. Is there anything I should know about differences between Linux and BSD?
I want to install FreeBSD today on a spare HDD I have lying around. I'd like to give it a trial run, learn a few things, and if it suits me I'll replace my current Ubuntu 10.10 'server/NAS/encoding ...
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3answers
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Is it possible to reinstall Debian afresh and retain all the cutomisation and data from existing installation?
I have done something stupid and messed up my Debian Squeeze installation. Now, the problem is I have enough data and sowftware installations which I dont want to repeat, is it possible to reinstall ...
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1answer
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Dual boot debian/Win XP - hidden partitions and primary partition limit
I decided it's (finally) time to make my eee a debian/WinXP dual boot. I have Windows already installed and chose to sacrifice most of an existing data partition for debian. Here's how the partitions ...
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1answer
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Installing Fedora along side Ubuntu
I have installed Ubuntu 10.10 by specifying "Use the entire disk" during installation. Now, I would like to install Fedora alongside Ubuntu. I would like to know whether it's possible or not. If it's ...
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1answer
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Ubuntu online installer?
Is it possible to install ubuntu (or preferably mint 9) on my toshiba notebook, using an online installer like the one on mintPPC?
The one I am referring to is found here, but many can not access it.
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How do I find how long ago a Linux system was installed?
How can I find the time since a Linux system was first installed, provided that nobody has tried to hide it?
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Install new kernel in PowerPC debian
I compiled a new kernel image on x86 using cross compiler with these commands (source):
$ cp arch/powerpc/configs/pmac32_defconfig .config
$ make ARCH=powerpc menuconfig
$ make ARCH=powerpc ...
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Find out if the OS is running in a virtual environment
Is there any way to find out if the OS i'm running (actually installing) is running in a VMWare machine. I need to disable ntp settings if the automated install is done on a virtual machine but keep ...
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31 Debian CDs — Why? and which do I need for a vanilla desktop install?
I've been using Linux (Ubuntu) for a couple of months now, and I want to try Debian to see how different it is.
Well, I've already found a couple of differences..
The first one that Debian-Live ...
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Is it good to make a separate partition for /boot?
I've seen some people make a separate partition for /boot. What is the benefit of doing this? What problems might I encounter in the future by doing this?
Also, except for /home and /boot, which ...
