Use this tag for interoperability with Windows (dual boot, virtual machines, mixed networks, porting software, …)
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Can GRUB2 share the EFI system partition with Windows?
I have an existing Windows 7 GPT installation, which already has a EFI System partition.
I am now trying to install a Linux on a separate harddisk, which is also GPT formatted. I did not find any ...
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ask about diskpart in windows 7 to access file in ubuntu 12.04
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 in VMware 7 as ISO file through Windows 7.
I am having diskpart in Windows 7 with a partition of 21GB of IDE disk.
Whatever, I want to ask about disk partition code to access ...
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SMB Mount To Windows Server Appears to Lock up. Any Ideas?
We are running CentOS 6.3 with all the latest updates. (Attempt to resolve this issue)
The Server I am trying to connect to is a Windows Server 2008 R2 box. Though this applies to our old SBS'03 Box ...
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Unable to see Ubuntu as a option during booting after installation of Win8 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Grub not loading after Windows 8 Install
Earlier I had windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 and I use to get option during boot up to choose from both of them. But after ...
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Linux in a mostly Windows dev environment
A little background: our shop has traditionally run a Microsoft software stack but now we're planning to use embedded Linux and I find myself in the role of Columbus: conquer the new world. I mention ...
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How can I retrive password of putty? [closed]
I am using putty software in my windows to run the command for using linux.
I put the server IP as 172.172.100.251. On inserting my password it shows the Access is denied on the screen
I want to ...
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Fedora installer doesn't see my Windows 7 partitions
I tried to install Fedora 17 on the same disk I have Windows 7. First I got the message, that there are no free space to create partition, even in Windows part of disk was marked as unallocated.
I ...
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What factors contribute to the expense of migrating to Linux? [closed]
People have various reasons(... and more reasons) to use Linux:
Freedom
Reliability
Stability
Security
Commercial support
But the question of cost is usually put aside, although Linux ...
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Xming does not show an xclock window
I am new to Xming. I have installed and have connected to a server using Putty.
But when I type "xclock" for testing there is no output. It just remains like that.
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Partition wiped out possibly due to the partition table changed by Windows, malicious software, or …?
When the data loss problem occurred:
My Lenovo laptop has both Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04. There are two ntfs partitions shared between the two OSes: one for Windows 7 installation ,and the other for ...
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kvm doesn't load Windows 8
I'm launching kvm with the following parameter:
kvm -m 2g -smp ncores=2 -hda disk.img -cdrom win8.iso
My CPU has VT support and enabled,
EDIT
I seems to have limited emulate type:
pc ...
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What is the best procedure for setting up a triple-boot system?
I have a machine that I wish to install 3 operating systems on. The systems are, in no particular order, Windows 8, Ubuntu, and Backtrack Linux. Is there some document or step-by-step guide to the ...
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Very slow KVM in Ubuntu 12.04
I use Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit and KVM, my CPU is Core i5 3.3 GHz and I have 8 GB of DDR3 RAM. I run Windows 7 in KVM and it's extremely slow. My co-worker use Debian on the same PC configuration and can ...
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Fedora 16 fails to boot after Win7 installed a GPT Drive
So, I have Windows 7 and Fedora 16 installed on my old HDD. Everything worked well and fine before I've had my new 3TB drive built in, which I initialized as GPT in Windows. Actually I initialized ...
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Is it possible to add CP-1252 support to CentOS?
We have a CentOS backend running server software that is processing files generated by our clients. Many of our clients are Windows users, and generate these files on their Windows machines in the ...
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Running Visual Studio 2010 in Linux
Is there any possible way to run Visual Studio 2010 in Linux (Red Hat)?
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How to restore GRUB after windows XP installation?
After I've installed windows xp for dual booting, I need to restore grub of my archlinux installation. I did it a lot of times with windows 7, but this time heavens decided to torture me.
I have ...
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Program to manipulate Samba shares (net.exe equivalent)
Is there an equivalent to the NET.exe suite for linux systems with which I can do net view queries for example?
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Why is vim creating files with DOS line endings?
I have
set fileformat=unix
in my .vimrc, and yet if I create a file in vim (running in Cygwin) it persists in creating DOS files, and I have to run the little cotton-pickers through dos2unix to ...
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Want Windows to boot instead of Grub
So when I turn my computer on, Grub rescue boots up. I have finally figured out how to get into Windows, but now I want to skip the step of entering the information into Grub to get into windows. How ...
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Need to boot Windows 7 from Grub rescue command prompt
I booted my computer today and found the Grub rescue command prompt. I have been given this computer and it has Linux and windows 7 on it, but I have only ever used the windows section. I have no idea ...
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Identify remote windows server from shell script
I need a way to Identify a windows SBS server, I have a script that mounts a file share on a SBS server, I need the script to positivity identify the server before mounting. It doesn't need to be ...
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Active Directory Domain with SAMBA or Other Tool
Can I create a domain using SAMBA and set up Active Directory with SAMBA on it? And by this I mean no windows servers involved. I would also like to be able to log in from a Windows machine. ...
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Weird Booting Problem with Debian Squeeze
I have a Windows XP/Debian Squeeze (XFCE desktop) dual-boot set up on a Dell Latitude laptop. The Windows XP portion boots fine. However, sometimes the Debian portion does not boot. If it doesn't ...
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Linux and Windows compatible home drive
I want to have a singular home drive for both my Win7 and Arch partitions, so I initially set the partition to NTFS, as so:
5gb /
20gb C:
475gb /home + D:
which worked up until I started ...
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problem dual booting windows 7 with debian [closed]
I install windows and resize its partition. I then try to install debian in the remaining space. As it's installing the base system, it consistently gives me the following error message: "No ...
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Can't mount EXT4 hard drive after mounting it in windows
I have a 2TB Western external HDD.
Its original filesystem was NTFS but I formatted it to EXT4.
I had no problem in Linux; But today after I mounted it using ext2fsd in a windows box, I cant mount it ...
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FreeBSD and Windows show different times
In a dual-boot system, I usually use FreeBSD 9 but when I boot to Windows 7 my system time in both OS automatically change and show incorrect time. What's the problem and How can I solve it?
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Remove Linux Mint and restore windows's bootloader
I have an old laptop that is setup with dual boot, running Windows Vista and Linux Mint 12. I want to remove the Mint and reclaim the space to Windows. This is a simple task but I've been on it for ...
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SFTP and sudo using Windows client?
I want to download files from a linux system using a windows client. While there are many SFTP clients I am having the problem, that I need to access files where I need to be root. On the linux system ...
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Make WinXP live USB or at least bootable USB from OpenSUSE to play Diablo 3 from that USB [closed]
I bought Diablo 3 (Windows and Mac game) and I want to play it on my notebook, but I only have OpenSUSE installed on it and I can't dual boot, because I can't backup the files and have the maximum ...
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Is it possible to download extremely large files intelligently or in parts via SSH from Linux to Windows?
I have a ~35 GB file on a remote Linux Ubuntu server. Locally, I am running Windows XP, so I am connecting to the remote Linux server using SSH (specifically, I am using a Windows program called SSH ...
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Can I use an SSH key generated on Linux from Putty?
I have been asked to generate a pair of SSH keys so that I can access a remote server for development. To generate the keys, I used the ssh-keygen tool on our CentOS box, which I successfully did.
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Advantage to using Linux over Windows? [closed]
I want to get into using Linux more, all my programming and development has all been done under Windows. But I am wondering what is the core advantages to using Linux over Windows? What can I do in ...
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exit out of all SSH connections in one command and close PuTTY
Is there a way to back out of all SSH connections and close PuTTY in "one shot"? I work in Windows 7 and use PuTTY to SSH to various Linux hosts.
An example of the way I find myself working:
SSH to ...
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How to bypass youtube's local cache?
Youtube performance here in Brazil has been terrible lately.
Checking my browser's activity I can see that my ISP has a local Youtube cache and serves videos in 1.7 MB chunks.
Talking to some friends ...
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Does OpenSUSE Instlux overwrite Windows?
You seem to be able to install OpenSUSE from Windows using Instlux. Does anyone here know what the result is for the Windows installation on the machine? Is it overwritten, or does Instlux work like ...
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How do I share internet with Windows from my Linux box?
I have a Linux (Ubuntu 12.04) PC connected to the internet with a Greenpacket WiMax USB modem. I want to share the Internet connection with another computer running Windows 7 Home Premium, connected ...
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Sharing folder from Windows Host to Freebsd Guest
First of all, let me say that though I use Linux (Red Hat, at work) regularly, I am a complete beginner when it comes to actually administrating it.
What I am trying to accomplish:
I have (at home) ...
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Cannot boot to Windows 7 partition using Grub
Windows 7 BOOTMGR is missing when I try to boot into the OS from GRUB. Im not anywhere near being a pro when it comes to partioning or whatever so here's a image of gparted:
And a copy paste of ...
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Where can I learn more about how to use the GRUB `ntldr` command (module?)
I recently stumbled across the GRUB ntldr module.
Apparently one of the things it can be used for is as an alternative to chainloader to boot the NT >= 6.0 versions of Windows as in the example ...
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My VirtualBox Virtual Machine doesn't detect my USB attached disk
I'm using the latest version of both Virtual Box (4.1) and CentOS (6.2). I would like my Western Digital USB drive to be recognized by my VirtualBox guest operating system.
My host system, Windows ...
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Automate file transfer from Windows to Unix
I have the following situation: users update csv/txt files on daily basis on Windows. I use those flat files as input for my Oracle scripts which is on Unix. I need help on script/method of ...
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How do I run a windows executable in linux shell script?
I have an executable program (no source code, just the compiled executable) that was made in windows (.exe extension). It doesn't use any graphics... it simply reads and writes files. I want to be ...
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How to recover a multiboot configuration after having installed Windows 7?
I've installed Windows 7 and XP on my laptop. After that, I installed RedHat 5.
Now the problem is that I'm not able to load my RedHat.
What should be done to fix this problem?
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How to start a windows partition from the Grub command line?
I have Windows 7 installed on my system. After I installed Windows 7, I installed Fedora on a separate partition so that I could dual boot.
I removed Fedora by deleting the partition it was installed ...
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About to replace windows with Ubuntu 11.10. Will this cause any problems?
I have Ubuntu installed on a (originally just Windows) machine using wubi. What are the chances of going something horribly wrong if I were to:
create a new partition
Install Ubuntu 11.10 on it ...
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How to enable dual booting option at boot screen?
I have two hard drives, 160GB and 500GB. On the 160GB I have installed RHEL 6 and on the 500GB, Windows 7. When I start, the hard drive which is set as primary is booting directly. I have set the ...
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Mount Windows phone as a removable device
I know that the Zune software doesn't work with Linux of any kind, but I found a guide here that shows how to change regedit in Windows to use the phone as a removable device with direct access to the ...
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Windows host shares doesn't get mount when I boot into Linux guest in vmware?
I've enable network shares in vmware and I want to share a Windows folder with my Linux guest OS but I don't know where to look in my guest OS? In Linux I've looked into network shares and samba ...
