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| location | upstate, NY, Unites States | |
| age | 59 | |
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| seen | Mar 31 at 18:25 | |
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If you have questions about a cat I can take a stab at answering them. It will be completely and utterly off topic, but it's one of the things I know more about these days.
I used to be a programmer for IBM. I worked on TCP/IP networking for what was then called the AS/400.
An Examination of the (Vista) MBR
Details of MBR and OS Boot Records
Roderick Smith's books @ amazon
Roderick's GRUB (& stuff) blogicles
Hybrid MBR Strategies
GRUB2 hints and stuff
GRUB2 hints: chainloading
GRUB2 hints: chainloading Windows
GRUB2 hints: Troubleshooting
Question re: overwrote Windows partition PBR/VBR
http://askubuntu.com/q/99584/52923
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Apr 15 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Dec 4 |
accepted | Is there a command or method (other than RTFM) to determine if a system has a UEFI BIOS? |
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Jun 3 |
awarded | Enthusiast |
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May 31 |
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CLI filesystem benchmark for random read/write with specified block size Were you ever able to track down a utility which did what you wanted it to do? |
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May 17 |
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lshw and lscpu disagree on caches - which is right? @Raphael I don't really know why lshw returns the cache results it does. But possibly they didn't want to change their output format out of concern they might break a script that parsed their output. You can paint yourself into a corner all too easily with software tools. |
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May 17 |
awarded | Commentator |
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May 17 |
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lshw and lscpu disagree on caches - which is right? @R I was not aware you were (still) looking for something. Frankly, the problem I usually have with Intel is that is too much information provided. What sort of info are you interested in? Looking to the right on the Intel i7-920 page you'll see Quick Links. The datasheet link takes you to a Technical documents page. There are two volumes on the i7-900 processors before they even list the mechanical & thermal specs. Software developer mans on another page. Too many to list. |
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May 16 |
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TOR Transparent Proxy - How does to the TCP redirecting work Used markdown to clean up the links a bit. Added the diagram from the link because the quoted text refers to the diagram. |
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May 16 |
suggested | suggested edit on TOR Transparent Proxy - How does to the TCP redirecting work |
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May 16 |
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Unable to delete directory added remark about `//` |
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May 16 |
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Unable to delete directory Pity we didn't think to try running fsck just to see what it would come back with. |
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May 16 |
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Unable to delete directory You've still got me wondering (1) what the heck got written to that directory and (2) how it happened. Oh, well. |
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May 16 |
answered | Unable to delete directory |
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May 15 |
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“Destination Host Unreachable” when pinging wireless router You have not provided any information about your environment. Are there other wi-fi access points? Are there any possible sources of interference such as a microwave oven or a non-DECT 6.0 cordless phone? (If I want to blow my wi-fi connection away all I usually need to do is pop something into the microwave.) |
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May 15 |
awarded | Excavator |
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May 15 |
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Difference between bootable and non-bootable partitions @Rony Ooops. Updated my answer. |
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May 15 |
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What is the “Bootable flag” option when installing a distro? Very minor changes for English usage. Added link pop-up descriptions. |
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May 15 |
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Difference between bootable and non-bootable partitions I was wrong. My attempt to edit history so I don't look so bad. |
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May 15 |
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What are the ramifications of not having a valid partition table? If you could (1) run the Boot Info Script, then (2) copy/paste the result to a pastebin (e.g. paste.ubuntu.com), and finally (3) add the URL of the pastebin to your question, then we might be able to provide more useful feedback. Or another way to create a pastebin with the Boot Info Summary using a utility program is outlined here. |
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May 15 |
suggested | suggested edit on What is the “Bootable flag” option when installing a distro? |
