Questions tagged [windows]
Use this tag for interoperability with Windows (dual boot, virtual machines, mixed networks, porting software, …)
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d-i partman | encryption dualbootsystem
i want to use preseed to automate the install of Ubuntu on a system with OR without Windows10 already on it.
It should use the "biggest free" partition on the client.
preseed.cfg
d-i partman-...
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Trouble booting up Kali Live from external HDD [duplicate]
I have a seagate external HDD which has two partitions :-
100 GB which has been formatted to NTFS and selected as primary containing the iso files of Linux.
1.2 TB NTFS logical partition for storing ...
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Grouping records with awk
I want to group records 7 by 7 and after print some fields.
For example the text below:
$GPGGA,132300.000,2254.5838,S,04310.9530,W,1,6,1.76,-0.8,M,-5.6,M,,*63
$GPGSA,A,3,21,13,15,29,26,05,,,,,,,1.97,...
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How To Convert This SSH cmd command connection to PuTTY [closed]
Here is an Image of the command.
i am new to the whole ssh and server thing.
The CMD command : ssh -R abo:80:localhost:25565 serveo.net
Basically i want to know how to run this cmd command but using ...
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Reinstalling Windows guest in KVM in Lubuntu host can't find some media drivers
In Lubuntu 18.04, I have installed Windows 8.1 on a virtual machine in KVM. Now I want to install Windows 10 with the same product key of Windows 8.1, so I try to install Windows 10 on the same ...
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Shared folder in QEMU between Windows Host and Debian Guest
How do you share between the two?
I have booted my image on my Windows 10 host using this: qemu-system-x86_64 -hda debian.img -m 512 -net user,smb=C:\users\jason\Desktop\sharing\ -net nic,model=virtio
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Fedora UEFI Dual boot breaks NVIDIA in Windows
I'm having a problem regarding nvidia drivers and a dual boot system on uefi.
I installed fedora on UEFI mode, so grub boots on an EFI partition(/dev/sda3) which then allows to boot Windows Boot ...
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Windows removed files copied from Linux and ext4 filesystem
I have an external hard drive with a ntfs filesystem. I have used it to backup the files under my /home (an ext4 filesystem). I choose NTFS only because it is said to be portable between Windows and ...
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WSL: Keeping ssh private key accessible as long as I don't restart Windows 10 (like the behaviour of pageant)
So far on Windows 10 I used mainly the PuTTy bundle (PuTTygen, Pageant and PuTTy, etc) to SSH into remote Linux machines.
I use Pageant as a private key holder to hold to private key (and possible ...
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mount failing when mounting ewf1 as a loop device
I am trying to mount an EWF image on Debian. From the original E01 format, I used ewfmount to mount it and it worked fine. Now, I need to mount the ewf1 file, and it claims that I do not have the ...
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kinit using keytab fails while using password succeeds
I'm facing a strange problem configuring KRB5 on Ubuntu 16.04 using Windows 2012 DCs as KDC. Calling kinit with an service AD account succeeds, if the password is provided to kinit's password prompt, ...
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Sharing files between Debian and Windows 10
I want to share files between my 2 systems, Debian and Windows 10.
I have Debian on an SSD, Windows on another and an HDD for sharing files.
But I have a problem, when I'm on Windows and I put a file ...
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Protect linux partition from windows
I want to duel boot windows and Ubuntu, however i don't want anything on windows to be able to access my Linux partition. Is there anyway to do this without encryption? As i don't want to slowdown ...
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Editing text files in WSL with Notepad++
I use WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) with Debian, which provides a simple cmd interface. I'd like to open files in Notepad++, which is installed on the Windows side of this PC.
is this possible? ...
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Able to Connect to vsftpd server using Windows 7, but getting error using Ubuntu 14.04
I tried connecting to my FTP server (vsftpd/CentOS 7/Alibaba Cloud ECS) from my Window 7 system installed on a VirtualBox using FileZilla, and it seems to be working fine.
But in my default system, ...
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After installing Windows 10 LTSC on a separate intenal HD, the Linux portion of my “fdisk -l” output has a column it didn't have prior
I have two harddrives in this computer—one is a regular SSD, the other is an M2 SSD. I installed Arch on the regular one and, after a little over a week of having it, installed Windows 10 LTSC on the ...
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cp works differently on a Mac
I have the following code to copy an entire folder:
#!/bin/bash
B="H:\pdf2txt"
DST_DIR="H:\Test_Folder"
cp -r "$B" "$DST_DIR"
This works as expected on a windows machine but when I change it to ...
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Identical SSH configuration failing
I have 2 windows computers with an identical setup in putty. Same keys, logging into the same user accounts using the same proxy command.
These 2 computers connect to my linux network.
My linux ...
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Manjaro guest on VirtualBox not able to get the full resolution
What I have
Host: Windows 10 Version 1803
Guest: 4.19.20-1-MANJARO
VirtualBox Version 6.0.4r128413
What I have tried:
using the VirtualBox geustaddition iso
1.1. from toolbar Devices > Insert ...
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Trying to install CentOS 7 and Windows 10 on same drive (dual boot)
I installed Windows 10 on my SSD and then CentOS 7. After the CentOS install's final reboot, there isn't an entry in grub for my Windows 10 stuff.
Here's fdisk -l
isk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, ...
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Cross plaform encryption of USB key (securefs Sirikali)
I'm in the need of:
a) a folder based encryption mechanism like securefs, encfs on my USB key
b) cross platform (linux and windows)
c) has the binary on the USB as I can't have install software on at ...
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How to render visuals running on AWS EC2 instance to local?
I have a linux ec2 instance that I am logging into using putty from my windows laptop. I would like to develop a graphics intensive game in ec2 instances using pygame, opengl and pangolin. How do I ...
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Drag-and-drop files into Linux Mint from virtualized Windows 7
Linux Mint, newly installed, is on one of my hard drives; Windows 7 is installed on the other HDD. I anticipate migrating totally to Linux Mint in the future. I have installed a virtual box into ...
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16:9 aspect ratio on Windows KVM guest (specifically 1366x768)
I have a debian machine which I installed proxmox onto. I have been having trouble getting one of my guest machines (specifically a windows guest) to achieve a resolution of 1366x768. The solution in ...
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cannot mount share from windows server on RHEL
I have a problem with mounting cifs share from windows 2k8 R2 on RHEL 5.3.
When I'm trying to mount share I'm getting error mount error 112 = Host is down. Other win machines can access this share ...
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Backup remote Linux server to windows
I would like to backup a remote linux server into a windows workstation.
I am looking for an approach similar to this, but in windows: Backup from remote server
Is there any rsync client for windows ...
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How can I p2v a windows gaming machine to KVM inplace?
I have a windows gaming machine which I'd like to convert to linux (specifically fedora), yet retain it's functionality as a gaming platform.
I was wondering if p2v the windows to a KVM image with ...
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How to forward GPG to a linux machine from Windows?
Here is my set up:
Windows 10 machine, my desktop PC.
Ubuntu 18 machine, this is my home server
Yubikey, has my private GPG keys on it
My work flow is as follows:
Plug in my Yubikey into USB port ...
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How to install Nitrux alongside Windows [closed]
I want to install Nitrux os alongside Windows 10. But I don't know how to begin with this.
Are you required to make a partition? How do you use znx to have a dual boot?
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Dual boot windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04.1 on separate hard drives
I have Asus N552VW with the firmwarre mode set to Legacy and the following disks:
* 128GB SSD: my windows 10 is installed on it
* 2 TB HDD partitioned exactly into two partitions
Knowing that, in the ...
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On Linux, make bootable USB from Windows installation ISO
I tried creating a bootable USB from a Windows 10 ISO:
dd if=file.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=1M status=progress
However, when booting, all I saw was:
BOOTMGR is missing.
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
I ...
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NTFS Signature Missing
I've been trying to access my Windows partition using Linux bootable USB flash drive.
Looking at the size of lsblk output, I believe the main partition is /dev/sda2
root@linux:~# lsblk
NAME MAJ:...
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Boot Linux Mint Partition from VirtualBox on Windows, don't seem to have /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc
I'm trying to boot a regular Linux partition from VirtualBox on Windows. I found this tutorial and followed it. Basically, this just creates an ISO file of the GRUB configuration so that VirtualBox ...
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Can't create bootable USB with WoeUSB
When I try to create a Windows 10 bootable USB on my Linux Ubuntu 18.04 with WoeUSB it gives me this error:
Installation failed!
Exit code: 256
Log:
WoeUSB v@@WOEUSB_VERSION@@
========================...
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Windows 10 item does not show up in GRUB menu after installing openSUSE
I installed openSUSE Leap 15 alongside my Windows 10 on same hard drive but in an allocated free space. I expected the dualboot option, but the Windows 10 item doesn't show up in GRUB menu at all. ...
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Boot loader not working, Grub Rescue Mode is showing instead [duplicate]
i used to have kali linux with my windows 10 on dual boot mode hosted by kali grub bootloader. Both OS had their seperate memory in partition. Recently i went to my windows OS and removed/cleared the ...
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Installed RHEL 7.2 alongside Windows 10 dual boot problem is Windows 10 is not booting
I have installed RHEL 7.2 alongside Windows 10. Windows 10 is already installed then RHEL is intalled properly and working fine. I have configured 40_custom file now Windows option is showing in boot ...
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Steps to Boot Linux from USB on Windows 10/Linux Dual Install [closed]
I'm interested in a high-level view of booting Linux from a partition separate from Windows using a USB bootloader.
My work computer must have Windows 10 on it because of company policy. IT is ...
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Linux access windows share without loading to RAM
I have a laptop running an Arch-based Linux system and frequently need to access a windows share at my workplace. This is really annoying since it takes ages to load. Particularly, one folder is ...
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Dual boot ignores EFI devices
My pc does not boot anymore in EFI/UEFI mode.
I had grub installed and was able to boot on both Windows 10 and Ubuntu Linux (14.04 LTS). I recently tried to install Fedora Workstation 29 '...
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Move Linux drive to an existing Windows machine [closed]
I have an existing dual-boot machine (A) with Windows 10 on the active drive and Linux (Mint) on another. Now I want to move the Linux drive to another existing Windows 10 machine (B) and configure it ...
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grub2 no such device (Win10 / Fedora)
I have Win10 installed on a nvme drive. I have installed Fedora 29 on another ssd with LVM.
When grub boots, it shows Fedora & Windows 10 on the list, as it should.
But starting with Windows ...
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Shared drive accessed in windows via sshfs not showing certain large directories
I've just set up an Ubuntu 18.04 server, and mapped its drive to my windows notebook using sshfs-win. This works for the most part -- I can read and write to most locations on the drive. However, ...
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Linux Windows dual boot UEFI BIOS confusion
I'm trying to install a Linux Mint dual boot on an old Windows 7 laptop. The laptop has UEFI (plus legacy BIOS mode as you'd expect) and it seems that HP used the legacy setting when they installed ...
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Rsync - write permission denied
I use rsync on Windows (Cygwin), where I move files from shared folder (from another Windows instance) to NFS storage. I have mapped the shared folder to one drive and mounted the NFS folder to ...
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How to find a newly joined node has windows, Linux or Solaris operating system?
I am doing a network service topology diagram. I need to identify the newly added computer's operating system so that I could run different scripts based on OS. How could I identify the newly added ...
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Mount an ext4 partition in another PC(Windows) at the same network in my Ubuntu Live?
Is there any way to mount an ext4 partition in another PC, running Windows, at the same network in my Ubuntu Live?
My HD just died earlier today and I needed to use Live Distros until I get a new one....
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Make multiboot USB containing Windows and Linux iso using a Linux PC
Is there a method to create a multiboot USB with both Windows and Linux ISO files using a Linux machine?
(Specifically, I'm on Arch Linux.)
I tried multibootusb, multisystem, yumi, syslinux, etc., ...
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Nothing Is Working: Installing Debian on USB
I need to be able to run a linux distribution on my Windows 10 laptop, so I decided to go with Debian.
I want to have a USB flash drive that I own run Debian on my laptop, instead of having my laptop ...
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Disable “smart” window switch on debian fluxbox
On my debian fluxbox there is a feature, that switches to the window the cursor points at without clicking (it just automatically switches making it difficult to stay within one window). How can I ...
