linux

Ubuntu USB stick creation

Posted on 4 May, 2012. Filed under: linux | Tags: , , , |

It’s funny,but I don’t think ubuntu’s installation instructions ubuntu’s installation instructions make this clear. The easiest way to install ubuntu from a USB stick is to download and burn the CD. Then, boot from it and claim you want to “try ubuntu”. All this, on a computer with a CD unit, of course. Then, click [...]

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multivolume rar-ing

Posted on 14 October, 2010. Filed under: computing, linux | Tags: , , |

This is a problem I encounter quite often. I have this huge file, perhaps an iso image (say, a linux distro), which I want to transfer somewhere. But the transfering medium (external HD, usb drive…) does not take such long files since it has an old DOS FAT formating (for compatibility with linux, e.g.). The [...]

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