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Howto Upgrade Debian 4 Etch to Debian 5.0 Lenny

by Vivek Gite on February 16, 2009 · 22 comments

Debian version 5.0 has been released. It is recommended that you upgrade the system to latest version. Upgrading remote Debian server is a piece of cake. In this tutorial, you will learn about upgrading Debian Linux server from Etch to Lenny over ssh session.

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Install and Run Debian Linux from an Encrypted USB Drive

by Vivek Gite on February 20, 2008 · 2 comments

Another interesting article with security in mind. From the article: You’re probably familiar with the live CD concept — a fully functional operating system on a CD that can be run on any computer that boots from its optical drive, without affecting the one(s) already installed. In a similar vein, you can set up Linux [...]

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Restore Debian Linux Grub boot loader

by LinuxTitli on August 15, 2005 · 12 comments

Recently my hard disk went bad (some bad sectors developed), my boot.ini (Windows XP boot file) corrupted. I was using NT boot loader to load Linux. So I need to repair the Grub i.e. restore Grub in master boot record (MBR). Today is national holiday (I-DAY) and I wanna watch TV. Problem is neither I [...]

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