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Install Linux on Fujitsu Siemens ESPRIMO E5720

by Vivek Gite on September 25, 2008 · 0 comments

I was trying to install Redhat ( RHEL 5) / CentOS 5 server on a Fujitsu Siemens ESPRIMO E5720 and got problem with the installer.

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Explains how to display multilingual text such as hindi, chinese, japanese, korean etc text on the console using framebuffer, and bterm applications under Fedora / RHEL / CentOS / Debian / Ubuntu Linux.

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I was writing and testing few python scripts (yes I’m moving lot of stuff from shell / perl to python these days) and accidentally I renamed my own user account from vivek to test. However, I did not noticed change until I rebooted my box. Now I cannot run sudo (or become a root user) [...]

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GNU Grub: A Beginners Guide And HowTo Collection

by Vivek Gite on September 15, 2007 · 3 comments

GNU Grub allows you to have several operating system on system and user can select one to start. Grub allows you to boot different kernels, operating system, floppy / cd boot and network boot. Dedoimedo.com has published article about how to setup and configure GRUB bootloader with multiple operating systems. This article is a compilation of sources and examples that will help you learn about GRUB. New Linux users will probably find the notion of spending hours searching for relevant pieces of information (especially if their PC won’t boot) somewhat frustrating. The goal of this guide is to help provide simple and quick solutions to most common problems regarding multi-boot setups and installation of Linux operating systems:

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nixCraft FAQ Roundup – Dec 8, 2008

by Vivek Gite on December 8, 2006 · 0 comments

Recently updated/posted Linux and UNIX FAQ: => Boot Ubuntu Linux into Rescue mode to fix system – How do I boot my Ubuntu Linux server into Rescue mode to fix system? => Unable to create installation source – Add directories into YaST as an installation source – I have created my own patch files on [...]

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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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