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Whenever you are going to re-image a Linux machine (for instance, if you were going to use AutoYast or something to automatically rebuild the machine), it’s a good idea to wipe out the Master Boot Record first. This is to…
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– Submitted by Steve, edited down and into sections for brevity: “Without getting to long winded with my question, in your opinion, how can Novell and/or the Linux community [change these three problems]?” How in the heck can I answer…
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This one can be frustrating. I travel between networks alot, and I cannot predict the condition of the network equipment to which I’ll be physically connecting (when I’m not wireless). Many, many times, it’s Cisco switches; and for some reason,…
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This is follow-up to a couple of earlier posts I made a while back. See Part I or Part II for reference. Ok gang, in the earlier posts I talked about the philosophy about — and the steps required to…
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If you’re a regular around here, you might have noticed that there is no longer a standard, static, home page here at yourLinuxGuy.com anymore. I’ve changed it to make this blog the home page at the site/url now since, judging…
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You’re a RealAudio user. I’m a RealAudio user. We get all our Internet streaming stations set up just right in “Favorites”, and all your links to your buddy’s (or your) rock band in your “Recent” list, and you just want…
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So I finally got around to upgrading the blog software here to the latest version moments ago. I’m just pitching up a post to make sure it all works… I use WordPress, and now its at v2.3.1. Sorry if I…
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