Debian GNU/Linux OS

Column width in bash environment

Submitted by admin on Sat, 2008-03-29 22:42.

export COLUMNS=150

USB Stick GNU/Linux mini howto with Fix for "Boot error" Buggy BIOSes

Submitted by admin on Wed, 2008-03-05 23:50.

I was reading some articles around the web about how building your persistent GNU/Linux system on usb stick, I found many howtos but I had problems with my BIOS.

Creating and using Qemu for a virtual OS Installation

Submitted by admin on Mon, 2006-05-22 14:20.

Create qemu virtual image file:

qemu-img create virt1 1G

On my laptop for some reasons, no cdrom boot was allowed for the virtual installation,
so the loopback device comes useful to do the installation:
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=sarge-netinst.iso

Now boot the new OS installation (I use Debian GNU/Linux for both real and virtual systems)
qemu virt1 -boot d -cdrom sarge-netinst.iso

Then boot the new system (root or sudoed, as you need root privileges for routing)

qemu virt1 -boot c -n /etc/qemu-ifup