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How to restore Grub from a Ubuntu Live CD This will restore grub if you already had it installed but lost it due to a Windows install or some other accident that erased/changed your master boot record (MBR) so that...
Formatting date in MS-DOS batch file I needed to make a simple MS-DOS backupscript in Windows XP today and the files were supposed to be stored in folders named by the current date, ISO style. I ended up...
Text to image using imagemagick convert -size 200x30 xc:transparent -font /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf -fill black -pointsize 12 -draw "text 5,15 'this is just a test'" test.
Ubuntu Linux 7.10 Beta on HP Compaq 8510p (laptop) I experienced problems booting the install-CD for both Ubuntu 7.04 and Fedora Core 7 on my HP Compaq 8510p laptop because the kernel didn’t have the correct SATA driver, so I...