I need to create a raw disk image for use in a virtual machine, but I need to create the partitions before creating the file system or installing the operating system. Can anyone describe a process to do this? Answer First create a blank raw disk image (25GB in this case): # dd if=/dev/zero of=disk.img … Read more
I need to create a disk image with two empty file systems. I have created it using dd if=/dev/zero of=./disk.img bs=1MiB count=1024 Next, I have created 2 primary partitions using fdisk disk.img; one is FAT32 and other is EXT3. Now, I have to format both partitions in order to create file-systems to be mounted as … Read more
Alright, so, basically, I’m trying to boot up Gentoo in a manner similar to WUBI; I have an installation on an ext4-formatted loopback file, BURG installed under the Windows Bootloader, and the kernel/initramfs available for booting. The booting still has some issues (those I think I can work out, they’re mostly because of small issues … Read more
Most applications only need the one loopback IP address of 127.0.0.1. However, not only is the address block 127.0.0.1/32 provided, and even 127.0.0.0/24 is provided as well but in fact the whole range 127.0.0.0/8 is provided. Clearly, this is a totally and completely unconscionable waste of space as there is no purpose what so ever … Read more
Are loop devices on Linux that are created with losetup supposed to be permanent? This does not seem to be the case for me. Whenever I restart my computer I see that the loop device is gone. I am using it to create loopback file drive. How do I make sure that a loopback device … Read more
I know that both are loopback IPs, but they have another ip mask. What’s the difference between them? Can they be used interchangeably? =========================================================================== IPv4 routes =========================================================================== Active routes: Destination Mask Gateway Interface Metric 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.6 26 […] 127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 Answer No. You cannot use … Read more
First things first: I know that you can install a sort-of-a Loopback Adapter in Windows. But what I really found strange is that there exists nothing like lo on Windows. At all. From The missing network loopback interface: Windows TCP/IP stack does not implement a network loopback interface, as found in other TCP/IP stack like … Read more
The end goal here is that I am trying to install an Oracle 10g server on my Windows 7 x64 dev box. I use DHCP, and the Oracle installer is throwing up this warning: Checking Network Configuration requirements … Check complete. The overall result of this check is: Failed <<<< Problem: The install has detected … Read more
Every time I try to filter to just show a specific IP address, I get an error indicating that it is “not an interface or a field.” I have no idea what that means. Furthermore, I don’t really see any localhost traffic in the logs anyway. How can I show TCP localhost traffic? Platform: Windows … Read more
I tried a few ways but they seem to be confusing curl. root@testt:~# curl localhost:8080 <h1>Hello world!</h1> <p>Boom Bam Splat</p> root@testt:~# curl ::1:8080 curl: (3) IPv6 numerical address used in URL without brackets root@testt:~# curl [::1]:8080 curl: (3) [globbing] bad range specification in column 2 Answer Looking at the suggestions — and breakdown of common … Read more
