I’m at a loss as to what’s going wrong for me here. I have a few dozen units that work, and a few dozen units that don’t, and they all vary by hardware and platform. I have a CentOS 7.3 PXE server running cobbler with a number of CentOS-based LiveCD options on it. They worked … Read more
One of my office Windows machine has been crashed( blue screen). I am browsing my file system (crashed pc’s drive(c:)) from my Ubuntu Live CD. I am setting up new OS on my crashed pc. I am looking for a way to copy my existing printers+network configurations to my new Windows. So, how can I … Read more
I need to create a bootable, live, desktop ISO. This will be a utility disk, a bootable ISO image created for the sole purpose of allowing the user to run a script which will resize an existing local disk volume. This ISO will not be used to install anything. I don’t want anything to run … Read more
For the retrofit of some older embedded (Intel, x86) PCs I would like to install a customized Debian image with as little as possible user interaction. Normally I would create a Debian installation, customize it (install packages, configuration files, etc) then remove all device-specific configuration (SSH Host keys etc) create an image file, and flash … Read more
I’m trying to create my own Linux distro in LiveCD format. I have put a webserver in my Linux LiveCD, and make it automatically startup during boot time. I have made the LiveCD to auto-login to desktop environment without requiring user to type in their password. Now, I would like to configure the web browser … Read more
I’ve created quite a predicament with my desktop installation and would prefer to be able to salvage it instead of having to reformat/re-install Ubuntu. Quite a lot happened and here’s my best recollection: My Ubuntu installation stopped working and I could not get the desktop to load. I backup up my entire home directory by … Read more
I want to add some drivers to the CentOS LiveCD. These drivers are not present on out of the box CentOS LiveCD. So Once I add the the new drivers to the LiveCD, and then boot up the server with the LiveCD then I am hoping that it will recognize the new hardware. I have … Read more
Using any Live CD possible to do ssh? If yes kindly share the step. I have use Ubuntu v12 after booting in live mode $ sudo bash # apt-get install openssh-server # /etc/init.d/ssh restart or service ssh restart Error say unrecognized service Answer Step 1 use “clonezilla Live CD” Step 2 boot using Clonezilla Live … Read more
Oracle support had me delete the Intel IXGBE driver (/kernel/drv/amd64/ixgbe) and replace it with a Debug Driver to test something. I did this and then rebooted and am now stuck in a boot loop. Right before it crashes, I see the image below on the screen. Support has been slow to get back to me … Read more
I have an old Ubuntu server inside a Virtual Box. I migrated to a new laptop a while ago and now for whatever reason I can’t remember the password nor ssh to the box. Ordinarily I’d fire up a Live CD mount the appropriate partition and fix the problems that way. The problem is this … Read more
