At this point in the series we should have a working diskless workstation. Basically we have a full desktop running from an NFS share. This article will explore how to use the server to deliver a desktop, instead of our old laptop. In my case my server is much more powerful in terms of CPU […]
Category: Hardware/Disk Management
Ubuntu Diskless Workstation and X-Terminal Howto – Part 2 – Preparing the diskless image
Well, after a short break, we are back to our diskless X-Terminal Howto. Today we will cover building the actual diskless image that will be used to boot the X-Terminal. Using ubuntu, the easiest way to do this is to simply install ubuntu on the machine that will be used for the diskless terminal. You […]
Ubuntu Diskless Workstation and X-Terminal Howto – Part 1 – Preparing the Server
Why a diskless workstation? In today’s day and age, this is a good question. My take on it is that I have a multiuser operating system (Linux) running on a large machine (Dual Xeon 5160 with 12 GB RAM) that could be used from several locations in the house by deploying X-Terminals. Rather than spending […]
Dealing with multiple USB sound devices
Ever been plagued by your linux system detecting your webcam as the first sound device instead of your USB headset? This is a common problem with Linux, but can be easily remedied with editing your systems module configuration. On Ubuntu, the important file is /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf. This file controls the module settings and parameters for the […]
Boot Sector Management
As promised, tonight we explore boot sector management on X86 style hardware. Anyone who works with PC hardware long enough, and especially those using linux as primary or secondary OS in a dual boot configuration will find this information valuable. The system boot sector on x86 style hardware is crucial to being able to boot […]
Disk and Partition Imaging using dd
Linux provides an abundance of advanced command line tools to manage and modify just about anything on your system. Today we will explore the use of dd, the primary tool on linux for creating and restoring disk images, among other things. The dd (diskdump) on Linux can be used to backup an entire disk or […]
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