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Posted 07-02-2010 at 07:30 AM by Web31337 (In The Middle Of Nowhere [edK's blog])
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How to cleanly delete Linux partitions and install XP and multi Linux OS's on them.

Posted 07-01-2010 at 09:50 PM by navneethr

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Hello,
Thanks for your posts. It helped me in getting the solution I wanted. Here is what I finally did...

Deleting the partitions via XP or the 98 bootable CD was not clean and these programs could not cleanly delete the Linux partitions. THe linux partitions have to be deleted via the Linux programs itself.

Procedure:
I used the fedora disk and went into rescue mode. I used the skip option which prevented it from mounting any filesystems and went to...

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Arch Linux and House Guests.

Posted 07-01-2010 at 08:16 PM by damgar
Updated 07-01-2010 at 08:17 PM by damgar

My sister-in-law and her children are moving in this weekend for an indeterminate amount of time.. There's nothing wrong with that per se, but I can see already that I'm going to need a diversion. Arch Linux looks like just the thing! I'm generally a Slackware fan-boy, but as I've said before, Slackware's stability (even in -current) is sometimes a drawback when I just NEED to fiddle!

In all honesty though, Arch just intrigues me. I've heard that it's bleeding edge nature occasionally causes...

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Odds and ends.

Posted 07-01-2010 at 07:44 PM by peonuser

Making a usb fridge/warmer in an old Barbie doll locker (repainted of course).

Going to use linux via the parallel port to fire off compressed air rockets on the fourth.

Running U 10.04 on an old 800 mhz laptop. Not too bad.

Have another linux box to build.

Linux router + jet direct + electronics = home control possibilities.

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Macchanger – Utility for manipulating the MAC address of network interfaces (Included

Posted 07-01-2010 at 05:19 AM by sridhar11

macchanger is a Linux utility for viewing/manipulating the MAC address for network interfaces.This tutorial will explain how to change mac address from command line and using GUI tool.

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