How to attach an ISO image to a Virt manager virtual machine.
How to mount an ISO in Virt Manager as a CDROM drive.
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Get information about an ISO image very easily on Linux. How to view the contents.
Getting information about an ISO image is very easy on Linux. You do not need to mount one to view the contents with ls. There is a simple utility for viewing the contents of ISO images. I created an ISO image like this. ┌──[[email protected]]─[~/Documents] └──╼ ╼ $ mkisofs -A "Solyanka…
Read MoreStalkersoup is a very good alternative to Narodnaya Solyanka if you want a free roam Stalker game.
I am playing Stalkersoup right now, and it is a lot of fun. Much more fun than New Arsenal 6. That forces you to go through a bunch of maps in a pointless chase after getting the psi device from the Labyrinth. Stalkersoup has a Collector Free roam mode that…
Read MoreVery useful Linux tips for a desktop Ubuntu user.
Write an ISO to a thumb drive easily with the etcher utility https://etcher.io/. Download this utility from the Github site. Then unpack the zip file to a empty folder, or to your desktop. Then make it executable. jason@Yog-Sothoth » Desktop » $ chmod +x etcher-electron-1.4.4-x86_64.AppImage Then run the AppImage to…
Read MoreHow to unpack a Live CD image on Linux.
Unpacking a Live CD on Linux is very easy, if the user wants the files within the Live disc and is running Linux. Firstly, install the 7zip software. sudo apt-get install p7zip-fullsudo apt-get install p7zip-full Now copy a Live CD ISO to an empty directory and run this command. 7z…
Read MoreStrange windows cd burning experience.
I was burning a DVD ISO image of Debian 9 to a disc in Windows 8.1. This completed successfully, and the disk was burned and finalized with no errors. But then I discovered the disk was a pre-burned CD with an old copy of Ubuntu Server 14.04 on it. So…
Read MoreLinux and UNIX commands that are very useful.
To view the contents of an ISO image, the isoinfo command for Linux will come in very useful indeed. Just type isoinfo -f -i myiso.iso to view the contents of the ISO image as shown in this example. C:\MEDIA\ELEMENTS\FILES\ISOS> isoinfo -f -i linuxmint-11-gnome-dvd-64bit.iso /BOOT /CASPER /EFI /ISOLINUX /MD5SUM.TXT;1 /PRESEED /_DISK…
Read MoreInstall Ubuntu from a mini ISO image over the Internet.
How to install Ubuntu from a mini.iso over the Internet Download the ISO image here: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/zesty/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/mini.iso. Installing Ubuntu minimal from a mini.iso is very easy, the netinstall option downloads and installs all packages from the repositories on the Internet. Boot the installer and then select your installation language. Then set…
Read MoreHow to create an ISO image of a directory with the command line.
Creating an ISO image of a directory is useful sometimes. This command will create an ISO image of a directory, ready to burn to a CD or DVD. jason@darknet:~$ genisoimage -l -V hi -r ~/Downloads/stuff > cdrom.isojason@darknet:~$ genisoimage -l -V hi -r ~/Downloads/stuff > cdrom.iso Here is example usage, creating…
Read MoreHow to do a full Linux Mint 15 installation.
Ubuntu 13.10 alpha 2 builds released. Try out the new Ubuntu release and see what you think of it.
The new Ubuntu 13.10 alpha 2 disc images have been released; these are cutting edge releases of the new and improved Ubuntu 13.10 distribution. Download the disk images below and give this Linux distribution a go. Following on from Alpha 2 the next development milestone is Beta 1 and is…
Read MoreThe Fedora Project has officially announced the release of Fedora 19 ‘Schrödinger’s Cat’ today.
The latest Fedora release; Fedora 19 ‘Schrödinger’s Cat’. This brings many improvements to the venerable Linux distribution. The main updates include OpenShift Origin, which allows easy building of Platform-as-a-Service infrastructure; node.js; Ruby 2.0.0; MariaDB; Checkpoint & Restore, which allows users to checkpoint and restore processes; and OpenLMI, which makes remote…
Read MoreHow to install Virtualbox Guest Additions for Virtualbox in Linux Mint 15.
To install Virtualbox guest additions in operating systems that are installed into a Virtualbox VM, use these commands. This will get you up and running in no time. deep-thought ~ # apt-get install virtualbox-guest-additions-isodeep-thought ~ # apt-get install virtualbox-guest-additions-iso This will install the ISO image containing the guest additions. The…
Read MoreNew Linux Mint 15 distribution released. This is even better than the 14 release!
The final stable release of Linux Mint 15 is now available. This is the next release of the popular Linux Mint distribution and comes with new software and enhancements to the login screen and the MATE desktop. Get this Linux distribution and enjoy a Linux distribution that does not come…
Read MoreDebian GNU/Linux 7.0 released. Download this Linux distribution now.
The latest release of the venerable Debian GNU/Linux distribution is now available. This is version 7.0 and brings with it many improvements to the distribution and newer packages for the user. The installer has been overhauled and there is a set of multimedia codecs included with the distribution that will…
Read MoreUbuntu 13.04 released; this is the best version of the Ubuntu distribution yet.
The Ubuntu 13.04 distribution has been released. This will bring even more users to the Linux fold. I like Linux for the ease of use and the hardware support. this is a good reason for anyone to use Linux. The Ubuntu distribution has been around for a while. We had…
Read MoreMounting an ISO image with the command line and other useful commands.
Mounting an ISO image to a folder and accessing the contents of the image is very simple. Firstly we need to create a directory to mount the image to. |{/mnt/Elements/Files/ISOs}-{Fri Mar 22 23:52:17} -{john@adeptus-mechanicus } $ sudo mkdir /root/img [sudo] password for john:|{/mnt/Elements/Files/ISOs}-{Fri Mar 22 23:52:17} -{john@adeptus-mechanicus } $ sudo…
Read MoreFreeBSD 9.0 ISO interesting and the possibility of using KMS to enjoy a fast UNIX desktop.
I have downloaded the FreeBSD 9.0 CURRENT ISO and I am planning to install that UNIX distribution to get more practice using a UNIX based operating system instead of always using Debian based Linux distributions. I want to try out the Intel KMS patch that is available for the FreeBSD…
Read MoreUbuntu Gnome Shell re-mix available; download links here.
Here is a link to the page hosting downloads of the Ubuntu Gnome Shell re-mix. This is a version of the Ubuntu distribution that uses the Gnome Shell desktop instead of the default Unity. This is a more customisable desktop for the Linux desktop user. Of course you can just…
Read MoreHow to boot an Ubuntu ISO without a thumb drive or a CD. Read more to find out.
I was wanting to try out an older version of Ubuntu on my netbook; but I did not want to write the ISO image to a thumb drive to boot it; therefore I copied the ISO image to a subfolder of my /boot folder; /boot/iso and then I added this…
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