usefulgeek » tips http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog rants, reviews and kind hearted messages from some geeks Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:48:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Burn ISO from command line in Linux http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/2009/11/burn-iso-from-command-line-in-linux/ http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/2009/11/burn-iso-from-command-line-in-linux/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:00:20 +0000 jonmoore http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/?p=196 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Quick and simple way of burning an ISO image from the command line in Linux.  First, find your devices with wodim, the use the cdrecord command to burn the ISO image.

$ wodim --devices
wodim: Overview of accessible drives (1 found) :
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 0  dev='/dev/scd0'	rwrw-- : 'LITE-ON' 'DVDRW LH-20A1P'
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
$ cdrecord -v dev='/dev/scd0' Download/archlinux-2009.08-netinstall-i686.iso

Then, you’re done.

No related posts.

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

]]> http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/2009/11/burn-iso-from-command-line-in-linux/feed/ 0 Installing Dropbox on Ubuntu (and others) http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/2009/10/installing-dropbox-on-ubuntu-and-others/ http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/2009/10/installing-dropbox-on-ubuntu-and-others/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:12:27 +0000 jonmoore http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/?p=148
  • Share list of files in DropBox Public folder For Windows DropBox users. Here is a simple way to...
  • Quick install of Tomcat5 on CentOS At the office, we’re in the process of doing some...
  • Launch Google Chrome and external links with incognito mode. The instructions floating around are to place the --incognito switch...
    • Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>     I’ve been using dropbox to sync and share files between my various computers for quite some time, and overall have been very pleased.  However, one area things are not so great… documentation for installation on Linux.  After having to reinstall on my notebook, I decided to somewhat document the hidden part of the process.

    After downloading the .deb (or other package) and installing, dropbox instructions leave you hanging.  There is no dropbox folder, there is no daemon running, nothing.  The next step is simply to run dropbox start -i to install the daemon and launch the process to move forward.  It’s simple, easy and poorly documented.  Maybe dropbox should add this to the end of their install instructions?

    Related posts:

    1. Share list of files in DropBox Public folder For Windows DropBox users. Here is a simple way to...
    2. Quick install of Tomcat5 on CentOS At the office, we’re in the process of doing some...
    3. Launch Google Chrome and external links with incognito mode. The instructions floating around are to place the --incognito switch...

    Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

    ]]>     http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/2009/10/installing-dropbox-on-ubuntu-and-others/feed/ 1     Using source control for config management http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/2009/04/using-source-control-for-config-management/ http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/2009/04/using-source-control-for-config-management/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:13:26 +0000 jonmoore http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/?p=98
  • Open Source storage server This is not going to be a full review, but...
  • Rewrite incoming CallerID We’re using asterisk, and as part of the dial plan,...
    • Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]>     A project involving asterisk has forced me to find a way to help manage my configurations. I’m going to give using subversion a go at helping me to keep some level of change control and really simple backups, and I’m going to share my thoughts on that here. This post doesn’t have any new details, it’s simply a way for me to remember to update :-)

    Stay tuned.

    Related posts:

    1. Open Source storage server This is not going to be a full review, but...
    2. Rewrite incoming CallerID We’re using asterisk, and as part of the dial plan,...

    Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

    ]]>     http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/2009/04/using-source-control-for-config-management/feed/ 0     Super simple, limited and basic look at tar http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/2008/11/super-simple-limited-and-basic-look-at-tar/ http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/2008/11/super-simple-limited-and-basic-look-at-tar/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:42:00 +0000 jonmoore http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/?p=58 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Create a tar archive
    tar -c -f archive.tar *

    Create a compressed archive with gzip
    tar -c -z -f archive.tar.gz *

    You can also condense down the commands like so..
    tar -czf archive.tar.gz *

    No related posts.

    Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

    ]]>     http://www.usefulgeek.com/blog/2008/11/super-simple-limited-and-basic-look-at-tar/feed/ 1