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Summary note: to bind and unbind use the following commands – unbinding will hide the device from “cat /proc/partitions” and the system. The system normally binds the devices automatically, however you canRead More…

WHAT PACKAGE DOES A FILE BELONG TO? ===================================== FIRST FIND OUT THE FULL PATH TO THE PROGRAM: which [PROGRAM NAME] WHAT PACKAGE DOES A FILE BELONG TO? dpkg -S [FULL FILENAME ANDRead More…

  FIRST READ THIS: https://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/HOWTO You can download arm packages from an intel computer (likewise any other type of architecture supported by the repositories, this example is for downloading arm packages withRead More…

How to Delete Weird File (Like the question mark files) I have two ways to delete WEIRD files   For some reason I see alot of questionable files (literally thier names areRead More…

DEBUGSFS DUMP FULL CURROPT VOLUME TO DIRECTORY SCRIPT (READ ARTICLE BELOW FIRST) NOTE: first read article below First put in a USB /samba share / ntfs / iscsi and note its fullRead More…

apt-get install gnome-panel gnome-desktop-item-edit /root/Desktop/ –create-new Thats for root, for other users ~/Desktop can be put instead of /root/Desktop apt-get install gnome-panel gnome-desktop-item-edit ~/Desktop/ –create-new

GOOD LINK: http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/manual/ddrescue_manual.html Just so your not confused right off the bat, the better one is gddrescue (which has the command name: ddrescue and package name: gddrescue), and the older not as good one isddrescue (whichRead More…

This article is all  about getting a progress bar, or progress output (usually dd is silent). DD PROGRESS OUTPUT ################## To get dd progress, launch dd and then get its pid ddRead More…