Use this tag for interoperability with Windows (dual boot, virtual machines, mixed networks, porting software, …)
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Installing Linux Mint on Windows-Ubuntu Dual Boot
I currently have an Ubuntu-Windows Dual boot. However, I would like to try out a new OS so I burned Linux Mint to a USB stick.
I would like to install Linux Mint and remove Ubuntu while still ...
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How do I get Linux on my sat nav?
I have a Clarion MAP680 navigation system, with some version of Windows CE on it. Is there any way I could hack it to get my beloved Linux on it?
It seems to have a 1 GB flash drive or something, and ...
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How do I mount a Windows folder with cifs on Raspian
I'd like to access the music library from my desktop with my Raspberry Pi, and I'd like to do this via Samba/cifs.
I did the following:
Set the folder Q:\musik as a shared folder on my Windows ...
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QEMU Direct Access to Video Card (or, QEMU Video Output without X11)
I have a system that boots up into Linux at power on and then needs to boot into Windows XP Embedded. After messing around with kexec and grub4dos, things aren't working out too well.
One idea that ...
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Automated partition selection in bash script
I'm trying to write a bash script to run from Linux on a CD or flashdrive that can mount Windows and change stuff, but I don't know how to go about detecting which partition/drive is Windows.
My best ...
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Samba and Active Directory limitations
I was wondering if somebody could help me with a question on a networking assignment I have do do with Active Directory and Samba working together (I chose SAMBA). I understand using a Samba domain ...
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Is there a Terminal Services gateway for Linux?
I need to route RDP connections to an available XP virtual machine through linux. Is there such a software?
I have a pool of Windows Machines (VM) all with different IP addresses and I want the ...
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I'm able to remotely ssh into Cygwin on XP, but it warns “Could not chdir to home directory” and my /bin is almost empty
I've made a firewall exception, opened ports 22 through 443 to the correct internal IP (I think), and am able to log in using my external IP, but it's like I have very limited view access to almost ...
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Can the grub2 bootloader replace Windows bootloader partition?
I'm dual-booting Windows and Kali Linux on my laptop, using grub2 as the bootloader.
Can I remove the partition Windows 7 creates for the bootloader? It is the 100MB partition labeled "System ...
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Need telnet to connect to phone system, but not full client mode
My telephone system (fritzbox 7170) outputs log data on telnet and some form of script is needed to start it from crontab, capture all data and write anything that comes in to a log file without ...
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Possible to dual boot Linux Mint on any Windows 8 laptop?
I'm searching for a new laptop, and I'm currently considering getting an ASUS N56VZRH71. Everything spec-wise looks good (except for the absence of an SSD :P), but I want to know if I'll be able to ...
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Boot windows from grub rescue command prompt
Previously I had installed the Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7.
Now I logged on to Windows, gone to partition editor and deleted the volume containing the Ubuntu (Thought it will delete the Ubuntu and it ...
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Running rsh command under the root account
I have two machines running Solaris 9 (192.168.2.9) and Windows XP (192.168.2.5). I need to run the following command on the Windows machine:
rsh 192.168.2.9 -l root pwd
To be able to run this ...
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Is there any way to copy files which were modified at a particular time? [migrated]
I am using the below command to copy all modified files day-wise:
D:\ws\xcopy *.* /s /D:04-02-2013 D:\new
How can I copy files which are modified at a particular time as well?
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Why does Arch Linux keep Windows headphone mute
I have an Windows 7 installed, and headphones works perfectly.
Few days ago, I have Arch Linux installed along with Win7.
headphone works fine under Arch Linux
but
When I turned to Win7 from ...
