Use this tag for interoperability with Windows (dual boot, virtual machines, mixed networks, porting software, …)
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How to efficiently use Console2 with screen/tmux/byobu?
I'm using Console 2 and msysgit's bash to SSH into my Linux machines. There, I'm using screen (but considering tmux and/or byobu), but currently simply with one single-terminal session per ...
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Samba instructions work on CentOS 6.5, but not CentOS 6.3 - permissions in Windows are different
I followed these instructions to install Samba on both a CentOS 6.3 OS and a CentOS 6.5 OS.
http://rbgeek.wordpress.com/2012/05/25/how-to-install-samba-server-on-centos-6/
It only seemed to work ...
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How to access Win7 on a dual boot machine?
I've been dual booting Win7 and Ubuntu for about 4 months and I got on it today to change the default boot on grub, because my girlfriend kept getting locked out when it reboots and, by default, goes ...
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The NTFS partition is in an unsafe state
I try to mount a NTFS partition in nautilus, and it refuse to mount it and suggests resume and shutdown
Windows fully (no hibernation or fast restarting), the problem is that I have already disabled ...
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How to make titlebars in XFCE bigger?
No matter how big font I set for titlebar, the height of the titlebar is not changed at all. I don't see any editbox where I could enter the desired height of titlebar.
So far, I only found ...
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Creating Windows self-extracting executables that can auto-run a script
Does a tool exist (preferably packaged in Debian) to create Windows self-extracting executables that can auto-run a script in the archive once the extracting is done?
I've been toying with NSIS but I ...
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Cannot mount second 1TB harddrive in Linux, works fine in Windows 8.1
So I have this problem with my second hard-drive that I have been trying to fix for quite awhile now with no luck. I have searched around to try to find solutions to my problem but nothing seemed to ...
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Can't install Ubuntu because pc keeps shutting down
I can't install Ubuntu because during the "copying files" my PC powers off.
I've downloaded Ubuntu 14.04 with WUBI on my Windows 8.1 32-bit PC. I made a new partition with 15.9GB, (I don't know if I ...
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ssh from an unix server to a windows server (running Sysax) fails
We are doing a sFTP from an Unix server to a Windows server and also a ssh, from the Unix server to the Windows server, to execute a file present on the Windows server.
These 2 steps worked well.
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Open ports for local samba server with iptables
I can't seem to connect from Windows 7 to my network share on Ubuntu (Samba).
Why won't this work?
Heres a bit of information, that would perhaps be useful.
user1@computer:/etc$ sudo iptables -L ...
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Windows 8 not showing in Grub
Windows 8 not showing in Grub fdisk -l
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1465149167 732574583+ ee GPT
and here's what I see in gparted ...
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UBS-Stick with Arch is no longer bootable after Win8 has been booted
CS student but Linux newbie here.
I bought an Acer Aspire S7 and wanted to try an Arch Installation on an USB-Stick. I followed the Beginner's Guide. I also set up disk encryption using dm-crypt+LUKS ...
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Samba - releasing file lock
Our (Windows) users are starting a program from a shared subdirectory on a Debian server. They use samba to access this directory.
When we want to release a new version of the program the started ...
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Shorewall “ERROR: Ordinary users may not start the /etc/shorewall configuration” in Cygwin
I am using Cygwin on Windows 7 and I have installed Shorewall 4.5.21.5.
When I try to start shorewall in Cygwin, it gives me error:
$ shorewall start
ERROR: Ordinary users may not start the ...
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Dual Boot Windows 8.1 & Linux Fedora 19 (BootLoader Error)
I installed Win 8.1 in first drive C: and then attempted to install Fedora 19 in D: but after install, all packages in bootloader installation Fedora show the following error:
An unknown error has ...
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Connect Windows 7 domain member notebook to Samba 3.6
I have a Windows 7 notebook from work, using which I would like to map a file share on my samba NAS when at home.
The NAS is meant to be fully open, and not require authentication at all:
security = ...
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Installing Linux over Windows 7
I have a computer with three hard drives:
SSD with Windows 7 installed
HDD with Linux Mint installed
HDD with no OS, formatted as NTFS drive for storing files.
I have been using EasyBCD to dual ...
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Make a USB drive bootable for Windows 7 setup
What is the equivalent of bootsect command available in Windows, on a *nix system?
Usage:
In order to make a USB drive bootable for Windows 7 setup I have to boot-up VMWare and run bootsect.exe ...
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How to install Ubuntu in a netbook, but keeping the original win7 installation in storage
I have a Samsung N210 netbook. It has windows 7, starter edition.
I´ve tried the latest Ubuntu version using a pendrive and loved it so far.
I would like to install it in my netbook, but I would ...
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putty connection works but ssh command line refuses password authentication
I'm struggling quite a lot around ssh tunnels today.
First, here is my configuration:
My local machine, a PC with windows XP (ip=l.l.l.l)
My remote server, with a CentOs 5 installed (ip=x.x.x.x)
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Grub - Windows Invalid EFI file path
I have 2 hdd, Windows on the first, I installed Mint on the second.
This destroyed the bootloader so I used boot-repair to restore it.
Boot-repair identified both OS.
Now my fresh Mint install boots ...
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coLinux strange networking trouble
Installed coLinux, Debian, sshd inside, pcap-bridged networking, and I can connect to ssh service from coLinux console and from LAN.
Now, the strange part: I cannot connect to Linux guest ssh service ...
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CUPS Color & Black and White
Yesterday I set up CUPS to turn a USB printer into a network printer. All of the print jobs are being sent to the server from windows and it's working great except for one problem.
When I set the ...
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Unable to Boot into F17
I was currently running Win8 and F17 as a dual boot on my home desktop with an i5 chip and Asus UEFI BIOS. Unfortunately, while I was in Win8 I accidentally removed the partition that held my F17 OS.
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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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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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Making a Linux audio recording device available on a Windows 7 PC over network
I would like to use my headset's microphone both on my Linux laptop and a Windows 7 PC simultaneously, for different VoIP applications. I'm currently running Ubuntu with PulseAudio on the laptop to ...
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Linux Mint 13 can't detect SSD &/or Windows 7
I'm a newcomer to Linux OSes in general. I'm trying to install Linux Mint 13 Cinnamon alongside Windows 7. Linux Mint can't seem to see/detect either of my SSDs and because of that, it can't ...
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Unable to access Linux share from a Windows machine with NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME error
On the Linux machine I changed the smb.conf like this:
[john]
path = /root/john/downloads
available = yes
valid users = john
read only = no
browsable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes
The path ...
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Unable to add ubuntu to windows domains? using centrify
I'm using this guide to add my linux (10.04 lucid) ubuntu machine to domain.
First I tried using likewise, but couldn't do this apparently due to some compatibility issues with 10.04 kernel. I had ...
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Partition wiped out possibly due to the partition table changed by Windows, malicious software, or …?
When the data loss problem occurred:
My Lenovo laptop has both Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04. There are two ntfs partitions shared between the two OSes: one for Windows 7 installation ,and the other for ...
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How to recover a multiboot configuration after having installed Windows 7?
I've installed Windows 7 and XP on my laptop. After that, I installed RedHat 5.
Now the problem is that I'm not able to load my RedHat.
What should be done to fix this problem?
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Installing Debian 7 and Windows 8.1 on UEFI board
I have disable UEFI to boot to Legacy, I install Windows 8.1 and create the particion and finish with the install, them I try to install Debian and i have to format the entire disk to install Debian. ...
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Create NTFS partition (in Linux) for dual-boot into Linux/Windows 7
I have installed Linux (Debian) onto my computer (which is not partitioned). Want I want to do is to create an NTFS partition so that I can install Windows 7 onto my computer, so I can dual-boot into ...
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Connect Unix and Windows using shell script
SRCDIR="source/directory"
TMPDIR="temp/directory"
[ ! -d "$TMPDIR" ] && mkdir -p "$TMPDIR"
for file in `find "$SRCDIR" -ctime -1 -type f -name "abc*pdf*"`; do
cp $file $TMPDIR
done
cd ...
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Samba 3 file sharing access permission problem onWindows
I'm trying to set permissions on a server RHEL v5 whith Samba v3. The configuration of /etc/samba/smb.conf is
[project]
valid users = proyecto, admin
writeable = yes
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How can I set quotas (space limitation) for samba users?
I configured samba server in CentOS 6. It will be working fine. The windows users share the files through samba. I want to set space limitation for samba users.
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Grub doesn't recognize windows 8
Recently, I installed Windows 8.1 and Linux Mint Debian Edition on a new laptop. Neither installs seemed to have any issues, and both operating systems run well. However, the only way I can switch ...
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Debian, Windows domain and shared folder
I have linked many Debian PCs to a Windows domain. The logon process works well.
Every users has a personal folder on the Windows server (and they can access these folders through their personal ...
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Samba 4.1.9 returning “access denied” trying to change share perms from Win client
UPDATE: version mismatch seemed to stop happening for some reason, although not sure why/at what point.
Have a "public" (within LAN...like this) read-write share on a CentOS 6.4 box running, ...
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Kali Linux is not booting after installation after/before Windows 7
I have GPT, EFI (or UEFI?).
I've installed Windows 7, then Kali Linux (in opposite order too), but Kali doesn't want to boot -- Windows wants.
I tried to use update-grub, tried to switch the ...
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Install PLoP Bootmanager to GRUB2 on an HP 2000 Series to Dual-boot with Windows 7?
I know this sounds complicated, but how can I pull this off? So, basically after installing Ubuntu 14.04, it might have done some BIOS MOD or something because my PC lost the ability to boot from ...
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Tweak grub2 loader
I just dual booted with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 14.04. I notice that when Windows goes to Hibernation mode, when I get out of hiberation mode and get to the GRUB loader, and choose Windows 7 it freezes. ...
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Windows 8 booting issue from GRUB
I dual booted Windows 8 and Kali Linux(1.0.7) with Kali installed in legacy mode(because my laptop doesn't allow me to boot from any external device in UEFI mode,it says system does not have DVD/CD or ...
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Linux makes my audio speaker make a “poping sound” back to Windows in dualboot
I have a very strange problem that other people with the same hardware than me already had, but I didn't see any solutions on the internet. That's why I'm posting here, I'm a bit desperate and if I ...
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Can't start programs in Cygwin
I'm trying to start programs in Cygwin, which I want to run over ssh from my Fedora 20 laptop, I'm trying to run the programs within Cygwin not ssh and they don't run.
The system is Windows 7 ...
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Dual booting windows 8.1 and fedora 19
I am trying to dual boot windows 8.1 and fedora 19. I am in UEFI mode and using USB. I installed windows 8.1 and left some free unpartitioned space.. Now when fedora installation is going on I am ...
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Trying to install Fedora using Unetbootin on a windows 8 laptop
The Unetbootin does whatever it says it needs to do, and then when I restart my computer and attempt to launch it says that it cannot find ubnldr.mbr and won't launch.
How can I fix this, or is ...
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[AMIBIOS]Default value not getting reflected on flashing BIOS
This is my first BIOS mod.
we use a AMI BIOS from our OEM (Quanmax - KEMX-2030)
Currently i am trying to change the default value setting in the BIOS .For, which i use AMIBCP for editing the default ...
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How to back up and restore(linux mint) all softwares and files from C drive when windows 7 boots but stops at black screen
I have Windows7(32 bit) and Linux mint 16(64 bit) dual boot computer. Windows 7 boots but stops at the black screen. But I can boot normally from mint and can access windows7 files through mint . Now ...
