Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Updating on a Ubuntu Server



$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade


Friday, January 21, 2011

Re: Mounting a LVM Volume Disk

Actually, this is the link that tells how to mount.  The other link tells how to fix.

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-boot-ubuntu-linux-rescue-mode/

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Stan Hughes <hughes.stan@gmail.com> wrote:

This is an option when installing an Ubuntu server.  Although I did have something weird happen which trashed my server.

The problem is that if you try to rescue the server from a desktop Ubuntu disk, it can't mount the volume.  This link tells you how:



Mounting a LVM Volume Disk


This is an option when installing an Ubuntu server.  Although I did have something weird happen which trashed my server.

The problem is that if you try to rescue the server from a desktop Ubuntu disk, it can't mount the volume.  This link tells you how:


Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Re: The Fine Free File Command (FFFC)

http://www.darwinsys.com/file/

The main link for the fine free file command.

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Stan Hughes <hughes.stan@gmail.com> wrote:
Also called 'fine freeware file' in the README file.


On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Stan Hughes <hughes.stan@gmail.com> wrote:
http://www.darwinsys.com/file/

The home page for the 'file' command.


Talks about updates.


Give a nice history of the 'file' command.


An ftp link to the latest source code.


The Free Software Foundation (FSF) page.  A bit old.  The most recent version is said to be 4.23.

Notes on the file-5.04 release.