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Sunday, May 27, 2012

Debian 6.0.4 grub installation failed

Well, I'd like to share a problem which I had a few days ago. Hope the solution will be helpful to others who got into the same trouble.

Problem:

I downloaded and burnt Debian 6.0.4 distro into a DVD, and starts to install it. Everything was okay, but the grub installation failed. Then I skipped that step and let it to continue. Once it finished the installation, it rebooted the machine and there was nothing to boot.

Solution:

The reason for the above problem is, the boot loader wasn't found. The solution is too easy, all you need to do is, install the grub boot loader manually. Unlike grub version 1, in grub version 2, you need to install a package called "grub-pc". But how ?

Put your Debian 6 DVD and let it boot.
Then you will get a menu where you need to choose "Rescue mode"
There will be a process somewhat similar to installation process.
When you get a list of partitions to boot, select the previously installed partition and run the shell on it. (you will get an option)
It will load a simple shell, where you have only basic commands.
To install the "grub-pc", you need to add the cd-rom to the repository list. "apt-cdrom add"
As usual run "apt-get update"
Then install grub-pc, "apt-get install grub-pc"
You are done !!!

Saturday, May 26, 2012

JERNIcreative starts its journey

After a long break, I'd like to announce "burningnotes" blog has been merged with JERNIcreative Inc. JERNIcreative was founded in 2011 and started to undertake IT projects in 2012. At the very beginning, it contributed its services to some organization and individuals to gain experience and knowledge. Here is the link for JERNIcreative officials. click here. You can find "burningnotes" as their official blog.

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Comics

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Burning LaTeX

Most of the people who write scientific notes, have trended to use LaTeX editors. You may think why don't they use MS Word or any other WYSIWYG editors. Well, LaTeX is much complex and platform independent, therefore users might have some benefits rather than using MS Word. Learning LaTeX is not much difficult, but finding a proper tutorial can be difficult. So I decided to give a little help for people who haven't experienced with LaTeX documenting.

In this example I'll use "TexLive" package.

1. Installing "TexLive" is not different from others. (in Debian/Ubuntu)

# apt-get install texlive

Well, this may take a long time, which depends on your internet connection. It will install all the packages which is related to "LaTeX" and some other tools as well. If you have the distribution CD (full), you'd better check that out for this package.

2. Once you installed, you can start creating LaTeX files. These files can be edited by using any text editor and save it with ".tex" extinction.

3. This is just a small example, if you need further documentation syntax, you need to check LaTeX wiki.

4. To view the document you need to generate a pdf file. Only a single command required.

# pdflatex sample.tex

5. Use any pdf viewer to open the "sample.pdf" file.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Drop box in Debian

If you find some difficulties with file sharing, Dropbox is one of the best tools you can use. If you haven't tried yet, visit Drop box web site. click here

Good news : Drop box can be used under Linux platform.

Bad news : It only supports for a few distros. You need to compile the source code for the other distros. linux version

Here are the listed distros.

I downloaded the Debian version and installed using the normal dpkg command.

dpkg -i nautilus-dropbox_0.7.0_i386.deb

This is just an installer, not the actual dropbox daemon. To install dropbox daemon you need to use following command.

dropbox start -i

That's it. Once it finishes the installation, it will load a wizard to login, basic settings and file selection. enjoy !!!

Friday, October 28, 2011

SETI@home

SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) is a project which searches for intelligent life on other planets. Any individual can become involved with SETI research by using Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) program. more info

In this post, I'm going to show you how to install BOINC in Debian / Ubuntu and involved with SETI project.

1. Download BOINC and install to the system using mirror sites.

apt-get install boinc-manager boinc-client

2. Open BOINC manager

or you can use the terminal and type

boincmgr

3. Then it will give a wizard

4. You need to select the project.

5. Then it will ask for user login. If you haven't registered before, you need to sign up for the project.

6. Once you finish the task it will load the BOINC client with SETI logo.

For advance configuration click on "Advanced View".

7. Now you are done. This is a finale preview.

PS: Once you're involved with SETI@home project, it will take your computer resources to their work. If you don't want this, you can stop the program at any time.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Ancient Computer

Here I am again. Have you ever heard about Antikythera mechanism ?

This is kind of a computer which has been created in 150-100 BC. click here for further information. (wiki) There is a nice documentary program called Ancient Aliens from History channel. You can find many information about unbelievable things including this ancient computer. I'd like to post online streaming links to watch that documentary. Enjoy !!!

Ancient Aliens Season 1

    Episode 0: Chariots, Gods and Beyond
    Episode 1: The Evidence
    Episode 2: The Visitors
    Episode 3: The Mission
    Episode 4: Closer Encounters
    Episode 5: The Return

Ancient Aliens Season 2