Archive for March, 2009
Encrypting External HDD with LUKS
I am using OpenSUSE on my main computers, so LUKS is a good option to encrypt my external hdd. I can use Truecrypt if I want to use the hdd with mac or windows, but here is not the case. You can also use LUKS under windows with FreeOTFE.
Here are the steps to encrypt [...]
dd command “progress bar”
I am using sometimes
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$ sudo dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdd1
$ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdd1
and I would like to see the progress of dd command. So, do the following:
1. open a new terminal/console and type:
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$ sudo killall -USR1
2. open the terminal/console where your dd is running and you will see something like this:
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2242867712 bytes (2.2 GB) copied, 396.007 [...]
Installing Intel Compiler Suite on OpenSUSE 11.1
Here are the basic steps to install Intel C/C++ and Fortran Compilers on OpenSUSE 11.1:
1. download Intel C/C++ and Fortran Compilers from their website. They are free for non-commercial use
2. unpack and start the installer
3. at some point I received:
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Step no: 4 of 7 | Installation configuration – Missing Critical Pre-requisite
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The following required for installation [...]
A lot of space …
just two screenshots of my USB Memory Stick:
Truecrypt and ext2ifs on Vista
When I built my USB Memory Stick Companion I could not mount the encrypted volume with Truecrypt on Vista, every time I got a “nice” blue screen. So, after some search on google I found that the problem is a compatibility issue between Truecrypt and Ext2ifs, but a simple update for Ext2ifs to the latest [...]
My USB Memory Stick Companion
I have a Kingston Data Traveler 4 GB USB Drive, and a few days ago I decided to use it also as a rescue boot device (to be bootable in order to recover data when needed), as storage device (to move around some files, used on windows, mac, linux, freebsd), to have on it some [...]
Parallel Programming with MPI in Bristol
I spent the last 4 days in Bristol to attend to “Parallel Programming with MPI” course, provided by HECToR which is the UK’s high-end computing resource, funded by the Research Councils and available for researchers at UK universities, and by NAG – The Numerical Algorithms Group specialized in the provision of software for the solution [...]
Eclipse Updates/Plugins on OpenSUSE 11.1
I have just installed Eclipse on OpenSUSE 11.1 from repository, but after that I could not install any plugins, the message has been:
Some people suggest that you have to remove the installed version from repo and download the latest version from eclipse website. I didn’t want to do that, so, If you have the same [...]
Remove Beagle on OpenSUSE 11.1
Beagle is a desktop search software, but I don’t use this kind of “application”. If you want to remove it from your system here is how to do it:
Remove all related package:
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sudo zypper remove *beagle*
Lock all this packages using zypper addlock
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sudo zypper addlock *beagle*
Now, live without Beagle.
VMWare Workstation 6.5.1 on OpenSUSE 11.1
Finally, I received my new hdd (the previos one died) so I decided to install OpenSUSE 11.1. VMWare refused to work. I tried to install VMware-server-1.0.8 but without any success, and in the case of VMware-server-2.0.0 I don’t like the new management interface (they didn’t keep the old vmware-console, you will need to manage [...]
