General :: Command-line Distor Off USB Flash Drive?
Jan 19, 2011
I have a 32GB flash drive that I want to:- Have an installation o with no X-terminal. Only command-line.- Be bootable by plugging into any computer and turning that computer on.My wishes are strictly for writing purposes. I want to write in a minimal environment where there's no distraction by other programs or Internet. I don't care what programs exist on the linux distro as long as it has a text-editor.Please tell me how to proceed. What linux distro I should get. How to install it on a USB stick. Anything I need to know.
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Mar 15, 2010
want to copy a file from my desktop to usb drive in command line...how can i do it...i have no gui interface..all i want to do it by command line.i.e how to mount the usb drive and copy the file to usb and then unmount it..i also want to access windows xp drive from linux in command line without gui interface...in opensuse there is windows folder under file system but in ubuntu there is no such option...so if i want to place a file from linux to windows drive such as d ..how can i manage it with command line...no gui interface is available...
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Oct 17, 2010
How can I move a directory to the root of a drive via command line?
In MS-DOS it would be 'move C:/GAMES/QUAKE C:/'
What is the equivilent in Linux?
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Apr 9, 2010
I need to organise an external HDD such that there is no more than 500 folders on it.
Ubuntu's "Properties" pane shows only the file count, not the folder count.
Is there a simple CLI line that will tell me the number of subdirectories?
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Aug 5, 2010
Has anyone used rtmpdump or flvstreamer? They compile well (there is also a package on Packman for rtmpdump, but not for the latest version) and have man pages listing a bunch of command line arguments, but I have not yet figured out how to use them in connection with browser and flash plugin.
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Mar 12, 2011
how do you download an update or an upgrade (or whatever it's called) on a command line. for chromium internet browser. opened the computer and couldn't watch videos. i tried all the downloads available on adobe's website and all of them are on my "downloads" folder and when i click on any i just get stuff i don't understand and i simply find it easier to download through terminal.
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Apr 1, 2010
I used to be able to mount usb media such as a digital camera like this:
mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/usbdisk
After upgrading to karmic, it no longer works. I get this error:
mount: special device /dev/sdb1 does not exist
Here's what I have in /dev:
Code:
adsp cpu_dma_latency hpet loop6 null pts ram3 rtc0 shm tty1 tty19 tty28 tty37 tty46 tty55 tty7 usbmon0 vcs7 vcsa8
audio disk input loop7 nvidia0 ram0 ram4
[Code].....
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May 4, 2011
Ubuntu is getting stuck at the loading screen after an aborted attempt to upgrade to 11.04. It's my own fault - the install was running out of room on /, and I, like an idiot, decided to delete some package files under /var/something/archive, thinking they were "old"... I quickly realized they were in fact the new packages being installed... anyway after killing the thing and rebooting it is pretty damn broken (mostly because I can't get networking going so running in dpkg repair mode doesn't do much because, well, I deleted the packages).
I want to copy all the files off my /home and other meaningful partitions onto an external drive so I can just do a clean install. I can actually login to the command line under recovery mode, but I can't get the GUI started. I know it's possible to copy the contents of the partitions to an external
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Jul 22, 2011
Anyone know if there is a way of detecting if a hard drive is 3.5/2.5 and ide/sata/pata from within a script?
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Feb 24, 2011
I'd like show a certain line or lines of a file with context, kind of like a unified diff, on the command line in Linux:
$ (something) -l 154 stuff.py
150: def foo(bar):
151: """
[code]....
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Aug 22, 2011
How can I print Linux command line history without including the line numbers? I want to send it all to a text file like this:history >> history.txt
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Sep 3, 2010
I have a working fstab entry:
Quote:
/dev/sdc1 /media/sdc vfat rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=devkit,uid=1000,gid=1000,s hortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,flush 0 0
But how do I mount the sdc drive with those options from the command-line without restarting? I've tried to do so with 'mount' utility, but had no luck.
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Aug 18, 2011
I have recently installed Ubuntu 11.04 from the alternative installation CD; the installation was just the command line system. On top of this I have installed xorg and awesome window manager. The only problem I am having is with sound; I am unable to hear sound played through both browser-based Flash and locally stored files.
Is there something that I have to do before I can use sound? Edit: I have solved the original problem however I would like to know if I can remove pulseaudio as it seems that I am only using alsa.
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May 28, 2011
with the current Musicbrainz fiasco with Rythmbox and Sound Juicer I am now using RipperX. I like RipperX, but I would like to know if there are any command line parameters or some way of selecting the CD/DVD drive. It appears that RipperX can multi-task which would save me some time.
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May 29, 2010
i've gotten my fedora 12 to the point where i can run python3 scripts from command line and can call up python 2.6.2 idle with the command 'idle' from command line. what command will call up python3 (3.1.2 to be exact) idle?
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Feb 5, 2011
I've been dual-booting win7 and ubuntu on my comp for a while, but didn't bother updating grub. I just updated to grub 2, but it wouldn't let me boot and said my hard drive was missing, also giving me a grub safety command line.
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Mar 26, 2011
I know my way around MS Windows much better, but I just don't feel right trying to program something for Android on a Microsoft operating system. I am interested in Android programming so I followed the instructions on [URL] to install the environment on my computer...
I just installed the JDK, SDK, Eclipse successfully (or I assume):
* When I get to Step 4 where I'm supposed to run 'android' it will not run. I get the error message "android: command not found" (I am definitely in the right directory).
** When I double-click it in nautilus, it opens up in gedit. I can set the permissions in nautilus (through the properties - Allow executing file as a program) and get it to work,
My system:
Intel i7
Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat
android-sdk-linux-x86
eclipse 3.6.2
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Apr 30, 2011
I installed the Berkeley DB on the Ubuntu server and tried to access the dbxml from the command line and it returns command not found
path/to/dir/dbxml-2.5.16/install/bin$dbxml
-bash" dbxml: command not found
Can someone point me in the right direction
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Jun 24, 2011
how do you write the ASCII character #27 in the vim command line?
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Aug 9, 2011
Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS
Is there a command line alternative to clicking on "Safely Remove Drive" in nautilus?
When I click on "Safely Remove Drive" in nautilus, the USB HDD attached (WD Elements) vanishes from the nautilus "places" list, the drive spins down, and the light on the drive dims to indicate that it is powered down.
I have tried the "umount" command as well as the "eject" command from the terminal, but they both only seem to unmount the drive, as it is still shown in the nautilus "places" list and the light on the drive stays bright.
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Mar 29, 2010
I made a persistent install of Ubuntu on a flash drive. I made changes to that installation. The software (Unetboontin) sets this all up. I think it partitions it for you. How do I image that flash drive to another flash drive?
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Mar 8, 2011
Is Ubuntu like windows and can you download Ubuntu to a flash drive or external hard drive and if so what kind?
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Apr 1, 2010
trying to install the latest NVIDIA drivers:
I need to disable the X server to install it, which brings me to a blank screen prompting for a login before continuing. it reads thusly:
Ubuntu 9.10 chris-linux
chris-linux login: [i would assume i put in chris here...]
Password:[i type the password i use to login from the normal GUI screen, however i see no indication that im typing anything..]
Login incorrect
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Jan 21, 2010
Just want to know what OS is, Fedora/RH/... Tried the following on a redhat machine:
uname -o : GNU/Linux
less /proc/version:
Linux version 2.6.18-164.el5 (mockbuild@x86-002.build.bos.redhat.com)
(gcc version 4.1.2 20080704) (Red Hat 4.1.2-46)) #1 SMP Tue Aug 18 15:51:54 EDT 2009
What is the right command to do it?
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May 21, 2010
I can click the "movie player" from the GUI of Ubuntu, but how could I know the corresponding command line cmd. I want to run the movie player from commmand line. And this is not only about the background command for the movie player, I want to know all the actual command that was run by the x-window shell when I click on one of the icon on the menu.
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Jul 2, 2010
I need to convert thousands of DDS images to PNG format in Linux, preferably in command line. Is there any program available for such task?
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Nov 17, 2010
$ ls one.tar.gz
one.tar.gz
$ tar -xvfz one.tar.gz
tar: z: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
$ tar -xvzf one.tar.gz
one
$ tar -xzvf one.tar.gz
one
$ tar -zxvf one.tar.gz
one
$
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Dec 23, 2010
What command(s) do I type in the terminal to put the computer to sleep?
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Apr 12, 2010
I installed an older version of gdm and created a new XR1196 directory in /usr/bin and now my computer only boots into command line...
I can get to the GUI using startx, but in doing so I lose all audio output, and the option to shutdown or reboot from both CairoDock and the default panel...
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Mar 30, 2011
I was trying to learn more about xorg configuration and came through an exercise that should be run at run level 3. So, I wrote init 3 in the command line then the x server stopped and the system was trying to enter run level 3 but then it hangs and nothing happens. At that time I was connected to the system via putty and wrote the command init 5 and the x server started again normally. I tried init 3 again and had the same thing.
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