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Partitions on a loop device ( /dev/loop0p0, /dev/loop0p1, … )

Add the following kernel boot option to the kernel line in grub’s menu.lst and reboot ( I’m not sure which one does the trick ): loop.max_part=63 max_part=63 Create a sparse disk image file ( 40 GB reserved, 0 bytes on disk ) dd if=/dev/zero of=fs.imageContinue reading

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Wake-on-LAN (wol)

On the to-be-woken-up computer make sure to enable ACPI/APM (S3/STR) and Wake-On-Lan(WOL) in the BIOS and add in /etc/network/interfaces: post-up /usr/sbin/ethtool -s eth0 wol g post-down /usr/sbin/ethtool -s eth0 wol g Write down the MAC-ADDRESS. Powerdown the computer. Only when the computer is powered downContinue reading

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Debian on OpenWRT supported routers (ASUS WL-500gd and compatible)

I created a very nice project which turns an OpenWRT supported router into an embedded device running a full Debian ARM GNU/Linux distribution instead of the default small Busybox/uLibc based OpenWRT distribution. I called the project DebWRT. It took me a lot of time toContinue reading