Linux on M&M https://mnm.at/tags/linux/ Recent content in Linux on M&M Hugo en-au Sun, 03 Jan 2016 17:50:14 +0000 How to update a linux kernel on a small boot partition https://mnm.at/martina/2016/01/how-to-update-a-linux-kernel-with-a-small-boot-partition/ Sun, 03 Jan 2016 17:50:14 +0000 https://mnm.at/martina/2016/01/how-to-update-a-linux-kernel-with-a-small-boot-partition/ I am running Windows and OpenSuse in dual boot with GRUB. Since my /boot partition is only 40MB, updating the kernel is not as simple as running yast2. Using Adobe Digital Editions under Linux https://mnm.at/martina/2015/12/using-adobe-digital-editions-under-linux/ Sat, 26 Dec 2015 17:52:24 +0000 https://mnm.at/martina/2015/12/using-adobe-digital-editions-under-linux/ <p>A while ago Markus convinced me to finally get an e-book reader for traveling. And for a while I obsessed about getting epub files for it.</p> <p>One of my sources was the City of Sydney library which provides epubs for downloads for certain periods of time. To ensure that books expire after the rental period, they use Adobe DRM or .acsm files (Adobe Content Server Message File).</p> <p>To open one of those .acsm files you need to have Adobe Digital Editions installed on your pc or laptop. That in itself would not be such a big deal, if they would also provide a Linux version of the app. Not wanting to switch OS every time I borrow a book, I searched for options on how to open .acsm files under Linux.</p> NFS mount on new machine https://mnm.at/martina/2015/03/nfs-mount-on-new-machine/ Sat, 14 Mar 2015 20:18:12 +0000 https://mnm.at/martina/2015/03/nfs-mount-on-new-machine/ My quick notes on all the things that need to be configured to avoid the problem with file ownership and permissions on NFS mounted drives Using packer to build the opensuse 12.3 update part #4 https://mnm.at/markus/2014/03/28/using-packer-to-build-the-opensuse-12-3-update-part-4-2/ Fri, 28 Mar 2014 23:25:01 +0000 https://mnm.at/markus/2014/03/28/using-packer-to-build-the-opensuse-12-3-update-part-4-2/ Virtual Box GRUB hang solved by /boot/grub2/device.map change. Solved by: bc. echo “(hd0) /dev/sda” &gt; /boot/grub2/device.map Using packer to build the opensuse 12.3 update part #3 https://mnm.at/markus/2014/03/27/using-packer-to-build-the-opensuse-123-update-part-3/ Thu, 27 Mar 2014 21:44:49 +0000 https://mnm.at/markus/2014/03/27/using-packer-to-build-the-opensuse-123-update-part-3/ Workaround for <a href="https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=821879">SuSE bug 821879 – udev update breaks network:</a> Using packer to build the opensuse 12.3 update part #2 https://mnm.at/markus/2014/03/26/using-packer-to-build-the-opensuse-123-update-part-2/ Wed, 26 Mar 2014 21:40:10 +0000 https://mnm.at/markus/2014/03/26/using-packer-to-build-the-opensuse-123-update-part-2/ Still working around network issues and trying to learn how to packer. autoyast for opensuse 12.3 https://mnm.at/markus/2014/03/22/autoyast-for-opensuse-123/ Sat, 22 Mar 2014 23:55:33 +0000 https://mnm.at/markus/2014/03/22/autoyast-for-opensuse-123/ How playing with packer become Shaving the Yast2 source at <a href="https://bitbucket.org/markus_ebenhoeh/packer-opensuse.12.3">https://bitbucket.org/markus_ebenhoeh/packer-opensuse.12.3</a> OpenSuSE 12.1 Beta 1 https://mnm.at/markus/2011/10/09/opensuse-121-beta-1/ Sun, 09 Oct 2011 08:23:09 +0000 https://mnm.at/markus/2011/10/09/opensuse-121-beta-1/ Update from OpenSuSE 12.1 RC1 to Beta 1 half-way OK. Staying clear of Kmail2 for now.