Linux Solutions

Problems encountered and solutions found whilst installing and using Linux. Early posts are for Fedora Core 6 (FC-6)

Linux Kernel Vulnerability: know your version!

[04 Oct 2010]

An exceptional vulnerability has been detected in the Linux kernel, which allows any non-root user to gain super-user privileges. One would ...

Can't Mount NTFS Drive

[19 Nov 2006]

I want to mount the old XP (well, Vista) partition in my system. If I try: mount -t ntfs /dev/md0 /xp I get this error: mount: unknown ...

I used the wrong partition for the Linux Boot Loader!

[19 Nov 2006]

I have Windows Vista installed on the main (RAID SATA) drives. When I installed FC-6 on a spare 30GB IDE drive, I think it put its boot loader ...

Can't Mount SMB Drive

[19 Nov 2006]

I want to mount the drive on our Windows 2000 PC, but the usual mount format (smbfs) doesn't work. Apparently what you need to use instead ...

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