One of the most confusing and intimidating parts of installing Linux for dual-booting with Windows is the disk partitioning required.

A review of what EFI boot (UEFI firmware) is, how it works, how it interacts with Linux installations, and a few tips and personal experiences on how to configure and maintain it.

To modify the partition with Gparted, it has to be downloaded and then burned into a blank CD. This CD will be used as a bootable CD in order to resize the partition on Linux. Follow these easy ...

Linux systems provide many ways to look at disk partitions. Here's a look at commands you can use to display useful information -- each providing a different format and with a different focus.

If you're a Linux user who happens to dual-boot with Windows, you should exercise extreme caution when upgrading to the just-released Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Not long after Microsoft's ...

quote:That was a good explanation except for one point. It is quite possible to use partitions without the OS formating them. It's called RAW devices, in this configuration the application ...

CNXSoft: This is a guest port by Erik Wierich, Senior Engineer at RISCstar Solutions, demonstrating a practical security ...

Please format the USB drive as single FAT partition The problem here is that when formating USB drive using third party utility doesn’t MBR record, which is needed by the Boot Camp Assistant.

Vincent Danen goes over the basics of using the standard dd tool to back up and copy partitions and drives.

Furthermore, exploiting the flaw requires physical access to the affected device, in order to trigger the boot procedure and access the terminal. For cloud-based services, where Linux systems are ...