I've gotten several comments and questions pertaining to my GRUB posting last week. The most common question was about graphical boot configuration but there were also one or two others, so I'm going ...

The toughest part when you go for dual boot or multiple boot is that sometimes the boot manager won’t recognize the older operating systems. This could be because the older operating systems use a ...

Windows will fail to boot correctly if the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) file is corrupted or deleted accidentally. As such, any task involving a change or modification in the bootloader settings ...

Novice programmers rarely see the value in externalized configuration. It's tedious and doesn't result in an immediate payoff. That means this task is often overlooked or done poorly, if at all. For ...

What do you do when you need to choose an OS at boot but aren’t physically near your machine? [Dakhnod]’s inventive solution is a mix of GRUB, Wake-on-LAN (WOL), and a lightweight ESP8266 running a ...

I recieved a nice lesson on why to never restart computers today. My sound was being a little funky, so I decided I should restart. BIG FUCKING MISTAKE. I select shutdown, restart. Everyting is fine ...

A look into what causes kernel panics and some utilities to help gain more information. Working in a Linux environment, how often have you seen a kernel panic? When it happens, your system is left in ...

I am having a bit of trouble resetting a Brocade VDX 6740 network switch. I got the switch without the necessary PW's to log in at the console. I am able to get to the serial console and into the ...