ensure that the VirtualBox host kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt and vboxnetadp) are properly updated if the linux kernel version changes during the next apt-get upgrade

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

Note: Ubuntu users might want to install the dkms package to ensure that the VirtualBox host kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt and vboxnetadp) are properly updated if the linux kernel version changes during the next apt-get upgrade. The dkms package can be installed through the Synaptic Package manager or through the following command: “sudo apt-get install dkms”

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The blog is finally stable

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

After about one week of being down, the website is finally stable!

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I’ll be extremely busy the next few weeks!

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

Well, I’m preparing for my wedding next month, which means I’m extremely busy, which means that I’ll be writing too little posts in the next few weeks!

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Hello world!

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

Welcome to WordPress.com. This is the first post after moving from blogspot.

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New Primary HDD: A full Ubuntu backup & restoration experience (Draft)

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

Steps:

  1. Use “SystemRescueCD”
  2. “fsarchiver savefs”
  3. “fsarchiver restfs”
  4. mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
    mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/boot  #skip this if don’t have a separate /boot partition
  5. grub2-install –root-directory=/mnt/ /dev/sda

Operation Stats:

  • Original Disk Space used on the HDD to backup: 45 GB
  • Size of the backup images using “fsarchiver” default settings: 30 GB
  • Time taken to restore the whole HDD: around 45 min.
  • Bootloader restoration (grub2): 1 min.

Impression: Very fast, very little disk space used, very happy 🙂

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