Tag Archives: Linux

Install NFS Client on Windows Server 2008 R2

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Ahmed Tawfik

Steps: 1. Launch the “Server Manager”   2. Click Role, Click “Add Roles” in the right panel   3. Click Next, Select the checkbox of “File Services”, Click Next.   4. When the “Select Role Services” appears, select the checkbox … Continue reading →

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Convert CD-quality WAV to 8bit mono WAV using ffmpeg

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Ahmed Tawfik

Today I needed to record something in a WAV file that shouldn’t exceed 100 KB, when I used the standard “Sound Recorder” in Ubuntu, it recorded using the default CD-quality recording (resulting in a 280 KB file, so I used … Continue reading →

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Backup and Restore ext4 filesystem using fsarchiver

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

Important Note: Until the time of writing this article, “partimage” DOESN’T SUPPORT EXT4, it detects ext4 as ext3 and then displays an error message saying “can’t read bitmap block 0 from image“, so if you use something like the bootable … Continue reading →

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UNetbootin: Burn any ISO or image files to USB Disk on Linux

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

Go to the following URL: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ and download the file Make the file executable (chmod +x file_name) This step is specific for Ubuntu: If you receive the message “7z not found ….”, open a terminal and run “sudo apt-get install … Continue reading →

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Network Manager 0.7 Multiple Simultaneous Connections!

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

Four network connections active at the same time: 3G connection (etisalat USB modem) 2 wireless networks with 2 different wireless cards (the internal card and another external one) 1 wired connection This is EXTREMELY useful and I gained a lot … Continue reading →

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