Here’s a simple and easy way of making a backup image of your disk. It uses dd (used for low-level copying) to copy either an entire disk or just one partition, into either a gzipped file or onto another disk.
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SSH into UWE Externally
If you’re not living on campus at UWE and you are based in BIT, it’s often useful to be able to access your files on the UWE systems without having to go into the University.
Continue reading SSH into UWE ExternallyGrub 17 Error
After performing a few software upgrades, including my kernel, I got a Grub Error 17. I use Linux Mint and at the time used Windows Vista. Both OS’s were installed on separate drives and, of course, I use Grub to select which to access. Now I’m not sure what caused the problem, but it happened randomly as far as I could tell. A quick search on the internet tells me this is because an “Invalid device requested”. The problem didn’t happen just the once either, it has happened a couple of times so that’s why I’m writing up my solution.
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