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Re-Install GRUB over Windows 2000 Master Boot Record

Posted on November 20, 2006 by Brian

Re-install GRUB over Windows 2000 over Mandriva 2007.0 Linux over Windows XP © Fall 2006 by Brian Mork http://www.increa.com Moved to http://www.increa.com/articles/GRUB-over-windows.

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Puppy Linux “sfs not found” hard fix

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Brian

Puppy linux has a recurring problem about not finding the sfs file during the boot process. Have you also seen the error “sfs not found. Dropping out to initial ramdisk console….” ? Here’s an out-of-band hard-fix to that problem: use … Continue reading →

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Bootstrap Tomsrtbt Linux with Netcat

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Brian

In order to rebuild a bootable hard drive on an older computer, I was able to use the Tomsrtbt Linux v2.0.103. However, the 3.5″ floppy disk from 12 years ago was exhibiting read problems on some of the sectors (hex … Continue reading →

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Optimizing Monero Mining with a Slow Laptop

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Brian

I blogged recently about how to set up a Monero crypto-currency mining operation earning a whopping 2 cents per day.  I’ve figured how to double that to 4 cents per day!  If you’d like to estimate profits from mining, see … Continue reading →

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Quick Setup to Mine Monero Cryptocurrency

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Brian

You too can mine crypto currency!

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