Tag: DOS

Oct/10

Cloning HDD In VirtualBox

Filed Under Virtualization at 16th October 2010 10:42 by Danny

Tags: DOS, environment variables, ORACLE, system variables, VBoxManage, virtual machines, virtual media, virtualbox

A common use of Virtual Machines is to test and run stuff till they are trashed. The magic is that each VM can be brought back up in no time with combination of save points (A.K.A Snapshots in VirtualBox) or … Continue reading →

Feb/10

Change MAC Address In Windows

Filed Under Windows at 11th February 2010 13:52 by Danny

Tags: change mac address, cmd, DOS, ip address, ip change, ipconfig, Mac, MAC Address, Network, network adapters, network address, network interface, registry, spoof, Windows

It is possible to spoof the MAC address in Windows without going into the registry. The network will go down during this process so it’s best to stop or wait till all downloads or any other network related activity has … Continue reading →

Jun/09

Linux Terminal Not Auto-completing

Filed Under Linux at 12th June 2009 20:51 by Danny

Tags: Auto-completing, bash shell, bashrc, DOS, interactive shell, Linux, shell, Terminal, Ubuntu

in the terminal is one of the most useful features in command line. Both DOS and Linux support autocomplete with the key . This is when you type part of the command or file name and press tab to complete … Continue reading →

Dec/08

Formatting A Floppy Disk In Linux

Filed Under Linux at 8th December 2008 20:24 by Danny

Tags: DOS, ext, file, Floppy, floppy disk, format, Formatting, Linux, low level format, system, vfat

Recently I ran into trouble with an unformatted floppy disk (it was virtual but none the less). It refused to mount because it did not have a valid file system and under Linux you need to specify or at least … Continue reading →