Installing Raspbian OS

The minimum size for Raspbian OS is 4GB and is generally downloaded from http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/ before being installed to an SD card. Windows In order to prepare the SD card for installation from a Windows platform, download the following software http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_ARM_Installer#Windows_Vista_.26_7. Extract the files to a folder of your choice Eject any devices or storage media Insert your chosen mediaContinue reading “Installing Raspbian OS”

Patching Shellshock – Mac

In the event that you discover your Mac is vulnerable to Shellshock, the following action should be taken. http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1769 – Mavericks (10.9.5 and above) http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1768 – Mountain Lion (10.8.5) http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1767 – Lion & Lion Server (10.7.5) To check whether you are vulnerable see Identifying Shellshock for full details on how to identify it.

Is my processor x32 or x64 bit – Mac OSX

Open the Applications folder or navigate to where Terminal is and allow it to run, then type uname -a and see what it produces. If you are presented with .. /RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 then you have a processor capable of both x32 and x64 bit operation, if however you are met with .. /RELEASE_I386 i386 thenContinue reading “Is my processor x32 or x64 bit – Mac OSX”

Taskbar missing

In the event that the taskbar appears to have disappeared, the following should resolve the issue; Run cmd.exe, its located at C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe Type Start wmic (i sadly can’t seem to find wmic location, thats why i do it like this, but its the only command prompt capable of fixing this problem) In Wmic, type thisContinue reading “Taskbar missing”

Universal/Ultimate Boot CD

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/customize.html First, extract all the files on the UBCD to a directory on your harddisk such as c:\ubcd-exracted (pathname may contain spaces). If you wish, you can directly extract the files from the ISO image using a tool such as 7-Zip or Daemon Tools. You should have a directory structure that looks like: c:\ubcd-extracted\ boot\Continue reading “Universal/Ultimate Boot CD”