Dienstag, 9. Juli 2013

How to save a partition via network to a different computer and later restore that partition after formatting the local disc

How to save a partition via network to a different computer and later restore that partition after formatting the local disc? 1) try to unmount the partition if possible 2) dd if=/dev/hda1 bs=1k conv=sync,noerror | gzip -c | ssh -c blowfish user@hostname "dd of=filename.gz bs=1k" 3) format or do whatever you want to do with /dev/hda1 4) go to the remote computer "hostname" and execute following command there: dd if=filename.gz | ssh -c blowfish root@deadhost "gunzip -c | dd of=/dev/hda1 bs=1k" Thanks a lot to http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/saw27/notes/backup-hard-disk-partitions.html for this and many more useful tips!

Samstag, 6. April 2013

howto enable apple wireless keyboard to send message by pressing cmd-enter

How many key combinations have you tried in order to get the Apple wireless keyboard to send a message instead of inserting a carriage return? 100 as I did? More? Stop trying it because it is not possible without a Cydia tweak. Today I found the answer. Install the free Bluetooth Keyboard Helper from Matthias Ringwald and be happy. It translates the cmd-enter key into a |press 'Send' button" action in the messages.app.