Problem : My system was running slow, I checked the system with top, vmstat, iostat, strace and so on, but […]
Tag: operating-systems
Better Way to Clone Current Operating System? [closed]
Problem : Closed. This question needs details or clarity. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? […]
Old OS still trying to boot after being removed using msconfig
Problem : I had two different copies of Windows 7 on my SSD. I deleted the one I did not […]
Swapfile on different drive
QUESTION : Is it worth to spend money on a small capacity HDD (~5-20 GB, very cheap though) to use […]
Out of physical memory on notebook – Correct approach?
Problem : I have a Fedora 21 on my notebook and it sometimes runs out of memory. The notebook has […]
how to prepare a harddisk for another computer
QUESTION : My old laptop died lately and I want to have it fixed by a repair-shop. Now first I […]
How OS detects memory access violations
Problem : How does an operating system (preferably Linux) know that you’ve accessed a memory location that you’re not allowed […]
Why is WinPE called an operating system?
Problem : WinPE is essentially the Wizard that installs Windows but it is classified as an Operating System. This is […]
how to enable pci hotplug support in ubuntu 13.04
Problem : Kindly help. I have a pci-based wifi adapter which is not getting detected when i plugged it into […]
Prompting for sudo password in a setuid root binary
Problem : I have a setuid root binary, with_sudo.bin, with the following source code: /* with_sudo.c */ #include <stdio.h> #include […]