What is the “Bootable flag” option when installing a distro?
Is the “bootable flag” needed in today’s distributions? If not, then why is it still in the installers? What is it exactly?
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How does a kernel mount the root partition?
My question is with regards to booting a Linux system from a separate /boot partition. If most configuration files are located on a separate / partition, how does the kernel correctly mount it at boot time?
How to fix boot into initramfs prompt and “mount: can’t read ‘/etc/fstab’: No such file or directory” and “No init found”?
Installing a new system using a GPT partitioned disk dedicated to a single partition, ext4 formatted, extlinux (version 4.05) as bootloader, Ubuntu Core version 13.10 amd64 as rootfs, and Ubuntu linux-image-3.11.0-18-generic as kernel, and extlinux-update to generate bootloader configuration.
Create wireless access point and share internet connection with nmcli
How can I create a Wi-Fi hotspot with the command line tool nmcli and share/bridge the ethernet internet connection with the wireless access point? Furthermore, how can I start this automatically at boot?
Set default kernel in GRUB
How can I pick which kernel GRUB2 should load by default? I recently installed a the linux realtime kernel and now it loads by default. I’d like to load the regular one by default.
Why do iptables rules disappear when restarting my Debian system?
I add this rule:
How is /etc/fstab accessed before root is mounted?
I was making some changes to /etc/fstab, when this chicken and egg question occurred to me – if /etc/fstab contains the instructions for mounting the file systems, including the root partition, then how does the OS read that file in the first place?
Relationship of keyboard layout and xmodmap
I’m using Xubuntu. Before login I can choose a keyboard layout. I’m using xmodmap for remapping some keys.
mistakenly deleted /boot folder and rebooted
I mistakenly deleted the /boot folder from my filesystem, rebooted, and all I get now is this:
Grub installation failed
I had a good running installation of Debian Jessie, but then I ran apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade.