Unix Revolution

Linux doesn't *need* Antivirus... blah.. blah... whatever...  I wear seatbelts not because I *will* be in an accident today... I wear them as I *might* be in an accident.  I don't actually run AV on my Linux systems... My Windows 8.1 host was p0wned when I attempted to download/install a Matrix Screensaver from CNET.  I thought that site was safe.. but there is definitely many reasons why I don't generally run Windows.  Stupid stuff like this... ranks pretty high on that list. Anyhow - since the host in question is a dual-boot system with Windows and either Fedora or RHEL - I figured I should clean-up the Malware on my Windows partition while running it from Linux. This is the procedure for Linux: ### Install ClamAV and mount Windows partition yum -y install clamav clamav-data  clamav-filesystem clamav-lib clamav-lib clamav-scanner-systemd clamav-server-sysvinit clamav-update clamav-unofficial-sigs mkdir -p /windows/C mount /dev/sda4 /windows/C ##...

Issue : My laptop has been acting up since my latest kernel update (at least that is what I am hoping it is).  I had run a clean-up on my machine to remove the older kernels.  I would like to re-install the most recent kernel. Resolution : [root@neo ~]# yum list --showduplicates | grep kernel.x86_64 | tail -2 | head -1 | awk '{ print "kernel-"$2 }' | xargs yum install [root@neo ~]# grep 2.6.32-279.1.1.el6 /boot/grub/grub.conf  title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (2.6.32-279.1.1.el6.x86_64) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-279.1.1.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_neo-lv_root rd_NO_LUKS LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_NO_MD quiet SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 rhgb crashkernel=auto rd_LVM_LV=vg_neo/lv_swap  KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rd_LVM_LV=vg_neo/lv_root rd_NO_DM irqpoll initrd /initramfs-2.6.32-279.1.1.el6.x86_64.img Alternate ending: [root@neo ~]# yum list --showduplicates | grep kernel.x86_64 | tail -2 Unable to read consumer identity kernel.x86_...

Summary: I have wanted to build a kickstart environment which hosted a "rescue CD" or LiveCD to allow you to boot over the network after you blew your stuff up and needed to repair a few things.  Today I have worked through a method of doing so, with the help of the people who published a succinct script with the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor.  (the script will be at the bottom of this post - if I have somehow not followed the GPL, please let me know and I will correct whatever is necessary) NOTE/Warning: The boot will fail due the initrd being too large (645mb).  I'm not sure how to proceed.  This procedure worked for RHEVh, because it is quite a bit smaller.  Hopefully I can report back with progress on this? :-$ Procedure: download your LiveCD image to /export/isos/RESCUE/Fedora-16-i686-Live-Desktop.iso # cd /var/tmp # vi livecd-iso-to-pxeboot (populate the file with the script shown below) # chmod 754 ./livecd-iso-to-pxeb...