Linux USBKey Instructions

Mounting a USB Key Without Using the Root Account Each Time If you already have files on the USB key, please back them up before hand. You never know what might happen. To mount the USB key you need to find out which drive it will be loaded as. Normally, this is...

How to Jumpstart Linux

How to Jumpstart Linux Go to /afs/bp/system/config/linux-kickstart/configs/ece Create file with this text named with full name hostname.ece.ncsu.edu <hostname>.ece.ncsu.edu version ws3 use configs/ece/templates/<script> Put script in...

Adding a Linux Printer

Adding a Linux Printer To add a printer under Linux without access to the root account: Open a terminal window Add under “User priviledge specification” the following line: ALL ALL= /etc/pam.d/printconf-gui, /usr/bin/printconf-gui You must launch the...

Creating PDF Files (Linux)

On the Linux systems, PDF files can be created from any postscript document. PDF files can be read in Adobe Acrobat Reader. 1. Create the postscript document from StarOffice: Create file Print to File (Select File -> Print, click the print to file box, enter...