One of the last things the Linux kernel does during system boot is mount the root filesystem. The Linux kernel dictates no filesystem structure, but user space applications expect to find files with ...

I have a Pentium Pro 200 w/ 64mb of RAM that i need to setup as an ip masq machine. My distro of choice is slackware linux. However i have a problem that absolutely puzzles me. I can install slack 7.1 ...

Rolling back the Linux kernel can save the day when a bad update breaks your system. It should be done carefully, with backups and verification. Use it to regain a stable state, then address the root ...

It is no secret that Linux has won the race in the embedded device marketplace. Tremendous advantages in Linux have broken almost every barrier to entry for using Linux on embedded systems across a ...

As people started to build large computing clusters from ordinary PCs, the shortcomings of existing PC BIOSes for certain tasks became more obvious. Like any other computer, on occasion, a cluster's ...

The authors present three techniques for extracting entropy during boot on embedded devices. Their first technique times the execution of code blocks early in the Linux kernel boot process. It is ...