Monthly Archives: May 2011

Fedora yum update fails

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

Sometimes, when you want to update your Fedora packages with : yum update the process fails with an error message similar to: Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rpmfusion-free-updates. Please verify its path and try again The first … Continue reading →

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Fedora 14, slow wireless

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

I’ve recently posted a link related to Slow network under Fedora 14 distribution. The solution provided is related to iptables and is still working (on my distribution at least). However, I’ve also noticed that the wireless remains very slow while … Continue reading →

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Books: Snow, Orhan Pamuk

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

I’ve read Snow last year, a novel from Orhan Pamuk, a Turkish novelist, Nobel prize in Literature 2006. For an overview you can consult wikipedia entries in French (Neige) or English (Snow).

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How to create an ISO image from a Folder (linux)

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

Under Linux, you can create an ISO image from a folder using a command line argument with the mkisofs tools. The following example creates an ISO image suitable to be used under Windows: mkisofs -J -l -R -V “Label CD” … Continue reading →

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