When setting up a dual-boot computer or even simply a new Windows computer: 1. Have a Linux Live CD/DVD/USB handy. It’s almost guaranteed that you will need it even if you’re only installing windows. 2. Save the MBR (“Master Boot Record”): Boot your Live linux and in the terminal type: sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/some/path/your-mbr-backup-file bs=512 […]
I needed a simple ssh client for windows. Here’s what I did when installing OpenSSH, this worked for me, so hopefully will work for your install of ssh as well 🙂 Get OpenSSH for windows from sourceforge.net (http://sourceforge.net/projects/sshwindows/files/OpenSSH%20for%20Windows%20-%20Release/) Run the installer, accept defaults of set the options to your liking. Now SSH is installed but […]