Fedora/Centos: How to Mount and Unmount ISO Files

June 7, 2010 · Posted in Fedora, Linux, Ubuntu, centos · Comment 

An ISO image or .iso file contains the disk image of an ISO 9660 file system. According to WIKIPEDIA, ISO 9660, also referred to as CDFS (Compact Disc File System) by some hardware and software providers, is a file system standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for optical disc media (CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs).

In Linux, it is possible to mount the ISO image  so that you can access the files without having to actually burn it to disk. Here is the simple way to show you mount and unmount ISO images without burning them.
1) You must login as a root user Read more

How to open .chm file in Linux

April 8, 2010 · Posted in Fedora, Linux, Uncategorized, Utilities Software, centos · Comment 

I downloaded an ebook from internet. The ebook in .chm extension. I can’t read it in my linux machine.

So, i just install a software called xCHM to read .chm file.  xCHM can show the content tree if one is available, print pages, change font face and size, remember bookmarks, display a searchable index, and search for words in the current page and the whole book.

How to install it? Just follow the following steps:-

Fedora/Centos

a) Login as root user

su -

b) Type the following command to install it

yum install -y xchm

After that, you try to double click the .chm file, you should able to open it with xchm program.

How to find your MAC address (Linux/Windows/Mac OS X)

March 18, 2010 · Posted in Fedora, Linux, Mac OS X, Networking, Ubuntu, Unix, Win7, Windows, centos · Comment 

Windows XP/Vista/7
Run ipconfig/all from a Command Prompt window.

  • click Start, then Run, then type cmd in the text box.
  • Type in ipconfig/all in the Command Prompt Windows and press enter

You should get something like this Read more

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