Arun Subbiah's Notes

Steps to repartition / install Linux on HP Envy

nospam@example.com (S. Arun) — Sun, 06 May 2012 20:39:00 -0700

The hard disk on the HP Envy laptop comes with all four primary partitions being used. This post describes what I did to repartition and install Linux for dual boot.

1. Delete the third primary partition, called HP Recovery, after creating backup dvds. Boot into Windows and create backup dvds.
2. In Windows, defragment C:, then shrink the partition (using Disk Management). The partition can be shrunk to approximately half its size.
3. Install Linux, creating one extended partition. The Linux root dir, swap and other partitions can all be logical partitions in the extended partition.

Bike&Safari @Calistoga, CA

nospam@example.com (S. Arun) — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:35:00 -0700

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Lake Tahoe, Stateline, NV

nospam@example.com (S. Arun) — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:17:00 -0800

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Portland, OR

nospam@example.com (S. Arun) — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:08:00 -0800

Dinner with Dheeraj Reddy.

Unclehood

nospam@example.com (S. Arun) — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:51:34 -0800

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IITMEE2k bay area meet

nospam@example.com (S. Arun) — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:05:00 -0700

Ten years later.

Bret "The Hitman" Hart

nospam@example.com (S. Arun) — Sat, 09 May 2009 15:35:00 -0700

At Wrestlefest, Newark Pavilion, Newark, CA:

The Excellence of Execution ... Bret "The Hitman" Hart ...

Bret says "Rock On!"...

Kamala and Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart were also there at the event ...

Discrete event simulation

nospam@example.com (S. Arun) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:41:00 -0800

Source: http://www.arunsubbiah.com/projects/discrete_event_simulation/desim-src-1.1.tar.gz
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The init_priority() variable attribute

nospam@example.com (S. Arun) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:04:00 -0800

#include <cstdio>
class SampleClass
{
public:
      SampleClass(const char *announce_string) {
            printf("%s\n", announce_string);
      }
};

SampleClass X("X instantiated");
SampleClass __attribute__ ((init_priority(60000))) Y("Y instantiated");

int
main(void)
{
      return 0;
}

% ./a.out
Y instantiated
X instantiated

New York City

nospam@example.com (S. Arun) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:40:00 -0700

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Fresh air forecast

nospam@example.com (S. Arun) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:10:00 -0700

Yellowstone National Park

nospam@example.com (S. Arun) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:04:00 -0700

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MSAC racquetball

nospam@example.com (S. Arun) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:06:00 -0700

Bryce Canyon National Park

nospam@example.com (S. Arun) — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:02:00 -0700

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Undo an svn checkin

nospam@example.com (S. Arun) — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:02:00 -0800

To undo an svn commit: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.0/ch04s04.html#svn-ch-4-sect-4.2.