here is a simple guide, have fun
Gparted
make two partitions
Ext4 with maximum size (first partition)Fat16 with 16MB size (secound partiiton)Install arch
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edwardoid/cubieboard-arch-installer/master/install_arch_linux_-_cubieboard2.shchmod +x install_arch_linux_-_cubieboard2.sh && ./install_arch_linux_-_cubieboard2.shnow type in the disk you parititon with parted/gparted
pretty simple, works with windows 8.x, ubuntu 13.10 and Arch
dd if=/dev/source of=/dev/dest bs=4096 conv=notrunc,noerror,syncchange source to source drive and dest to destination drive
boot into a live cd (uefi mode)mount /dev/sda1 /bootgrub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/ --bootloader-id=grub --recheck --debuggrub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
but getting video onto the display is another thing
i need to figure that out, anyhow in the meanwhile i did update edwardoid's exellent arch installer for cubieboard2 edward's guide is here
and a stumble upon some guide on howto install bootloaders and such for other distros than arch over here
i had a issue with uefi and grub2 today, found out a realy simple solution
boot into a live cd (uefi mode)mount /dev/sda1 /bootgrub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/ --bootloader-id=grub --recheck --debuggrub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfgfound some of the info @ slackware docs
made this list of my most used linux commands
Arch Packages
Install = pacman -S
Search = pacman -Ss
Remove = pacman -R
Build tools = pacman -S base-devel
Ubuntu packages
Install apt-get
Search apt-cache search
Remove apt-get
Build tools = apt-get install build-essentials autoconf automake make
Raspbian
configure raspberry rasp-config
update firmware rpi-update
Screen
screen a program screen program
reattach screen -r
deatach run in background screen -d
uart console screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200
Network
Wireless Config (arch) wifi-menu
Network Info ifconfig
dhcp renew dhclient -r eth0
find the software that runs on port ipv4 lsof -Pnl +M -i4
find the software that runs on port ipv6 lsof -Pnl +M -i6
Storage
search for file find / -iname something
show space usage df -h
show partitions parted -l
mount drive mount /dev/sda /mnt/folder
unmount a folder umount /mnt/folder
unmount dead folder umount -l /mnt/deadmount
list files by date ls -lrth
list files by size du -hs | sort
list files in sub folders and folder size ls -lh *
list files & folders after size in current folder du -hc * | sort -h
list files & folder after size in / du -hc / | sort -h
list files & folders after size and exclude a folder du -hc / --exclude='/mnt/*' | sort -h
Clone harddrive or partition dd if=/dev/source of=/dev/destination bs=4M
compress & decompress
untar a file tar xf <file>
untar a tar.gz file tar zxvf <file>
untar a tar.bz2 file tar xvjf <file>
unbz2 a bz2 file bunzip2 <file>
unrar a file unrar <file>
unzip a file unzip <file>
un7z a file 7za e <file>
unxz
set keyboard language setxkbmap no
show process usage top
show disk activity iotop
show network activity nethogs
got more?, comment please
FYI, you might need to install some of them
