2010
02.24

ObjectiveC: A good tutorial on string handling

By Satish Natarajan

I use this all the time – just to make sure to get my bearing right. I am sure it is useful to everyone as well.

http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Working_with_String_Objects_in_Objective-C

2010
02.05

Linux: disk crash recovering control-d disk in read mode

By Satish Natarajan

Well, This happens when you have a crashed disk and you have an entry for it in /etc/fstab. Without removing the entry it will not boot up.

when it gives you control-d it puts the / partition in readonly mode. Here is how you can mount the disk in readwrite mode – modify fstab and replace the disk –

mount -o remount,rw /

then edit /etc/fstab …