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@oetiker
oetiker / make-bootable-image.sh
Last active August 6, 2025 18:39
How to create a bootable disk image that works with bios and uefi
#!/bin/sh
# apt install gdisk syslinux syslinux-efi mtools
IMG=boot-image.img
SIZE=300
KERNEL=vmlinz
INITRAMFS=initrd.img
MD="mmd -i ${IMG}@@1M"
CP="mcopy -i ${IMG}@@1M"
RN="mren -i ${IMG}@@1M"
dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=$SIZE of=$IMG
@willurd
willurd / web-servers.md
Last active December 5, 2025 14:02
Big list of http static server one-liners

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000