A review of what EFI boot (UEFI firmware) is, how it works, how it interacts with Linux installations, and a few tips and personal experiences on how to configure and maintain it.

I just ran into a big problem on the dual boot Win2K/Mandrake 7.2 machine I'm setting up... I can't write to the NTFS partition from Linux .:( A get a message saying "Read-only filesystem" when I ...

GParted Live boots quickly, and handles virtually any partition type, including nearly all Linux, OS X, and Windows types. Graphically, GParted Live is primitive.

Vincent Danen goes over the basics of using the standard dd tool to back up and copy partitions and drives.

If you're a Linux user who happens to dual-boot with Windows, you should exercise extreme caution when upgrading to the just-released Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Not long after Microsoft's ...