“ntpq -p” output

The Gentoo (and others?) incomplete man pages for “ntpq -p” merely give the description: “Print a list of the peers known to the server as well as a summary of their state.”

I had not seen this documented, hence here is a summary that can be used in addition to the brief version of the . . . → Read More: “ntpq -p” output

Boot a (Gentoo) LiveCD ISO image from a HDD partition

Note: This is all command line stuff – no GUIs here for this one!

Useage

I’ve used this trick for updating/reinstalling over an existing system on remote machines and for machines that don’t have any removable media. An alternative trick for such situations could be to use “PXE” booting (such as DRBL), but for that . . . → Read More: Boot a (Gentoo) LiveCD ISO image from a HDD partition