WangLu's Notes

I need to install Ubuntu 13.10 into an old Linux machine. The BIOS has been locked such that I cannot boot from CD or USB drives. The machine has grub 0.97 and a pretty old CentOS installed on it, which I've got the root access, so I decided to try to load the ubuntu iso file with it. Based on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromLinux I tried to enter the grub commands there, but then it failed with error like this: stdin: error 0 /init: line 7: can't open /dev/sr0: No medium found After spending hours in searching and trying, I found this url: http://askubuntu.com/questions/47076/usb-boot-problems which solved the problem for me. The full commands I used are: root (hd1,0) kernel /casper/vmlinuz.efi boot=casper live-media-path=/casper/ ignore_uuid initrd /casper/initrd.lz This link http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/karmic/man7/casper.7.html describes the parameters for casper

configure softwares gimp: edit->preferences->color management->try to use system monitor profile firefox: about:config ->  gfx.color_management.mode -> 1   test pages http://www.gballard.net/photoshop/srgb_wide_gamut.html http://photographylife.com/is-your-browser-color-managed I bought a spyder 4 express and would like to try dispcalGUI on my surface pro, so I have to install Argyll CMS's driver, which is not signed. For windows 8, one option to disable driver signature enforcement is through "advanced startup settings", which lists a few options after a restart, and you can press f7 or 7 to disable it. However for my surface pro, it refused to recognize my keyboard, no matter it is a bluebooth keyboard, a usb wireless keyboard or a normal usb keyboard. I guess a touch/type cover might work, but I don't have one. Another option is to enable test mode (bcdedit -set testsigning on), before which you should also disabl