Fixing HDD Bad Sectors on PowerPC (ibook g4)

Hi there, recently i was in trouble, that there is no free way on Mac OS X Tiger (10.4.x) to fix HDD with bad sectors, i mean mark sectors as unusable. The only way i can make it work is to use Gnu/Linux with tool "badblocks". You can do it by yourself, Just make sure you have re-partitioned your hdd and maked a HFS+ partition and erased (with zeroes). Now do not install OS X, after you done partitioning, just reboot and boot from Debian CD you can simply use Debian GNU/Linux (NETInstall.iso) downloaded from here. After starting Debian setup, just press ALT+F3, and run:

bash # badblocks -vn /dev/hda

It will securely check your whole hard disk drive for bad sectors and mark them as unusable, although this type of scan is secure and it will not destroy any data. Of course this command will take some time, on my ibook g4 800mhz 40gb hdd it taked 5hours (with 540 bad sectors).

Quassel IRC 0.9 for Windows

Hi, there is an unofficial build of Quassel IRC 0.9 beta1 for Windows.

You can download it from HERE.


You can view full GIT commits "change log" HERE.

Linux kernel and config for iBook G4

Hi again, now i will share my latest Linux Kernel specially configured/patched and optimized (including bfs, fb, backend peripherals) for PowerPC iBook G4 Notebook computers.

First one is binary kernel and it's modules for Debian Squeeze: http://www.mediafire.com/?nchlnmjq99izxe2
Second is for generic PowerPC architecture iBooks source of this kernel: http://www.mediafire.com/?5ahkahw2zkwi273
And the last is vanilla kernel sources for iBook G4 with config of course: http://www.mediafire.com/?lcwn1nbkqch2daw

Extract test and run!

Before this you can read my last post about Debian Squeeze on iBook G4.

ZTE ax326 4G Modem Drivers For Linux

 

Hi, there! Today i will talk about how to successfully setup and run WiMAX 4G network (Internet) using ZTE ax326 Modem on Debian GNU/Linux Operating System.

Connecting PC to internet using android device and usb cable

Hi, there! Today i want to share my knowledge about connecting your PC to Internet by using any Android OS based Device (Tablet, Mobile Phone, etc...). I will use Android 4.0.3 "Ice Cream Sandwich" Tablet connected to computer using USB cable, the device will act as a gateway to Internet (so called USB tethering for Android-based devices)  using my device's Wi-Fi connection.  It works by using a Java-based NAT that communicates with OpenVPN on the computer. It's been tested on MacOS, Windows, and Linux. The connection can be forwarded over the device's active network service, which can be either WiFi or 3G/4G/EDGE.

Ainol Novo 7 Paladin Touch Screen Problems

Hi, there. This article i decided to write just for fun, as the "review" of the one of the cheapest tablets in the world.

Ainol Novo 7 Paladin is the first Android Tablet that come with 1 GHz Ingenic JZ4770, MIPS-based CPU and Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich". I bought it few months ago, everything seems to be worked fine, but time to time, things have changed, the touchscreen instability appeared, and it started to interact itself as you will see in this video. These glitches can't be fixed without replacing the touchscreen. Everything else works fine, it plays High Definition Movies, Music, 3D games. Also it has wi-fi that works as good as in expensive tablets. By the way it's not ARM CPU based tablet, it is based on MIPS architecture, so many applications and games may not work. Yes you can use MIPS to ARM instruction set conversion mechanism called "magic code" that can emulate some applications compiled for ARM to run on MIPS architecture.

Debian Squeeze on iBook G4

Hello, i recently wanted to test how the Debian PowerPC Port works on iBook series notebooks. Yeah, it works very nicely! But before doing it right, lets investigate how to turn your iBook G4 to fully functional Debian GNU/Linux system. First of all you will need to download NetInstall ISO from HERE. Burn it to CD insert it to your Mac, reboot, and and hold down "C" key until Debian installer boots.