You may patch your linux operating system using the terminal commands in the operating system. You must be a specialized and should know what you are doing before continuing this project.
Before you format xp you will need to go onto Linux and create a grub boot disk by typing grub-install /dev/fd0. This will create a floppy disk which you can use to start Linux after you have removed and reinstalled xp. After removing and reinstalling xp use the disk to get back onto Linux and use grub-install /dev/hda to restore the Linux boot screen.
To create a new user account under any Linux distribution use command called useradd. The system administrator is responsible for creating account. Login as root user (or use sudo command).
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No Apple products currently ship with Linux. Apple has worked on Linux in the past to create projects like MkLinux. Some projects that Apple has created, such as CUPS and Clang will run on Linux.
There are many available resources that can assist an individual with learning how to use Linux. A couple resources that can assist an individual with learning how to use Linux include: Wikihow and Linuxcommand.
You can use a program called GParted to add, edit, and delete partitions.
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For TAR archives, you use tar -cvf .
many linux distributions you can just download and burn to cd and then boot from cd afterwards and most of them have the dual boot option so you don't need to create one but if you'd like to make one you can use a bootloader like grub or syslinux but most linux distros already have a dual boot option.
For linux file system creation there are many utilities.Example commands and utilities to create partitions:fdiskcfdiskcgdiskpartedGPartedFile system types:NTFSextext2ext3ext4swapfatbtrfs...All basically does the same with slight added or reduced functionality
#Touch newfile Will make an empty newfile