Formating Drive
Install GParted as a Partition Tools then go to : System -> Administration -> Partition Editor
Checking DEB Package
bash$ sudo apt-cache policy PACKAGE_NAME
bash$ sudo dpkg -l | grep PACKAGE_NAME
Add Services on startup
bash$ sudo update-rc.d SERVICE_NAME defaults
Remove Services on startup
bash$ sudo update-rc.d -f SERVICE_NAME remove
Change Default Editor
bash$ sudo update-alternatives --config editor
Format a drive to ext3 and mount it
bash$ sudo fdisk /dev/sdb
bash$ sudo mke2fs -j /dev/sdb1
bash$ sudo mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb1 /mount/point
bash$ sudo vi /etc/fstab
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/dev/sdb1 /mount/point ext3 defaults 0 0
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Install update, upgrade and dist-upgrade
bash$ sudo apt-get update
bash$ sudo apt-get upgrade
bash$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Install update-manager-core if it is not already installed:
bash$ sudo apt-get install update-manager-core
Edit the /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and change the Prompt to normal instead of the lts
bash$ sudo vi /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades
Prompt=normal
Launch the upgrade tool:
bash$ sudo do-release-upgrade
Follow the on-screen instructions.
Option #1: Use 64 bit Ubuntu Linux. 64 bit Linux kernel will take care of 4G or more memory. Just grab latest 64 bit version and install it.
Option #2: Install PAE enabled kernel Open terminal and type the following command:
bash$ sudo apt-get update
bash$ sudo sudo apt-get install linux-headers-server linux-image-server linux-server