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Dell Mini 9 How to install Windows 7 from a USB Key without a DVD

January 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment

OK so I thought Windows Vista is great for my quad and this new beta of windows 7  sounds better because of the good reviews.

I  have no external dvd rom on my mini 9 so i opted for the usb thumb drive method. Space is limited on the SSD hard drive so i revised my process from netbookguys instructions.

A great how to is here http://www.netbookguy.com/blogs/netbook/archive/2009/01/20/how-to-install-windows-7-from-a-usb-key-without-a-dvd.aspx

I did not use all of his instructions. Instead of extracting the whole iso I only extracted the `boot` folder on the iso. This folder has the bootsect.exe

Boot Sector Manipulation Tool
basically this saved me space and acheived the same results. Instead of using xcopy I extracted the files directly with winrar to the usb drive after the bootsect was used.

took about 7 mins to extract on the mini 9.

works great

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Moto Q + Windows mobil 6.1 + bluetooth

January 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment

I never thought bluetooth would be useful on the moto q up until now.

i never had anything bluetooth to pair my phone up with that it would be worth it. that is until now. my mini 9 came in about a week ago and i purchased the bluetooth adapter thinking it would come in handy. it occured to me that i might be able to tether my internet to my laptop via bluetooth. I was right

So I have used pdanet before in the past with my desktop just to see if it would work. It worked wonderfully. Sprint may not be everyones favorite but i was able to get unlimited text and data added to my plan for free.

I have a work laptop and it would not let me install pdanet drivers on it so i could not use my Sprint Moto Q phone to get on the internet. Ive always surfed the internet from the phone when i am bored and thought maybe i could use my skills to get online with my newly installed bluetooth adapter on my refurb mini 9.

My moto q is running windows mobile 6.1 from sprint. Basically after pairing the phone to my mini 9 I went to my phones programs. There is a program called internet sharing. Enabling this and selecting the bluetooth option allowed the device to create a network connections icon connecting via bluetooth to my phone. Ive been surfing for the past few hrs and it works wonderfully.

I may post more if people need info just comment i get emails and do respond.

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OSX Leopard 10.5 Mini 9 USB install

January 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment

http://dltv.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/osx-leopard-installed-on-mini-9-w-no-dvdrom/

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OSX Leopard installed on Mini 9 w/ No DVDrom

January 7, 2009 · 11 Comments

For those that google and find my post please use this at y0ur own risk.

Background: I purchased a Dell mini because it was cheap :

+310 16 gig SSD with 1 gig memory

+30 for J613H 1 Card,Wireless,Internal Bluetooth,QH/YM ordered seperate

+20 2 gig memory stick

+18 Zagg Invisibleshield

I later found out that OSX leopard 10.5 could be run on it. I was intrigued and wanted my mini to have the same OS as a macbook! How cool would that be?

So if you have (2) usb thumb drives and a windows pc you too can load OSX without the need of a CD/DVD rom. I didn’t want to spend any more than I had to enjoy my unit.

Step One: Check list
* One Vista (or possibly XP) computer…but I have only tested on Vista.
* One copy of OSX, in my case I used a retail DMG backup of 10.5.4
* USB Flash drive #1 2gig (For OSX Leopard 8+ gig flash drives are best)
* USB Flash drive #2 8gig (For Type11 – Makes PC think it’s a Mac)

Step Two: Create the Type11 Bootable flash drive
The type11 or boot123 is commonly known on the mydellmini, as the tool that allows your pc to boot OSX because it gives the OS the impression that you are in fact a real mac. Let the cloaking begin:

To make the Type11 USB Flash Drive you will need access to a Windows machine.
* Format the USB stick in the FAT32 format.
-right click and format flash drive
* Download Syslinux 3.63
* Expand that zipfile. In the win32 subdirectory there is an executable called syslinux.exe. At the command prompt line (Start—> Run—>CMD) type:
run syslinux -ma f: and press enter (assuming F: is the drive letter referring to your freshly formatted USB stick and your command line is in the right directory of syslinux; replace with the correct drive letter if necessary running this command will happen quickly. I didn’t even think it happened the first time but rest assure it works. )
* Copy the contents of the Type11 v7.7 ISO http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=8c116d784f7e1de2ab1eab3e9fa335cae14d84bdb06f32a8(not the image itself) to the USB flash stick, taking care not to overwrite anything that syslinux put on the USB stick (syslinux only placed one file on the stick that is hidden) ( I use Winrar to extract the ISO to my flash drive)
* You now have a bootable Type11/Boot132 USB flash drive
* You can test it right away by rebooting your Mini 9 and changing the boot sequence to USB boot.

Step Three:
Create an OSX Leopard Bootable flash drive
With your second USB flash drive plugged in to windows xp/vista

Download macdrive 7.0
once installed click on format or repair Mac disks
select modify Mac volumes(create, format and delete Mac volumes)
with the usb drive connected click next
you will see 2 volumes on the drive select the usb drive.
format your usb drive with HFS+

mount the dmg file and proceed to copy your downloaded .dmg contents using the below method

Open a command prompt (start —- run—cmd)
Type: diskpart and press Enter. ( it will Create the MBR for the device)
Type: list disk. A list of your connected hard drives will appear. Make sure you see your flash drive on the list. In the example below my 8GB flash drive is Disk 2. (images to come)

Type: select disk 2 (but change the disk number to whatever your drive is)
Type: clean. It should only take a few seconds to clean.
Type: create partition primary. This command should complete almost immediately.
Type: select partition 1
Type: active
Type format fs=fat32 to format the flash drive. This took about 10 minutes on my drive.
Type assign
Type exit

Now we need to copy the DMG contents to the USB drive Now that the MBR has been setup.

I assume d: DVDROM drive e: is the usb drive (d can also be a mounted DMG file of OSX leopard)

Now xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\

Step Four:
Insert the Leopard thumb drive into a USB slot on the right hand side of the Mini9
Insert the Type11/Boot132 thumb drive into a slot on the left.
Turn on the machine, make sure USB Legacy is Enabled in the BIOS.
Press 0 while booting to get the boot menu, choose USB Drive, you should see some SYSLINUX text zipping across the screen, when you get a prompt, hit enter. You’ll proceed to boot up into the Leopard installer.

Sleep is in the latest version- just make sure USB Legacy and USB Wake are disabled in BIOS.
Ill be testing these instructions soon but for those daring!

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Dell Mini 9 Arrives tomorrow OSX 10.5.5 Leopard to Follow

January 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment

So i recently got a Dell mini 9 because it was dirt cheap. 310 included shipping and tax.

It has 1 gig stock from Dell. My first hack would be to install Bios A03 and a 2 gig ram stick.  That will probably be about 25 bucks from Newegg.com.

Next I plan to install OSX where i will be documenting the whole process.

I am currently doing a lot of research to make this happen seeing as It does not have a DVD rom drive. USB Flash drives will have to do.

I will be attempting to install OSX Leopard from 2 USB drives.

I do not have a Macbook only a Vista Running Windows Machine to get the 2 usb flash drives formatted with the right files.

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Cyberarmy – Sered Gamma

December 15, 2008 · 14 Comments

Lets talk about gamma.

http://www.cyberarmy.net/includes/sered/ripped.gif

grab this file and hack away little coders. when you find something out post it…i personally think that if you were to fill in the entire image with white and compare the difference you could be left with the code.

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Cyberarmy – Sered Safe Lock

April 24, 2008 · 45 Comments

To beat the Safe @http://www.cyberarmy.net/sered/sered2/safe

You need to look at the source code and notice the java file is exposed.

<P><BR>
<center>
<applet code="net.cyberarmy.sered.SafeLockApplet.class" archive="/includes/sered/safelock2.jar" width=256 height=96>
<param name=background value="http://www.cyberarmy.net/includes/sered/background.jpg">
<param name=checksum value="efb5d7a5db4ff3e9f2882ebae41042b382c59073">
<param name=digits value="http://www.cyberarmy.net/includes/sered/digits.jpg">
<param name=url_base value="http://www.cyberarmy.net/sered/sered2/safe/">
<param name=click value="http://www.cyberarmy.net/includes/sered/click.au">
<./applet>
<./center>
Great tips to a fun game

Hence the .jar file is located on the servers here

http://www.cyberarmy.net/includes/sered/safelock2.jar

Download the Jar file and then rename the extension to .zip

This will allow you to see the directories of the jar file and let you extract them.

So go ahead and extract those with winrar and then use a

Then we will probably need to decompile the class file! So lets do it!

Continued August 2nd 2008

Ok so go download http://www.bysoft.se/sureshot/cavaj/index.html

Cavaj Java Decompiler V1.11

When you are done with that .. throw both class files into it.

package net.cyberarmy.sered;

import java.applet.AppletContext;
import java.applet.AudioClip;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import javax.swing.JApplet;
import javax.swing.JRootPane;

public class SafeLockApplet extends JApplet
{

private final int NUM_BARRELS = 6;
private Image digits;
private Image bg;
private int barrel_values[];
private int offsets[];
private String checksum;
private String url_base;
private AudioClip ac;

public SafeLockApplet()
throws HeadlessException
{
}

public void init()
{
String digits_url = getParameter(“digits”);
String background_url = getParameter(“background”);
String click_url = getParameter(“click”);
checksum = getParameter(“checksum”);
url_base = getParameter(“url_base”);
if(digits_url == null)
{
throw new RuntimeException(“digits image not specified”);
}
if(background_url == null)
{
throw new RuntimeException(“background image not specified”);
}
if(click_url == null)
{
throw new RuntimeException(“click sound not specified”);
}
if(checksum == null)
{
throw new RuntimeException(“checksum not specified”);
}
if(url_base == null)
{
throw new RuntimeException(“url_base not specified”);
}
try
{
digits = getToolkit().getImage(new URL(digits_url));
}
catch(MalformedURLException mue)
{
throw new RuntimeException(“malformed digits url”);
}
prepareImage(digits, null);
barrel_values = new int[6];
offsets = new int[6];
for(int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
{
barrel_values[i] = 0;
offsets[i] = (int)(Math.random() * 5D – 2D);
}

try
{
bg = getToolkit().getImage(new URL(background_url));
}
catch(MalformedURLException mue)
{
throw new RuntimeException(“malformed background url”);
}
prepareImage(bg, null);
try
{
ac = JApplet.newAudioClip(new URL(click_url));
}
catch(MalformedURLException e)
{
throw new RuntimeException(“click URL malformed”);
}
}

public void paint(Graphics g)
{
while((checkImage(bg, null) & 0×20) != 32) ;
getRootPane().getContentPane().getGraphics().drawImage(bg, 0, 0, null);
while((checkImage(digits, null) & 0×20) != 32) ;
for(int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
{
getRootPane().getContentPane().getGraphics().drawImage(digits, 34 * i + 28, 25 + offsets[i], 32 + 34 * i + 28, 72 + offsets[i], barrel_values[i] * 32, 0, 32 + barrel_values[i] * 32, 47, null);
}

}

public void start()
{
getRootPane().addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {

public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)
{
handleClick(e.getX(), e.getY());
}

});
repaint();
}

public void handleClick(int x, int y)
{
int barrel = -1;
if(y >= 12 && y <= 22)
{
if(x >= 33 && x <= 52)
{
barrel = 0;
} else
if(x >= 67 && x <= 86)
{
barrel = 1;
} else
if(x >= 101 && x <= 121)
{
barrel = 2;
} else
if(x >= 136 && x <= 154)
{
barrel = 3;
} else
if(x >= 170 && x <= 190)
{
barrel = 4;
} else
if(x >= 204 && x <= 222)
{
barrel = 5;
}
if(barrel != -1)
{
barrel_values[barrel] = (barrel_values[barrel] + 1) % 10;
}
} else
if(y >= 75 && y <= 83)
{
if(x >= 33 && x <= 52)
{
barrel = 0;
} else
if(x >= 67 && x <= 86)
{
barrel = 1;
} else
if(x >= 101 && x <= 121)
{
barrel = 2;
} else
if(x >= 136 && x <= 154)
{
barrel = 3;
} else
if(x >= 170 && x <= 190)
{
barrel = 4;
} else
if(x >= 204 && x <= 222)
{
barrel = 5;
}
if(barrel != -1)
{
barrel_values[barrel] = (barrel_values[barrel] + 9) % 10;
}
}
if(barrel != -1)
{
ac.play();
offsets[barrel] = (int)(Math.random() * 5D – 2D);
repaint();
if(getChecksumWithPrefix(“LOCKED”).equals(checksum))
{
try
{
getAppletContext().showDocument(new URL(url_base + getChecksumWithPrefix(“OPEN”)));
}
catch(MalformedURLException e)
{
throw new RuntimeException(“could not access ” + url_base + getChecksumWithPrefix(“OPEN”));
}
}
}
}

private String getChecksumWithPrefix(String prefix)
{
MessageDigest md;
try
{
md = MessageDigest.getInstance(“SHA-1″);
}
catch(NoSuchAlgorithmException e)
{
throw new RuntimeException(“Could not find SHA-1 algorithm”);
}
md.update(prefix.getBytes());
for(int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
{
md.update((byte)(barrel_values[i] + 48));
}

byte b[] = md.digest();
StringBuffer hexString = new StringBuffer();
for(int i = 0; i < b.length; i++)
{
String o = Integer.toHexString(0xff & b[i]);
if(o.length() < 2)
{
o = “0″ + o;
}
hexString.append(o);
}

String h = hexString.toString();
return hexString.toString();
}
}

Sexy right

2nd class file

package net.cyberarmy.sered;

import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;

// Referenced classes of package net.cyberarmy.sered:
//            SafeLockApplet

private final class  extends MouseAdapter
{

public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)
{
handleClick(e.getX(), e.getY());
}

()
{
}
}

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Cyberarmy – Sered Solutions Beta

April 23, 2008 · 1 Comment

http://www.cyberarmy.net/sered/sered2/stgallen

The second challenge is a pain in the butt. You need to again check your again for a message.

From chirac
To
Date 2008-04-22 01:12:17
Subject Hello again

Mr Bourne, shortly after we parted company i was approached by two gentlemen at the habour, i said nothing, but they were looking for you.I asked them what they wanted you for, they said you had robbed a bank in Switzerland! For some reason, i dont believe them, or trust them. I have done some research for you my friend and found a bank by this name here.

Take a look, but be very careful, there is something afoot here!

Good luck,
Chirac

Mine looked like this. The link will take you to what is considered to be artificial intelligence. the idea is to trick the bot into telling you how to enter.

Basically she is wanting your identify from the first email in the format of XX-XX-XX-XX

So go find that email and type in “process XX-XX-XX-XX”

Then you will see she says:

Carol :: “Go with Karlos, he’ll take you to your box.”

Follow with the response of

Karlos

This will then imediatley take you to http://www.cyberarmy.net/sered/sered2/safe

Good luck!

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Cyberarmy – Sered Solutions Alpha

April 23, 2008 · 3 Comments

ll it appears that Cyberarmy has a new set of challenges called Sered. When I first learned of the internet I thought that hacking was only for those who were 40 years old geeks who didn’t have anything better but examine source code. I read up on every hit google had on hacking and got involved with the cyberarmy game where i learned very useful information on computer security and crypto.

Now the challenges have started again and I’m here to share my thoughts and possibly others will come here and post some hints for others to learn as i did.

Level one starts with url http://www.cyberarmy.net/sered/ and a page with info:

You see a black tunnel infront of you, a pinpoint of light at its centre slowly expands until it’s the only thing you see. A tanned, moustached face appears at its centre, looking straight at you.

“Mistah Bourne, wake up Mistah Bourne!”

You remember nothing.

Monsieur Chirac found your limp body 50 miles off the coast of Marseille, the freezing cold sea saved your life, you’d been shot twice in the back. All you feel is a numb sensation. Chirac talks in detail of how he came accross you; one of the crew on his fishing boat saw your body in the water, they hauled you on board. Claud, a labourer, took it upon himself to care for your wounds. He removed 1 bullet from your back, lodged in a broken rib and repaired another wound where the bullet had gone straight through. On examining your body, he opened an old wound.

He found in it, a small cyclindrical metal item, no bigger than 30mm in length. As he’d fumbled with the bloody object in his hand, he heard a ‘click’ and noticed a red light eminating from one end. He shone it against the wall, not knowing what to expect. The light projected in the information as follows:

J Bourne: 10212143

Chirac hands this to you as he talks. You tell him you remember nothing. He says he will drop you at Marseille when they next habour and give you some supplies. He suggests you check recent census data, local directories and missing persons.

“Then you will know, yes? Trigger memory yes?”

Your journey begins:

Take me to the harbour & cMS me more info

Sered: Alpha
The first level of the new CyberArmy challenge is pretty straightforward. The story is taken from the movie “Bourne Identity”. The first thing after reading the intro is to check your messages IN YOUR INBOX. It will look like this:

Mr Bourne, i suggest you start your search for your identity here. Remember, the number found with your body was XXXXXXXXX. THIS NUMBER IS IMPORTANT LATER

Trust no-one Mr Bourne.

Good luck my friend, i think you will need it

Look in The link in this message leads to “http://www.cyberarmy.net/sered/sered1/userdb”, a so-called International Missing Persons Database. Insert

First Name: Jason and

Surname: Bourne.

This will lead you to the first real login screen of this challenge where it says “Authentication Required”: “sered/sered1/userdb/MI5/”.

Look at the sourcecode and you will find a hidden field in the form:

input type=”hidden” name=”data” value=”../data”

So go to “sered/sered1/userdb/data/” and click on the file “admins.db”. You will find a user:password combination there, but do not waste your time trying to crack this with John the Ripper. The password is base64-encoded, so search for an online tool (try http://www.purplehell.com/cgi-bin/riddles/base64.pl). The password will most probably be a number. Now use this information (user: generaluser pass: the decrypted number) to log in on the MI5 page and you have passed Alpha! Now good luck with Carol :-)

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Pirates of the Caribbean Black Pearl Replacement Program

March 7, 2008 · Leave a Comment

So I wanted to share with everyone how you can check your copy of POTC BP to see if it has the frame issue.

Start your copy and go to Chapter 3 25:39 – 25:40 and notice how his head is chopped off.

The movie should look like the following:

original.jpeg
In order to participate, call Disney’s customer service line at 1-800-723-4763, and have your name, address, phone number and UPC number ready. You can also email the information directly to disneyinfo@disneyhelp.com.

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