Compiling rtorrent from source on Ubuntu Maverick

Download and compile libtorrent

sudo wget http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/downloads/libtorrent-0.12.6.tar.gz
sudo tar zxfv libtorrent-0.12.6.tar.gz
cd libtorrent-0.12.6
sudo ./configure
sudo make
sudo make install

Download and compile xmlrpc-c

sudo svn checkout http://xmlrpc-c.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/xmlrpc-c/stable xmlrpc-c
cd xmlrpc-c/
sudo ./configure
sudo make
sudo make install

Download and compile rtorrent

sudo wget http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/downloads/rtorrent-0.8.6.tar.gz
sudo tar zxfv rtorrent-0.8.6.tar.gz
cd rtorrent-0.8.6
sudo ./configure --with-xmlrpc-c
sudo make
sudo make install

OpenWRT Wake-On-Lan with etherwake

First install package “etherwake” with command:

opkg install etherwake

You have to find out what is the host MAC address you want to wake up. Look for it in:

/etc/config/dhcp

Then use etherwake to wake the host f.e.:

etherwake -D -b -i br-lan 00:1d:60:56:5c:4e

Install XP from USB stick from DOS/HIREN BOOT CD

The easiest way is to have on your USB stick something like HIREN BOOT CD that you can boot of to DOS. You can use f.e. file explorer likeVolkov Commander from HIREN BOOT CD to copy contents of I386 folder to hard drive we want to install windows xp and then:

CD C:\I386
WINNT.exe