Re: [gentoo-user] Hanging mount

2012-06-28 Thread Alex Schuster
Alex Schuster writes: Helmut Jarausch writes: On 06/27/2012 04:44:34 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: i accidentally tried to mount the extended partition /dev/sda4 from this disk: [...] which results in a hanging mount process, which cannot be killed. I cannot tell you if kernel

Re: [gentoo-user] Hanging mount

2012-06-28 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Alex Schuster wo...@wonkology.org wrote: Alex Schuster writes: Helmut Jarausch writes: On 06/27/2012 04:44:34 AM, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: i accidentally tried to mount the extended partition /dev/sda4 from this disk: [...] which results in a

[gentoo-user] [OT] Computer security

2012-06-28 Thread walt
I really enjoyed reading this: http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/167719/WhyFromNigeria.pdf

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub2 and is the upgrade a tooth puller.

2012-06-28 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: It appears that grub2 is coming soon. grub 2.00 has been released! https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/

Re: [gentoo-user] USE=jpeg not part of hardened/linux/x86 profile

2012-06-28 Thread Jorge Martínez López
Thanks Klondike for the tips! 2012/6/27 Francisco Blas Izquierdo Riera (klondike) klond...@gentoo.org: [...] Finally regarding Gwibber and Hotot make sure you don't have the jit USE flag set, jit code and hardened match just as well as a bobcat and a pitbull in a small closed box with a lit

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub2 and is the upgrade a tooth puller.

2012-06-28 Thread Dale
Paul Hartman wrote: On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: It appears that grub2 is coming soon. grub 2.00 has been released! https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ I wasn't expecting it to be that soon. I guess it will hit the tree pretty soon then. Well, we all

[gentoo-user] Re: Grub2 and is the upgrade a tooth puller.

2012-06-28 Thread walt
On 06/28/2012 03:41 PM, Dale wrote: Paul Hartman wrote: On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: It appears that grub2 is coming soon. grub 2.00 has been released! https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ I wasn't expecting it to be that soon. I guess it will hit the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub2 and is the upgrade a tooth puller.

2012-06-28 Thread Alecks Gates
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 7:12 PM, walt w41...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/28/2012 03:41 PM, Dale wrote: Paul Hartman wrote: On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: It appears that grub2 is coming soon. grub 2.00 has been released!

[gentoo-user] Re: Grub2 and is the upgrade a tooth puller.

2012-06-28 Thread walt
On 06/28/2012 05:19 PM, Alecks Gates wrote: On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 7:12 PM, walt w41...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/28/2012 03:41 PM, Dale wrote: Paul Hartman wrote: On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: It appears that grub2 is coming soon. grub 2.00 has been

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub2 and is the upgrade a tooth puller.

2012-06-28 Thread Michael Mol
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Paul Hartman wrote: On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: It appears that grub2 is coming soon. grub 2.00 has been released! https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ I wasn't expecting it to be that

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub2 and is the upgrade a tooth puller.

2012-06-28 Thread Alecks Gates
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 7:36 PM, walt w41...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/28/2012 05:19 PM, Alecks Gates wrote: On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 7:12 PM, walt w41...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/28/2012 03:41 PM, Dale wrote: Paul Hartman wrote: On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [gentoo-user] Grub2 and is the upgrade a tooth puller.

2012-06-28 Thread Bill Kenworthy
On Thu, 2012-06-28 at 20:36 -0400, Michael Mol wrote: On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 6:41 PM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Paul Hartman wrote: On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: It appears that grub2 is coming soon. grub 2.00 has been released!

[gentoo-user] Re: Is wrong 4k sector alignment still an issue?

2012-06-28 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 27/06/12 01:22, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 27 Jun 2012 01:06:53 +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: I'm getting a 2TB drive which uses 4kB sectors instead of 512 byte ones. I suppose by now everything will just work and the various tools will now by default create correctly aligned

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Is wrong 4k sector alignment still an issue?

2012-06-28 Thread David Haller
Hello, On Fri, 29 Jun 2012, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: OK, I now have the new disk. Unfortunately, it turns out that GPT is not an option, since Grub can't dual boot an UEFI/GPT installed Windows 7 (you can't install Windows on a GPT disk if you don't perform a UEFI install of Windows.) You need

[gentoo-user] Rebooted and now I only see the word GRUB

2012-06-28 Thread Paul Hartman
Hi, Tonight I rebooted and only see the text GRUB followed by a blinking cursor, never the grub menu. I'm using grub legacy and ~amd64. Of course my recovery options depend on GRUB actually working, so I'm downloading the latest gentoo minimal CD for now so I can hopefully get in and see what's

[gentoo-user] Re: Rebooted and now I only see the word GRUB [FIXED]

2012-06-28 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Paul Hartman paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Tonight I rebooted and only see the text GRUB followed by a blinking cursor, never the grub menu. I'm using grub legacy and ~amd64. Of course my recovery options depend on GRUB actually working, so I'm