Re: fsck error on boot: /dev/sda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY and Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary

2021-03-18 Thread Robbi Nespu
On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 23:06:31 +0500 "Alexander V. Makartsev" wrote: Partitions mounted with 'errors=remount-ro' option will be remounted as read-only automatically, if a kernel detects an error. I suggest you to dig a little deeper, because there is a possibility a hardware problem is the sourc

Re: fsck error on boot: /dev/sda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY and Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary

2021-03-18 Thread Robbi Nespu
On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 10:23:57 -0500 David Wright wrote: Well, that's the nature of the beast, and what backups are for. Was your fsck successful? Can you now read the files on the disk? the fsck are successful, not sure every files inside are readable or corrupt but the most files I accessed l

Re: fsck error on boot: /dev/sda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY and Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary

2021-03-18 Thread Robbi Nespu
On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 17:45:55 +0300 L Ka wrote: Old disk management tools did such alignment because they believed that any drive uses 512 byte sectors. But modern software (starting from Win7 I believe) uses 4KB alignment because it is compatible with advanced format and SSD. Do you mean linux

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-18 Thread deloptes
Celejar wrote: > I certainly agree that they aren't "perfectly comparable or even the > same," and I certainly do trust open source software considerably more. > I was just objecting to absolutist claims that non-open source software > is completely untrustworthy - claims such as yours that trusti

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-18 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 17:53:13 -0300 riveravaldez wrote: > On 3/18/21, Celejar wrote: ... > > (...) The bottom line: no, I don't "know" that WhatsApp is secure, but > > neither do I "know" that anything I run is. (...) > > To put it simply, I can't accept the idea that in terms of security or p

[OT] Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-18 Thread deloptes
Stefan Monnier wrote: > I hear there's a lot of interesting discussions there about how to > communicate safely, but sadly so far I haven't managed to configure my > safe not-internet-connected machine to participate. do you think it is possible to have public & encrypted discussion, when we do n

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-18 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Perhaps you and all the others could use -debian-offtopic to air Not sure what "offtopic" has to do with this discussion, so I'll assume it was a typo for `debian-offline`. I hear there's a lot of interesting discussions there about how to communicate safely, but sadly so far I haven't managed

Re: [sid] efibootmgr not working

2021-03-18 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2021-03-18 21:03 +0100, Grzesiek Sójka wrote: > I noticed recently that efibootmgr stoped working. On all my Sid > machines I get the following: > > # efibootmgr > EFI variables are not supported on this system. > > But if I run Buster (the same hardware) then everything is ok. So this > is def

[OT] Debian Offtopic (Was: Re: Social-media antipathy))

2021-03-18 Thread Linux-Fan
Brian writes: On Thu 18 Mar 2021 at 21:09:58 +0100, deloptes wrote: [...] > paranoid - isolate the machine where you read and write, encrypt and > decrypt your messages! I was thinking of starting a crowdfund project for > such a device, but no time to even draft a business plan. Perhaps yo

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-18 Thread riveravaldez
On 3/18/21, Celejar wrote: > On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:49:27 -0300 > riveravaldez wrote: > >> I'm getting pretty confuse with these statements. >> >> On 3/18/21, Celejar wrote: >> > (...) >> > I definitely share your concerns about Facebook (although perhaps not >> > quite your vehemence), but maki

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-18 Thread Brian
On Thu 18 Mar 2021 at 21:09:58 +0100, deloptes wrote: > to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > Come on, as soon as you go out to the street you can be run over by a > > bus... > > > > You'll still take some precautions, as it might enhance your odds of > > survival :) > > > >> Why should I bother with y

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-18 Thread deloptes
to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > Come on, as soon as you go out to the street you can be run over by a > bus... > > You'll still take some precautions, as it might enhance your odds of > survival :) > >> Why should I bother with your encryption efforts, when I can read your >> screen? > > This is a go

[sid] efibootmgr not working

2021-03-18 Thread Grzesiek Sójka
Hi there, I noticed recently that efibootmgr stoped working. On all my Sid machines I get the following: # efibootmgr EFI variables are not supported on this system. But if I run Buster (the same hardware) then everything is ok. So this is definitely software problem. I also noticed that the

Re: fsck error on boot: /dev/sda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY and Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary

2021-03-18 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 18.03.2021 18:16, Robbi Nespu wrote: While doing my homework using  LibreOffice, suddenly it crash and hung. then I execute "glance" to check system status but the program crash with debut log said my /tmp not available... that so weird. I execute df -h and my drive are there. "ls /tmp" al

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-18 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:49:27 -0300 riveravaldez wrote: > I'm getting pretty confuse with these statements. > > On 3/18/21, Celejar wrote: > > (...) > > I definitely share your concerns about Facebook (although perhaps not > > quite your vehemence), but making **blatantly incorrect** assertions

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-18 Thread James H. H. Lampert
Suffice it to say that the only Social Media outfit I trust less than I trust Facebook or Twitter (neither of which I trust any further than I can throw the U.S.S. Hornet) is LinkedIn. Which I have loathed since *before* they became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsloth. -- JHHL (I'd use a s

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-18 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 17:25:48 +0100 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 10:07:08AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > [...] > > > I definitely share your concerns about Facebook (although perhaps not > > quite your vehemence), > > :-) > > >but making blatantly incor

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-18 Thread Joe
On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:49:27 -0300 riveravaldez wrote: > I'm getting pretty confuse with these statements. > > On 3/18/21, Celejar wrote: > > (...) > > I definitely share your concerns about Facebook (although perhaps > > not quite your vehemence), but making **blatantly incorrect** > > asserti

Re: fsck error on boot: /dev/sda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY and Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary

2021-03-18 Thread David Wright
On Thu 18 Mar 2021 at 18:49:57 (+0300), IL Ka wrote: > > > > Steady on. There's likely to be a load of personal data on this drive. > > > > Yes, backup should be done first! > > > That partition table looks perfectly normal for disks of a certain vintage; > > > I agree, but from "fdisk" output I

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-18 Thread tomas
On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 10:07:08AM -0400, Celejar wrote: [...] > I definitely share your concerns about Facebook (although perhaps not > quite your vehemence), :-) >but making blatantly incorrect assertions like > the claim that Facebook is one of the ends of WhatsApp's

Re: fsck error on boot: /dev/sda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY and Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary

2021-03-18 Thread Felix Miata
IL Ka composed on 2021-03-18 18:40 (UTC+0300): >> This old alignment usually only reduces performance on a 4k sector HDD. > Here is output from topic starter's fdisk: ... > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes > Device B

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-18 Thread riveravaldez
On 3/18/21, riveravaldez wrote: > I'm getting pretty confuse with these statements. > (...) Sorry to everybody, I forgot to fix the addresses...

Re: fsck error on boot: /dev/sda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY and Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary

2021-03-18 Thread IL Ka
> > > Steady on. There's likely to be a load of personal data on this drive. > Yes, backup should be done first! > That partition table looks perfectly normal for disks of a certain vintage; > I agree, but from "fdisk" output I see 4K (advanced format). Is your drive advanced-formatted? Of cou

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-18 Thread riveravaldez
I'm getting pretty confuse with these statements. On 3/18/21, Celejar wrote: > (...) > I definitely share your concerns about Facebook (although perhaps not > quite your vehemence), but making **blatantly incorrect** assertions like > the claim that Facebook is one of the ends of WhatsApp's E2E e

Re: fsck error on boot: /dev/sda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY and Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary

2021-03-18 Thread IL Ka
> > > This old alignment usually only reduces performance on a 4k sector HDD. Here is output from topic starter's fdisk: === Disk /dev/sda: 931.51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (m

Re: fsck error on boot: /dev/sda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY and Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary

2021-03-18 Thread Felix Miata
IL Ka composed on 2021-03-18 17:45 (UTC+0300): > Robbi Nespu wrote: > Device Boot StartEndSectors Size Id Type >> /dev/sda1 63 1953520456 1953520394 931.5G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT > This one is wrong. > https://wiki.debian.org/DiskBlockAlignment > Old disk management tools

Re: fsck error on boot: /dev/sda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY and Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary

2021-03-18 Thread David Wright
On Thu 18 Mar 2021 at 17:45:55 (+0300), IL Ka wrote: > On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 5:28 PM Robbi Nespu wrote: > > > May I know why you want to check sdb instead of sda? > > > Oops, I made a typo:) Oh, I thought you said that because (from the OP): "that so weird. I execute df -h and my drive are

Re: fsck error on boot: /dev/sda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY and Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary

2021-03-18 Thread IL Ka
On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 5:28 PM Robbi Nespu wrote: > May I know why you want to check sdb instead of sda? > Oops, I made a typo:) > > /dev/sdb1 * 2048 234440703 234438656 111.8G 83 Linux > Your sdb is aligned successfully Device Boot StartEndSectors Size Id Type > /dev/

Re: fsck error on boot: /dev/sda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY and Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary

2021-03-18 Thread Robbi Nespu
May I know why you want to check sdb instead of sda? btw, this is output for both: - Disk /dev/sdb: 111.79 GiB, 120034123776 bytes, 234441648 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-18 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:28:06 +0100 wrote: > On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 10:54:24PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Sat, 13 Mar 2021 09:45:28 +0100 > > wrote: > > > > > On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 09:24:50AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > > Fortunately mos

Re: fsck error on boot: /dev/sda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY and Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary

2021-03-18 Thread IL Ka
> > I don't want my SSD or HDD died suddenly > You need to check smart. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T. Package is called "smartmontools" https://packages.debian.org/sid/smartmontools > fdisk output also said "Partition 1 does not start on physical sector > boundary." on my sda1 > > r

fsck error on boot: /dev/sda1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY and Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary

2021-03-18 Thread Robbi Nespu
While doing my homework using LibreOffice, suddenly it crash and hung. then I execute "glance" to check system status but the program crash with debut log said my /tmp not available... that so weird. I execute df -h and my drive are there. "ls /tmp" also work but writing anything not workin

Re: [?]Boot Debian Live image with Grub loopback loop line with Debian iso

2021-03-18 Thread Susmita/Rajib
Thank you, Dr. George and Mr. Makartsev, for your inputs. Of late, it appears as if Debian is an endlessly branching vortex. One begins with an intent to solve one problem (in my case, can't use the sound card in duplex mode), but is pushed into another. Debian appears to have become unmanageably

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-18 Thread tomas
On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 10:55:54AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 18 mar 21, 09:28:06, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > So while I don't doubt that the WA client *could* *in principle* > > do end-to-end encryption, they'll do whatever it takes to trick > > end users to share their juicy data

Re: [?]Boot Debian Live image with Grub loopback loop line with Debian iso

2021-03-18 Thread Nicolas George
Susmita/Rajib (12021-03-18): > My illustrious Team Members, > > Acting on your advice on the Realtek thread, I have downloaded a Live > ISO of Debian Buster debian-live-10.8.0-amd64-lxde.iso and proceeded > from there. > > I had created a lot of unnecessary noise (at that time, unduly made > anxi

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-18 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 18 mar 21, 09:28:06, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > So while I don't doubt that the WA client *could* *in principle* > do end-to-end encryption, they'll do whatever it takes to trick > end users to share their juicy data with the mothership, FB. It's > their life-blood. I'm guessing the full

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-18 Thread tomas
On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 05:03:49AM +0100, deloptes wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > > I'm not sure whether you're being serious or facetious, but WhatsApp > > apparently has genuine end-to-end encryption, using the Signal protocol, > > and neither of the ends is Facebook. > > > > Of course, it's close

Re: Social-media antipathy (was Re: How i can optimize my operating system?)

2021-03-18 Thread tomas
On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 10:54:24PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Sat, 13 Mar 2021 09:45:28 +0100 > wrote: > > > On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 09:24:50AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > ... > > > > Fortunately most of the > > > conversations have been moving to WhatsApp (wh

Re: [?]Boot Debian Live image with Grub loopback loop line with Debian iso

2021-03-18 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 18.03.2021 11:33, Susmita/Rajib wrote: ... Then I was able to reach only up to (initramfs), snapshot at the following Link: http://bit.do/Debian10-8-0_stallingHere I most humbly request you to please be a little patient with me as I am not as gifted as you are in these matters. Best. Rajib