Re: how many iptables rules can a VPS have

ess CPU work for the kernel too. I believe that's the "route" action in fail2ban. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Address 127.0.1.1

llions of servers worldwide. Think: reverse proxies (e.g. nginx) and backend app servers. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Debian bookwork / grub2 / LVM / RAID / dm-integrity fails to boot

iled boot at next boot. Anything that involves grub having to interact with LVM just seems really fragile. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: any other running here with BATV?

o it. I just wanted to say that possibly your questions may reach a better audience if they were sent to mailop mailing list: https://mailop.org Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: OT: Top Posting

Hello, On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 05:01:31PM +, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > don't y'all have any thing better to do You must be new here. Get used to reading with a "mark thread read" key in your MUA of choice, is my best advice. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No

Re: youtube-dl blocked?

or all the distress this matter has caused you. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Mesh VPN on Debian (Was Re: Current best practices for system configuration management?)

ccessing-all-your-stuff-with-a-zero-trust-mesh-vpn/ I still wouldn't want to automated a config push/pull to a laptop over a mesh VPN I think, but others have mentioned that you can do Ansible in a pull mode. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Current best practices for system configuration management?

day in search of profit. Which is their right. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

On user expectations (Was Re: *****SPAM***** Re: LibreOffice removed from Debian)

upstream yourself, or pay them to do the packaging work that you used to get for free. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: making Debian secure by default

ue, is totally lost. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: making Debian secure by default

eeds to have a good hard look at their biases. Which is another part of this massive social problem. It's such a distraction. And here we are in a thread that started with a bug in a 30+ year old setgid binary. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: making Debian secure by default

n some effort, and that "enough eyes make all bugs shallow" doesn't hold true unless the process is actually providing those eyes. I have no answers on how to fix such a deep-rooted societal problem but I am not going to start yelling obscenities at people on public mailing lists because

Re: making Debian secure by default

was not safe to do so, since the ext4 corruption bug of December 2023. What were you thinking of? Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: making Debian secure by default

that "write" and "wall" in Debian had setgid removed after this. https://salsa.debian.org/debian/util-linux/-/commit/c4be137b4b09a855713c1f4d052dfee773c4ad3b https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/u/util-linux/util-linux_2.39.3-11_changelog Thank

Re: [oss-security] backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise

ect to being taught to fish, here is your fish: https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2024/msg00057.html Bon appetit. Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: making Debian secure by default

Hello, On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 07:02:54PM +0100, Kamil Jońca wrote: > Andy Smith writes: > > https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4 > > > > (Upstream xz/lzma project compromised, hostile code inserted into > > sshd in Debian sid and other lead

Re: Fwd: [oss-security] backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise

s people do bad stuff to good software". Sounds like it'll be an interesting story though. It's going to drive a lot of conspiracy theories. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: making Debian secure by default

Hi, On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 05:43:22PM -, Curt wrote: > On 2024-03-29, Andy Smith wrote: > >> > >> It makes no fucking difference, because your important data is elsewhere > >> and completely out of your control. > > > > I WAS going to gently

Re: making Debian secure by default

her leading edge distros.) Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: making Debian secure by default

op the "-systemd" if you prefer a cron job equivalent) apticorn is mentioned in the Debian Administrator's Handbook which is worth a read even though it only covers up to Debian 11. https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-handbook/sect.regular-upgrades.en.html Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: making Debian secure by default

d now. Looking at all of my sessions, the terminal file for all of them is group writeable despite "TTYPERM 0600" being in /etc/login.defs. $ ls -la $(tty) crw--w 1 andy tty 136, 0 Mar 28 16:33 /dev/pts/0 $ mesg is y $ mesg n $ ls -la $(tty) crw--- 1 andy tty 136, 0 M

Re: making Debian secure by default

Hello, On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 11:24:08AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 01:30:32PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-handbook/ > > > > This has a chapter on security, so possibly it would be appropriate &g

Re: making Debian secure by default

On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 12:28:56AM -0400, Lee wrote: > On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 10:07 PM Andy Smith wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 05:30:50PM -0400, Lee wrote: > > > I just saw this advisory > > > Escape sequence injection in uti

Re: making Debian secure by default

onable for most people. It's been almost 30 years since I used it for anything useful. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: making Debian secure by default

to "mesg n" into a file in /etc/profile.d so that all users execute it. Thanks, Andy ¹ The next update of bsdutils will complain it can't write that file. -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: debian12: something destroys /etc/network/interfaces at boot

does actually turn out to be Debian there might be bugs to report. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: seeding /dev/random from a security key

longer possible to tell if that does anything useful. I most likely will not be replacing these devices when they fail. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Redis license change

g packaged, other than there being maintainers to do it. You may like to submit a Request For Packaging bug for one or both, though again, may not get very far unless someone is already interested in doing it. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

THAT obvious troll thread

and hope for the best. Next time, please think about it. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: After installing no access to the installed system.

g the live media they installed from and expecting it to be their installed system. I don't know why their bootloader ends up misconfigured. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: After installing no access to the installed system.

I think it may have installed but something is wrong with the bootloader setup. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Inclusive terminology (instead of master/slave) for network bonding/LACP

ree weeks on and some have made essentially the same statements three times over by now. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: logcheck(1) in bookworm 12.5 /etc/logcheck/logcheck.logfiles.d/syslog.logfiles

check the journal.logfiles file I mentioned above to check that it is actually set up to read from journald. Good to know that logcheck has patterns for matching journald logs though. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Bookworm, fail2ban and sshd

set "backend = journald" in /etc/fail2ban/jail.conf or its usual local override, but I have not tested this as I still use rsyslogd. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: logcheck(1) in bookworm 12.5 /etc/logcheck/logcheck.logfiles.d/syslog.logfiles

ugh that may be a big job as I think all the sample pattern files for logcheck are still geared towards rsyslogd's format, not journald's. Myself, I still use logcheck with rsyslogd on Debian 12. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Spam from the list?

it gets back to me. One of the > problems with dkim is that you assume it still works, it's hard to know > what others actually see... Adding DMARC and a reporting address gets you far more unwelcome insight into what others do.  Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Spam from the list?

ree to preserve DKIM since I know at least some of them are severely opposed to DKIM. Your mailbox provider really should not be rejecting everything that has a broken DKIm signature. This email from me will probably have a broken DKIM signature. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: electrons/the Internet doesn't like question authority niggahs?, or is it that I like to eat raw garlic, ...

ail, this is an indication that this mailing list was not the correct place to send it to in the first place. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: DNSSEC status of deb.debian.org

NSSEC. I wouldn't be surprised if there were some, but again, I don't know what your threat model is so I'm not suggesting this matters. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: {OT] Mailing lists etc for postmasters

y" operate, if the sender > doesn't use DMARC? This idea seems to relate more to SPF than > anything? gmail's own policy is quarantine so if you send from somewhere that isn't gmail, while pretending to be from a gmail property, gmail indicates that it wishes¹ for your email to be qu

Re: {OT] Mailing lists etc for postmasters

m subscribed to mailop (though don't read it as often as I > should!) but from a mail search there doesn't seem to have been > anything there about this recently. This has been discussed at length on mailop since well back in 2023. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: where are the crontab files in Trixie?

Hi, On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 04:47:59PM +0100, Kamil Jońca wrote: > Andy Smith writes: > > Once you enable lingering for a user, that user's timers will > > trigger all the time. > > IIRC lingered user cannot be "normal" with session and so on. Am I > wr

Re: where are the crontab files in Trixie?

he output (if any) is very convenient and is tricky (but not impossible) to replicate with systemd timers. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: where are the crontab files in Trixie?

ble that cron soon doesn't get installed on many systems and increasingly becomes a curiosity, but since it will have to stick around until the last package stops shipping (only) a cron job, arguably it still remains in the archive for a very long time yet. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.

Re: SOLVED Re: Disk corruption and performance issue.

TB sdd Samsung_SSD_870_EVO_4TB sde ST4000LM016-1N2170 sdf ST4000LM016-1N2170 sdg SuperMicro_SSD sdh SuperMicro_SSD Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: medically smart watches

e near the surface. Neither method has yet proven to be accurate, which is why they aren't certified as a medical device in UK. You can learn all about it by searching "non-invasive blood glucose monitoring" Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: debian installer network console

een so it is possible to switch to the different terminal by the usual Screen key combinations, e.g. ctrl-a then space. This was not obvious to me for many years. Perhaps it is the same on the network console? Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

I think we can't disappear ifenslave documentation just yet (Was Re: Inclusive terminology (instead of master/slave) for network bonding/LACP)

a wiki article on that and perhaps a link to that from the existing one on bonded Ethernets. So in summary, I don't think ifenslave can actually be purged from history, but some useful steps could possibly be taken towards its deprecation - first involving actually documenting the new thing. Thanks

Re: Inclusive terminology (instead of master/slave) for network bonding/LACP

Hi, On Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 09:17:15AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 2/24/24, Andy Smith wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 24, 2024 at 01:35:14PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > >> I wrote: > >> > You seem by now to have ignored multiple messages where it was m

Postel's Law (Was Re: Inclusive terminology (instead of master/slave) for network bonding/LACP)

what our software accepts is untenable in the face of a hostile Internet. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: medically smart watches

hough I know they are for most as they actually are approved. So it's daily finger prick for me for the foreseeable. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Inclusive terminology (instead of master/slave) for network bonding/LACP

cal reasons!" Meanwhile I'd just appreciate hearing from actual users of it, since I might be one, one day. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Inclusive terminology (instead of master/slave) for network bonding/LACP

thing else in the > current Debian bookworm? What you describe is still the bonding driver, just without the use of the "ifenslave" command. The very first reply to you in this thread was from me pointing you at the teaming driver. …which I have never used nor yet tried to use. But it *is* meant to replace/succeed the bonding driver. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Inclusive terminology (instead of master/slave) for network bonding/LACP

pset, accusing others of being "woke" and "activists", but somehow they are the ones making all the noise. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Inclusive terminology (instead of master/slave) for network bonding/LACP

l us about, even though you asked them not to, and very little to say on the actual technical facts they claim to care about.  Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Inclusive terminology (instead of master/slave) for network bonding/LACP

Hi, On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 10:33:08AM +0100, Mariusz Gronczewski wrote: > It would *literally* break every single script that checks the status > of bonding config in system, as it is all just plain text. Unless a different driver was made instead. Which is what actually happened. Thanks

Re: Inclusive terminology (instead of master/slave) for network bonding/LACP

just google for random tidbit > of which project did waste time on that ? Roger is responding to a statement of there being no other, with the info that there is at least one other. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Meeting with the Development Team

ctions and anyone who has any ideas about how they can be improved will be expected to join in — as a volunteer — not pitch a commercial solution. > May I present what we can do for you? Ask not what Debian can buy from you, Ray, but what you can freely contribute to Debian.  Thanks, Andy

Re: Inclusive terminology (instead of master/slave) for network bonding/LACP

e used the bonding driver since before the teaming driver existed, so there's been some inertia against me learning a new thing. It would be good to see more use and examples for libteam to help people like me¹ feel more confident in switching. If you proceed with it, how about making a page on the Debian

Re: Determining which file is at a given LBA offset; was: HDD error: Current_Pending_Sector

ll be remapped. As long as the remapped sector count doesn't keep going up I'd be fairly comfortable in continuing to use the drive (assuming backups exist) s while longer. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Timer doing apt update

anuals/debian-handbook/sect.regular-upgrades.en.html The configuration options are also described in the man page for apt.conf. https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/apt/apt.conf.5.en.html#PERIODIC_AND_ARCHIVES_OPTIONS Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Timer doing apt update

" every day and then notifies you about available package upgrades. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Timer doing apt update

t I don't expect to agree with 100% of them. That's OK. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Timer doing apt update

pgrade / unattended-upgrade). You have to set things like APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists to 1. It's been there since Debian 9 (stretch) IIRC. The handbook has stuff about it. https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.regular-upgrades.html Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-no

Re: red SATA cables "notoriously bad"?

Hi, On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 10:06:23PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > Andy, look at that CET after my name in the sig, that stands for Certified > Electronics Tachnician. There isn't a polite way to say this really but unfortunately I am unable to take you seriously as you've posted s

Re: red SATA cables "notoriously bad"?

y. Yeah I skipped that thread the first time around owing to its subject line containing "urban legends". > consider searching this very list's archives. Moments of my life I will never get back, and no more authoritative sources unfortunately! Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Timer doing apt update

etworkManager that your connection is metered should stop it. > I disable the timers, thanks I don't think it's any of the systemd timers or unattended-upgrades. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

red SATA cables "notoriously bad"? (Was Re: Orphaned Inode Problem)

ompletely. I've never heard of this. I did a bit of searching around and all I can find is assertions that cable colour doesn't matter for SATA. I can't seem to find anything about red pigment damaging the copper. Have you got a reference so I can learn more? Thanks, Andy -- https://bi

Timeshift / Back In Time - How do they work

links. I can tell you how hardlinks work but I can't tell you how Timeshift or Back In Time work as I have never used them. So you might want to alter your subject line, because your email goes on only to ask how these solutions work Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive

cogent argument. So say if that's the case and we can just move on. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive

bits manually rm'd, resolv.conf whacked with chattr +i and so on, so it's also no surprise to me that this is difficult to debug. David's suggestion of starting with a minimal install might be the only way to do it. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive

Hello, On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 02:02:59PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 16 Feb 2024 at 14:48:12 (+), Andy Smith wrote: > > No, because it's a filesystem label for the ext4 fs created on > > /dev/sdz1. If sdz1 is turned into an LVM Physical Volume, there > > won't

Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive

Hi, On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 08:44:26PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > On 2/15/24 15:45, Andy Smith wrote: > > MD RAID isn't the only way to achieve redundancy. You also haven't > > explained why you need LVM. Depending on your needs, maybe a > > filesystem with redundancy

Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive

squeeze out all along. You've not yet been clear about what you want, but from what little information you have provided you've been told multiple times by multiple people that filesystem labels won't help. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive

Hello, On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 01:16:59AM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > On 2/15/24 16:20, Andy Smith wrote: > > Suppose you have the MD array /dev/md42. What are you conceptually > > wanting to do with that in relation to labels of some kind? What > > informatio

Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive

that since I know you've been posting about that a lot and clearly have decided to push ahead. I just think you haven't seen the end of the problems with that issue. Regards, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive

Hi, On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 03:19:54PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > On 2/15/24 11:21, Andy Smith wrote: > > You asked if "labels" would survive their associated partition being > > put into LVM. > > > > I said, "yes if you mean partition names, no if y

Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive

Hello, On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 05:32:34PM +, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: > Andy Smith wrote: > > Do remember that this mailing lists does not accept attachments (and > > very few mailing lists in general do), so any time you are tempted > > to send a ph

Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive

Hi, On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 09:56:07PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > On 2/14/24 19:48, Andy Smith wrote: > > > I hope you are putting a level of redundancy under that LVM or are > > > using the redundancy features of LVM (which you need to go out of > > > your

Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive

Hi, On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 08:48:31PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > On 2/14/24 19:48, Andy Smith wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 05:09:02PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > > I have made 1 full partiton om each one, a labeled those partitions as > > > SiPwr_0 and SiPw

Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive

Hi, On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 09:06:43PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > On 2/14/24 19:48, Andy Smith wrote: > > But your chosen partition names don't make a lot of sense to me. > > You've picked names based on the type/manufacturer of device so you > > may as well have just use

Re: f3tools vs Silicon Power 4T drive

or are using the redundancy features of LVM (which you need to go out of your way to do). Otherwise by default what you'll have is not redundant and a device failure will lose at least the contents of that device, possibly more. Regards, Andy ¹ and while you are there, maybe a post-it note with &quo

Re: Does "LC_ALL=C" work on all shells?

not enlighten us to how any particular entry may have been added to that file. I guess at some point something called update-locale with LC_ALL=C or something. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Debian bookworm: reboot required

approximate replacement for this is the package "reboot-notifier". On the same theme there is also "needrestart" which will tell you which daemons need to be restarted after libraries have been upgraded. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: hexchat being discontinued?

? Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Mixing HDD and SSD in lvm

in the mount options of most filesystems and then they will do online discard as they go, but there is not usually any need to do this. Also LVM has a discard option. It is on by default and all this does is trigger a discard when you remove an LV. Again that is best left on by default. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: find and it uncommon syntax - grrrrrrrrr

ing. Why can Gene not locate "iname" when it's right there in the "find" man page? Mind boggling. Why can Gene not type "how do I use GNU find to find a file by name" into a web search engine and read any of the several links on the first page of results? Mind

Re: find and it uncommon syntax - grrrrrrrrr

queries so to get any sort of meaningful answer to this you'd have to show us what exactly you tried. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was Re: Unidentified subject!)

Hello, On Thu, Feb 08, 2024 at 04:22:49PM -0500, Gremlin wrote: > On Thu, Feb 08, 2024 at 08:43:17PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > > I really do mean all forms of USB that come over a USB port. > > That line was meant to read > > I really do mean all forms of storage that

Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was Re: Unidentified subject!)

ent, I do still wish you what I consider to be continued good fortune! Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was Re: Unidentified subject!)

On Thu, Feb 08, 2024 at 03:56:19PM -0500, Gremlin wrote: > On 2/8/24 15:43, Andy Smith wrote: > > I wouldn't have much issue with taking a USB drive out of its caddy > > to get the SATA drive from inside, except that it would have to be > > an amazingly good deal to

Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was Re: Unidentified subject!)

On Thu, Feb 08, 2024 at 08:43:17PM +, Andy Smith wrote: > I really do mean all forms of USB that come over a USB port. That line was meant to read I really do mean all forms of storage that come over a USB port. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was Re: Unidentified subject!)

except that it would have to be an amazingly good deal to make it worth voiding the warranty, so I generally wouldn't bother. If I need directly attached storage I'd much rather explore options like SAS and eSATA, or even networked storage, before I would ever consider USB for a permanent instal

Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was Re: Unidentified subject!)

Hello, On Thu, Feb 08, 2024 at 05:40:54PM +0100, Ralph Aichinger wrote: > On Thu, 2024-02-08 at 15:36 +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > > I learned not to go there a long time ago and have seen plenty of > > reminders along the way from others' misfortunes to not ever go > > there a

Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was Re: Unidentified subject!)

Hello, On Fri, Feb 09, 2024 at 12:23:45AM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 08/02/2024 22:36, Andy Smith wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 07, 2024 at 03:30:29PM -0500, gene heskett wrote: > > > [629241.074187] scsi host37: usb-storage 1-2:1.0 > > > > USB storage is for phones an

Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was Re: Unidentified subject!)

Hi, On Thu, Feb 08, 2024 at 11:14:24AM -0500, Gremlin wrote: > On 2/8/24 10:36, Andy Smith wrote: > > USB storage is for phones and cameras etc, not for serious > > computing. Many people will disagree with that statement and say > > they use it all the time and it is fine.

Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was Re: Unidentified subject!)

d luck. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Home UPS recommendations (Was Re: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after)

Hello, On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 06:55:04PM +, Andy Smith wrote: > So, I must admit, I am quite tempted by BX1600MI which would cost me > about £183. The equivalent spec in the Pro range is more than twice > this price. [ TL;DR: While free software like apcupsd or nut support all APC

Re: Mixing HDD and SSD in lvm

en the 4K device is formatted to only do 4K though; most "Advanced Format" devices can do both 512b and 4K. If you are trying to do tiered storage you may have more luck with dm-cache, zfs, bcache or (the only recently upstreamed) bcachefs. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

Re: Mixing HDD and SSD in lvm

count, and that is often going to be the flash-based device. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

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