Re: Does hdparm not run at startup anymore?

+ Alexandre, hdparm maintainer On Friday 11 November 2016 23:11:24 Rainer Dorsch wrote: > Hi, > > I configure sdb in /etc/hdparm.conf to apm=64, but when I start the system, > apm does not change. Interesting enough a /etc/init.d/hdparm restart fixes > the problem: > > > root@Silberkiste:~# c

Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program

On 11/11/2016 10:38 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > I was wondering about that. > https://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/manual/ddrescue_manual.html is > not first time user friendly. Will re-read after a good night's > sleep. Will also look for appropriate tutorials. Suggestions? Well, I would sugges

Re: set domain name in Debian `

Hi Glenn, On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 11:13:02PM -0700, Glenn English wrote: > > On Nov 11, 2016, at 9:58 PM, Andy Smith wrote: > > After you have done that, what command are you using which shows you > > the old/incorrect values? > > Mostly hostname - f. That's what I've used in a number if shell >

Re: set domain name in Debian `

> On Nov 11, 2016, at 9:58 PM, Andy Smith wrote: > > I normally put the short name in /etc/hostname and then the: > > > > in /etc/hosts. That works for me both for setting initial host name > and FQDN, and for changing it later. Yeah, that's what I hear, and exactly that's in there. IIR

Re: set domain name in Debian `

Hi Glenn, On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 01:27:28PM -0700, Glenn English wrote: > I have to change the domain name of a Jessie server I'm working on. How do > you do it? (Aside from putting the FQDN in /etc/hostname, which kinda works.) I normally put the short name in /etc/hostname and then the:

Re: wheezy, cannot change the address of eth1

Hello, On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 09:13:26PM +, Darac Marjal wrote: > To cut a long story short, you can't add a default route if you already > have one (well, technically you can, but you'd need to provide more > information). You probably have a default route sending traffic over eth0. Yes, I

Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program

Hi Richard, On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 03:31:21PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > How big might the logfile be when trying to recover a known flaky 300 > GB drive. I've lots of space? Some convienient, some not. TL;DR: this depends on how many bad sectors you expect to find. If the number is likely t

Re: set domain name in Debian `

> On Nov 11, 2016, at 3:31 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 02:47:48PM -0700, Glenn English wrote: >>> On Nov 11, 2016, at 1:52 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: >>> >>> So... what are you actually trying to do? Be very specific. >> >> Well, I'd like the domain name to be the same

Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program

On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 10:49:37AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > I had been removed after becoming unreliable. Sorry to hear that. Advanced years don't come on their own, do they? (Sorry, couldn't resist it)

Re: wheezy, cannot change the address of eth1

On Friday 11 November 2016 14:17:07 David Wright wrote: > On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 13:13:56 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings folks; > > > > I just bought an ethernet switch, but it is a smart switch, so I > > needed to bring up my eth1 interface at an address in the > > 192.168.0.xx range s

Re: wheezy, cannot change the address of eth1

On Friday 11 November 2016 13:38:08 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 01:13:56PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > The output on screen for an /etc/init.d/networking restart for eth1 > > is: Configuring interface eth1=eth1 (inet) > > run-parts --verbose /etc/network/if-pre-up.d > > run-p

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 16:45:40 (-0800), Joseph Loo wrote: > On 11/11/2016 04:39 PM, David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 18:36:15 (-0500), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > >> On Friday, November 11, 2016 04:58:41 PM Pascal Hambourg wrote: > >>> Le 11/11/2016 à 22:17, Thomas Schmitt a écrit : >

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On 11/11/2016 04:39 PM, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 18:36:15 (-0500), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: >> On Friday, November 11, 2016 04:58:41 PM Pascal Hambourg wrote: >>> Le 11/11/2016 à 22:17, Thomas Schmitt a écrit : The older format is MBR with 4 primary partitions and 4 logical

Regles d'utilisation de la mailing-list FRnOG / FRnOG mailing-list rules of usage

Bonjour, Afin d'aider à la catégorisation des e-mails, il est nécessaire de modifier le "Sujet/Objet/Subject" de celui-ci avec un Tag en fonction du contenu. Voici la règle à respecter pour poster sur cette mailing-list: | S

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 18:36:15 (-0500), rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday, November 11, 2016 04:58:41 PM Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > Le 11/11/2016 à 22:17, Thomas Schmitt a écrit : > > > The older format is MBR with 4 primary partitions and 4 logical > > > ones in one of the primary partitions.

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

rhkra...@gmail.com composed on 2016-11-11 18:36 (UTC-0500): Pascal Hambourg wrote: Thomas Schmitt composed: > The older format is MBR with 4 primary partitions and 4 logical > ones in one of the primary partitions. Huh ? The number of logical partitions is unlimited. Ok, just to be p

Re: set domain name in Debian `

> On Nov 11, 2016, at 3:45 PM, Joe wrote: > > I think we still do not have the terms of reference straight. > > First of all, it's a server. Who is it serving? People within the local > network only, people out on the Net, or both? Both. It's on the 'Net, but it's also where the email comes in

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On Friday, November 11, 2016 04:58:41 PM Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 11/11/2016 à 22:17, Thomas Schmitt a écrit : > > The older format is MBR with 4 primary partitions and 4 logical > > ones in one of the primary partitions. > > Huh ? The number of logical partitions is unlimited. Ok, just to be

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 23:22:36 (+0100), Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > i wrote: > > > The older format is MBR with 4 primary partitions and 4 logical > > > ones in one of the primary partitions. > > Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > Huh ? The number of logical partitions is unlimited. > > You are righ

Re: set domain name in Debian `

On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 14:47:48 -0700 Glenn English wrote: > > On Nov 11, 2016, at 1:52 PM, Greg Wooledge > > wrote: > > > > So... what are you actually trying to do? Be very specific. > > Well, I'd like the domain name to be the same everywhere. hostname -f > and whois (that currently return

Re: set domain name in Debian `

On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 02:47:48PM -0700, Glenn English wrote: > > On Nov 11, 2016, at 1:52 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > So... what are you actually trying to do? Be very specific. > > Well, I'd like the domain name to be the same everywhere. hostname -f hostname -f is totally useless. Wh

Re: Layers for the package manager

On 11-11-2016 17:34, Nicolas George wrote: > Being able to install incompatible packages at the same time. > > Isolate servers. Run servers in a layer where the compilers and other > development tools are not visible. It does not actually add any security but > it may help mitigate or slow down an

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

Hi, i wrote: > > The older format is MBR with 4 primary partitions and 4 logical > > ones in one of the primary partitions. Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Huh ? The number of logical partitions is unlimited. You are right. Must have been some mislead memory from old experience with partitioning tools.

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 20:18:59 (+), Brian wrote: > On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 20:53:17 +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > > > Le primidi 21 brumaire, an CCXXV, David Wright a écrit : > > > Any reference. You see, I find label a very slippery word. > > > You can label a disk at almost every level: a sti

Does hdparm not run at startup anymore?

Hi, I configure sdb in /etc/hdparm.conf to apm=64, but when I start the system, apm does not change. Interesting enough a /etc/init.d/hdparm restart fixes the problem: root@Silberkiste:~# cat /etc/hdparm.conf ## This is the default configuration for hdparm for Debian. It is a ## rather simpl

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

Le 11/11/2016 à 22:17, Thomas Schmitt a écrit : The older format is MBR with 4 primary partitions and 4 logical ones in one of the primary partitions. Huh ? The number of logical partitions is unlimited.

Re: set domain name in Debian `

> On Nov 11, 2016, at 1:52 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > So... what are you actually trying to do? Be very specific. Well, I'd like the domain name to be the same everywhere. hostname -f and whois (that currently returns the ISP's info) and /etc/hosts and host and a DNS lookup and everythin

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 15:03:57 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > The problem was missing mtools. When I had used Synaptic to install Gparted > it had pulled in dostools but not mtools. Is that a "bug" or "annoyance"? Not installing a recommended package on a default Debian would be a bug. Not instal

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On 11/11/2016 9:38 PM, Doug wrote: /snip/ Gparted needs external software to enable some features. According to , mtools is required to change the label on a FAT filesystem. I wonder if there is a LIVE disk that includes the various external softwa

Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program

On 11/11/2016 11:49 AM, Nicolas George wrote: Le primidi 21 brumaire, an CCXXV, Andy Smith a écrit : You are better off using GNU ddrescue for taking images of possibly-failing devices. IIRC, there is a catch there: there is another program with a very similar name that does not work the same

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

/snip/ Gparted needs external software to enable some features. According to , mtools is required to change the label on a FAT filesystem. I wonder if there is a LIVE disk that includes the various external software files? It would be handy to have

Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program

On 11/11/2016 12:13 PM, The Wanderer wrote: On 2016-11-11 at 12:37, Christian Seiler wrote: Hi, Am 11. November 2016 17:57:27 MEZ, schrieb Andy Smith : Hi Richard, On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 10:49:37AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: I was considering using dd to copy the entire drive to a *SIN

RTL8192CE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter not working

Hi, I run a root@Silberkiste:~# lspci |grep Network 01:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8192CE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01) root@Silberkiste:~# on Debian jessie with a recent kernel from backports root@Silberkiste:~# uname -a Linux Silberkiste 4.7.0-0.bpo

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

Hi, David Wright wrote: > So I'm unsure what you mean by a partition label, where it's > stored, and how it differs from a filesystem label. See "Partition name (36 UTF-16LE code units)" in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table#Partition_entries This describes the GPT partition ta

Re: xorriso: listing files+offsets in an ISO9660 image w/o RockRidge

On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 07:39:22PM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > Interestingly 1.4.7 can read one more of these ISOs, leaving 19 bad. > > Was that already with -read_fs "norock" ? No, I didn't try that yet; I'll try that when I next take a look (probably Monday). Thanks for the suggestion! >

Re: wheezy, cannot change the address of eth1

On 11/11/16 18:13, Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings folks; > > I just bought an ethernet switch, but it is a smart switch, so I needed > to bring up my eth1 interface at an address in the 192.168.0.xx range so > I can talk to it. But despite the fact that it is so specified > in /etc/network/int

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On 11/11/2016 1:51 PM, Michael Milliman wrote: On 11/11/2016 09:47 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: Several years ago I purchased an external 1 TB USB connected drive for backups. The base of the enclosure says it is a Seagate drive. Partitions: #1 is ntfs 293 GiB [146 GiB used] labeled "FreeAgent

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On 11/11/2016 7:30 PM, Doug wrote: On 11/11/2016 01:07 PM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 11/11/2016 à 16:47, Richard Owlett a écrit : Partitions: #1 is ntfs 293 GiB [146 GiB used] labeled "FreeAgent GoFlex Drive" #2 is extended partition for remainder of drive #5 is fat32 62.5 GiB [31.5 GiB

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On 11/11/2016 01:42 PM, Brian wrote: On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 19:30:51 -0600, Doug wrote: On 11/11/2016 01:07 PM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: /snip/ Gparted needs external software to enable some features. According to , mtools is required to change the

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 14:45:16 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 11/11/2016 1:22 PM, David Wright wrote: > >On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 18:59:29 (+0100), Nicolas George wrote: > >>Le primidi 21 brumaire, an CCXXV, Brian a écrit : > >>>gparted for labelling a partition is overkill. Use dosfslabel. > >> >

Re: set domain name in Debian `

On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 01:27:28PM -0700, Glenn English wrote: > This seems to be a common question -- it's all over the 'Net. > > I have to change the domain name of a Jessie server I'm working on. How do > you do it? (Aside from putting the FQDN in /etc/hostname, which kinda works.) That depe

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On 11/11/2016 1:22 PM, David Wright wrote: On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 18:59:29 (+0100), Nicolas George wrote: Le primidi 21 brumaire, an CCXXV, Brian a écrit : gparted for labelling a partition is overkill. Use dosfslabel. dosfslabel label will not label a partition, it will label a filesystem.

set domain name in Debian `

This seems to be a common question -- it's all over the 'Net. I have to change the domain name of a Jessie server I'm working on. How do you do it? (Aside from putting the FQDN in /etc/hostname, which kinda works.) I've seen several posts on the subject, all contradicting each other, and none

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On 11/11/2016 11:57 AM, Brian wrote: On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 09:47:40 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: Several years ago I purchased an external 1 TB USB connected drive for backups. The base of the enclosure says it is a Seagate drive. Partitions: #1 is ntfs 293 GiB [146 GiB used] labeled "FreeAg

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 20:53:17 +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > Le primidi 21 brumaire, an CCXXV, David Wright a écrit : > > Any reference. You see, I find label a very slippery word. > > You can label a disk at almost every level: a sticky label, > > True, but not really relevant. > > > a disklab

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 13:51:41 -0600, Michael Milliman wrote: > On 11/11/2016 09:47 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > >Several years ago I purchased an external 1 TB USB connected drive for > >backups. > >The base of the enclosure says it is a Seagate drive. > >Partitions: > > #1 is ntfs 293 GiB [146 G

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

Le primidi 21 brumaire, an CCXXV, David Wright a écrit : > Any reference. You see, I find label a very slippery word. > You can label a disk at almost every level: a sticky label, True, but not really relevant. > a disklabel (partition table), This is BSD slang. But this was what I was referring

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On 11/11/2016 5:30 PM, Doug wrote: On 11/11/2016 01:07 PM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 11/11/2016 à 16:47, Richard Owlett a écrit : Partitions: #1 is ntfs 293 GiB [146 GiB used] labeled "FreeAgent GoFlex Drive" #2 is extended partition for remainder of drive #5 is fat32 62.5 GiB [31.5 GiB

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On 11/11/2016 09:47 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: Several years ago I purchased an external 1 TB USB connected drive for backups. The base of the enclosure says it is a Seagate drive. Partitions: #1 is ntfs 293 GiB [146 GiB used] labeled "FreeAgent GoFlex Drive" #2 is extended partition for re

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 20:32:52 (+0100), Nicolas George wrote: > Le primidi 21 brumaire, an CCXXV, David Wright a écrit : > > Does a partition have a label? > > Yes, depending on the partition scheme. Any reference. You see, I find label a very slippery word. You can label a disk at almost every l

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 19:30:51 -0600, Doug wrote: > > On 11/11/2016 01:07 PM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > >Le 11/11/2016 à 16:47, Richard Owlett a écrit : > >>Partitions: > >> #1 is ntfs 293 GiB [146 GiB used] labeled "FreeAgent GoFlex Drive" > >> #2 is extended partition for remainder of drive >

Layers for the package manager

There is a feature in Debian that I find missing in Debian, I wonder if other people would agree with me. I call that feature "layered package manager". Here is what it means. The system has "layers" defined, organized as a directed acyclic graph, and packages are contained in layers. For example

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

Le primidi 21 brumaire, an CCXXV, David Wright a écrit : > Does a partition have a label? Yes, depending on the partition scheme. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On 11/11/2016 01:07 PM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 11/11/2016 à 16:47, Richard Owlett a écrit : Partitions: #1 is ntfs 293 GiB [146 GiB used] labeled "FreeAgent GoFlex Drive" #2 is extended partition for remainder of drive #5 is fat32 62.5 GiB [31.5 GiB used] with no label (...) I attemp

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 18:59:29 (+0100), Nicolas George wrote: > Le primidi 21 brumaire, an CCXXV, Brian a écrit : > > gparted for labelling a partition is overkill. Use dosfslabel. > > dosfslabel label will not label a partition, it will label a filesystem. Does a partition have a label? Cheers,

Re: wheezy, cannot change the address of eth1

On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 13:13:56 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote: > Greetings folks; > > I just bought an ethernet switch, but it is a smart switch, so I needed > to bring up my eth1 interface at an address in the 192.168.0.xx range so > I can talk to it. But despite the fact that it is so specified

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 20:07:24 +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 11/11/2016 à 16:47, Richard Owlett a écrit : > >Partitions: > > #1 is ntfs 293 GiB [146 GiB used] labeled "FreeAgent GoFlex Drive" > > #2 is extended partition for remainder of drive > > #5 is fat32 62.5 GiB [31.5 GiB used] with

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

Hi. On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 18:52:06 + Brian wrote: > On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 21:33:58 +0300, Reco wrote: > > > As for the original problem - gparted is a GNOME application, so it's > > expected to silently refuse doing potentially dangerous operations. > > And yet gparted(8) and the man

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

Le 11/11/2016 à 16:47, Richard Owlett a écrit : Partitions: #1 is ntfs 293 GiB [146 GiB used] labeled "FreeAgent GoFlex Drive" #2 is extended partition for remainder of drive #5 is fat32 62.5 GiB [31.5 GiB used] with no label (...) I attempted to label partition 5 with Gparted, but the "L

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 21:33:58 +0300, Reco wrote: > As for the original problem - gparted is a GNOME application, so it's > expected to silently refuse doing potentially dangerous operations. And yet gparted(8) and the manual at http://gparted.org/display-doc.php%3Fname%3Dhelp-manual indicate

Re: wheezy, cannot change the address of eth1

On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 01:13:56PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > The output on screen for an /etc/init.d/networking restart for eth1 is: > Configuring interface eth1=eth1 (inet) > run-parts --verbose /etc/network/if-pre-up.d > run-parts: executing /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools > run-parts:

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

Hi. On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 18:59:29 +0100 Nicolas George wrote: > Le primidi 21 brumaire, an CCXXV, Brian a écrit : > > gparted for labelling a partition is overkill. Use dosfslabel. > > dosfslabel label will not label a partition, it will label a filesystem. gparted does not label partit

Re: Problem attempting to use xorriso

On Friday 11 November 2016 05:07:42 Curt wrote: > On 2016-11-10, Richard Owlett wrote: > > It may be close, I pre-date the Harvard MarkI. I am definitely > > older than Linus Torvalds father ;) > > Is this the senile equivalent of a pissing contest? Or the pissing > equivalent of a senile contest

wheezy, cannot change the address of eth1

Greetings folks; I just bought an ethernet switch, but it is a smart switch, so I needed to bring up my eth1 interface at an address in the 192.168.0.xx range so I can talk to it. But despite the fact that it is so specified in /etc/network/interfaces, no amount of stopping and restarting the

Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program

On 2016-11-11 at 12:37, Christian Seiler wrote: > Hi, > > Am 11. November 2016 17:57:27 MEZ, schrieb Andy Smith > : > >> Hi Richard, >> >> On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 10:49:37AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: >> >>> I was considering using dd to copy the entire drive to a >>> *SINGLE* partition of a

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

Le primidi 21 brumaire, an CCXXV, Brian a écrit : > gparted for labelling a partition is overkill. Use dosfslabel. dosfslabel label will not label a partition, it will label a filesystem. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Gparted will not label an existing FAT32 partition

On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 09:47:40 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > Several years ago I purchased an external 1 TB USB connected drive for > backups. > The base of the enclosure says it is a Seagate drive. > Partitions: > #1 is ntfs 293 GiB [146 GiB used] labeled "FreeAgent GoFlex Drive" > #2 is ext

Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program

Le primidi 21 brumaire, an CCXXV, Andy Smith a écrit : > You are better off using GNU ddrescue for taking images of > possibly-failing devices. IIRC, there is a catch there: there is another program with a very similar name that does not work the same way. Be careful when installing it. > Amongst

Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program

Hi, Am 11. November 2016 17:57:27 MEZ, schrieb Andy Smith : >Hi Richard, > >On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 10:49:37AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: >> I was considering using dd to copy the entire drive to a *SINGLE* >> partition of a 1 TB drive with the intention making a "byte perfect" >> of of the defe

Re: parted is ALMOST suitable

On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 18:09:33 +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 11/11/2016 à 17:24, Brian a écrit : > > > >As the manual says: > > > > CACHE_FILE= > > Overrides the standard location of the cache file. This setting > > can be overridden by the environment variable BLKID_FILE. Default > > i

Re: parted is ALMOST suitable

Le 11/11/2016 à 17:24, Brian a écrit : As the manual says: CACHE_FILE= Overrides the standard location of the cache file. This setting can be overridden by the environment variable BLKID_FILE. Default is /run/blkid/blkid.tab, or /etc/blkid.tab on systems without a /run directory.

Re: dd - proper use or more suitable program

Hi Richard, On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 10:49:37AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > I was considering using dd to copy the entire drive to a *SINGLE* > partition of a 1 TB drive with the intention making a "byte perfect" > of of the defective drive to a new 300 GB drive at a later time to > then attempt

Re: parted is ALMOST suitable

On Fri 11 Nov 2016 at 15:38:07 +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 08/11/2016 à 00:54, Brian a écrit : > > > >When blkid is run as root it creates the file > >/run/blkid/blkid.tab. A user running blkid only gets to see the contents > >of blkid.tab. > > That does not appear to be completely correct

Re: parted is ALMOST suitable

Le 08/11/2016 à 00:54, Brian a écrit : When blkid is run as root it creates the file /run/blkid/blkid.tab. A user running blkid only gets to see the contents of blkid.tab. That does not appear to be completely correct. If I run blkid as a standard user after plugging a USB drive, it lists the

Re: Problem attempting to use xorriso

On Friday 11 November 2016 10:07:42 Curt wrote: > On 2016-11-10, Richard Owlett wrote: > > It may be close, I pre-date the Harvard MarkI. I am definitely > > older than Linus Torvalds father ;) > > Is this the senile equivalent of a pissing contest? Or the pissing > equivalent of a senile contest?

Re: Problem attempting to use xorriso

On 2016-11-10, Richard Owlett wrote: > > It may be close, I pre-date the Harvard MarkI. I am definitely > older than Linus Torvalds father ;) >> Is this the senile equivalent of a pissing contest? Or the pissing equivalent of a senile contest? -- “It is enough that the arrows fit exactly in th

Re: Problem attempting to use xorriso

On 11/10/2016 9:49 PM, David Wright wrote: On Thu 10 Nov 2016 at 17:05:06 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: On 11/10/2016 1:52 PM, David Wright wrote: On Thu 10 Nov 2016 at 04:53:47 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: Yes, but not in the context of a sub-project from last few days. I suspect what I a