Re: Portable Debian?

> On 2016-05-11, emetib wrote: >> I know this is a little off topic, yet I wrote this a while back >> because of script kiddies messing with ssh on my server at the time. Use ssh key logins and a packet filter to allow only certain IP(s)/user(s) to access your server(s)?

Re: Portable Debian?

On 2016-05-11, emetib wrote: >I know this is a little off topic, yet I wrote this a while back >because of script kiddies messing with ssh on my server at the time. Thanks for that. Oliver

Re: Portable Debian?

On Wednesday 11 May 2016 23:30:52 emetib wrote: > I know this is a little off topic, yet I wrote this a while back because of > script kiddies messing with ssh on my server at the time. > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1voXlQpos4uI0qhndcIunBew1mmQbwTPl07xG5JF >8bNM/edit?usp=drive_web It checks

Re: Portable Debian?

I know this is a little off topic, yet I wrote this a while back because of script kiddies messing with ssh on my server at the time. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1voXlQpos4uI0qhndcIunBew1mmQbwTPl07xG5JF8bNM/edit?usp=drive_web It checks your auth.log for people trying to get in that don't

Re: Portable Debian?

On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 23:00:53 +0100, Lisi wrote: >Did you discover the Adriane version? Now available as an alternative boot on >the mainstream disk. It is specifically for the blind and partially sighted, >and has things like Daisy Player there, as well as screen readers and speech.

Re: Portable Debian?

On 04/27/2016 02:10 PM, Joe wrote: On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:43:08 -0400 Steve Matzura wrote: Do you still think I should go the mech drive route and not put it on a USB key? I've been happy with the drive, but as I said, I'm looking for a SSD replacement soon. I've found

Re: Portable Debian?

On Wednesday 27 April 2016 20:43:08 Steve Matzura wrote: > Either I'm smarter than I think (LOL), or you're psychic. I looked at > Knoppix earlier this morning. I didn't know about the throwaway aspect > of it, though, Did you discover the Adriane version? Now available as an alternative boot on

Re: Portable Debian?

On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:43:08 -0400 Steve Matzura wrote: > Joe: > > On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 19:05:26 +0100, you wrote: > > >The most versatile system that I know of is Debian-based Knoppix, but > >the development effort goes into hardware detection and driving, with > >the

Re: Portable Debian?

Joe: On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 19:05:26 +0100, you wrote: >The most versatile system that I know of is Debian-based Knoppix, but >the development effort goes into hardware detection and driving, with >the result that it is not maintainable. It is installable to a hard >drive, but you throw it away and

Re: Portable Debian?

On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:44:31 -0400 Steve Matzura wrote: > On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 20:22:48 +0100, Joe wrote: > > >I've found that a minimal installation, then dpkg --get-selections > >and --set-selections and a bit of judicious /etc copying, to be a > >fairly painless way to

Re: Portable Debian?

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:04:40 -0700, David Christensen wrote: >Alternatively, make your own Debian Live images (hybrid ISO -- can put >on optical discs or USB drives): > > https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-live/ Good solution. It solves the drivers problem for

Re: Portable Debian?

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 20:22:48 +0100, Joe wrote: >I've found that a minimal installation, then dpkg --get-selections and >--set-selections and a bit of judicious /etc copying, to be a fairly >painless way to get a clean near-copy of an existing installation. I >migrated a server, I think lenny or

Re: Portable Debian?

On 04/25/2016 03:21 AM, Steve Matzura wrote: My system that I built late last year/early this year is running great, except for the occasional overrun of inbound ssh from such addresses as 59.*.*.*, 213.*.*.* and others, but that's only because I have not put any blockers in place, either on my

Re: Portable Debian?

On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:07:09 -0400 Steve Matzura wrote: > Joe: > > On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 15:17:08 +0100, you wrote: > > >I run ssh on a non-standard port, and my router redirects to 22 of > >my server, alternatively ssh itself will listen wherever you tell it > >to. > >

Re: Portable Debian?

Joe: On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 15:17:08 +0100, you wrote: >I run ssh on a non-standard port, and my router redirects to 22 of my >server, alternatively ssh itself will listen wherever you tell it to. That's probably what I should be doing. As you say, it keeps the logs clean and the riff-raff at

Re: Portable Debian?

On 25/04/2016 11:21, Steve Matzura wrote: My system that I built late last year/early this year is running great, except for the occasional overrun of inbound ssh from such addresses as 59.*.*.*, 213.*.*.* and others, but that's only because I have not put any blockers in place, either on my

Portable Debian?

My system that I built late last year/early this year is running great, except for the occasional overrun of inbound ssh from such addresses as 59.*.*.*, 213.*.*.* and others, but that's only because I have not put any blockers in place, either on my home gateway device or my Debian system, but

Re: portable Debian

On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 03:59:13PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: I've found that deleting 75-persistent-net-generator.rules takes care of the network devices. Yes, but you should expect this file to re-appear at the next package upgrade, which is why I opted for an rm in /etc/rc.local.

Re: portable Debian

I've found that deleting 75-persistent-net-generator.rules takes care of the network devices. Yes, but you should expect this file to re-appear at the next package upgrade, which is why I opted for an rm in /etc/rc.local. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: portable Debian

On 2010-02-17 21:59 +0100, Stefan Monnier wrote: I've found that deleting 75-persistent-net-generator.rules takes care of the network devices. Yes, but you should expect this file to re-appear at the next package upgrade, which is why I opted for an rm in /etc/rc.local. Another option is to

Re: portable Debian

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:47:44PM -0500, Chris Jones wrote: On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:36:23AM EST, Stefan Monnier wrote: - Some udev rules try to give unique and *stable* names to devices by simply remembering the names they used in the past. On a system that you move around on many

Re: portable Debian

A good place to test your system is the local consumer electronics store. Closed a couple of years ago, CompUSA that is. I still have a Best Buy not too far from me, but I'm not sure they would be agreeable beyond a quick boot, which would be okay if everything works, but not ideal if you

Re: portable Debian

On 2/15/2010 10:36 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote: Some live distributions have USB environments (I call them) which allow you to create a bootable image complete with a good-sized /home/ space for data on a USB thumb drive. An example is Knoppix (http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/), which has a

Re: portable Debian

On Mon,15.Feb.10, 23:47:44, Chris Jones wrote: What I did on my machine with a BIOS that will never recognize USB devices, was boot off of the hard drive grub and then point grub2 to the USB device from the shell that's accessible by hitting 'c' on the grub boot menu. With current

Re: portable Debian

Well, no, what i really want is a portable Debian, so i can, for example, build a web app and show it everywhere without need a web server and just have my own configuration and run it every where Some live distributions have USB environments (I call them) which allow you to create

Re: portable Debian

Not that I can confirm my USB stick 'portable debian' would work on a wide range of systems. For a number of reasons I was not able to pursue this much further than what is described in my notes, one of them being that I did not have access to a target machine (or machines) and discover

Re: portable Debian

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:45:22AM EST, Stefan Monnier wrote: Not that I can confirm my USB stick 'portable debian' would work on a wide range of systems. For a number of reasons I was not able to pursue this much further than what is described in my notes, one of them being that I did

Re: portable Debian

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:36:23AM EST, Stefan Monnier wrote: [..] - getting your BIOS find your kernel: - some machines can't boot from USB at all. - others can, but with some restrictions (typically Apple hardware, so I end up having to setup my flash key with grub-efi-32,

Re: portable Debian

Well, no, what i really want is a portable Debian, so i can, for example, build a web app and show it everywhere without need a web server and just have my own configuration and run it every where El mié, 10-02-2010 a las 20:34 -0500, Rob Owens escribió: I think you want Debian Live. http

Re: portable Debian

On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 09:14:59AM -0430, Germana Oliveira wrote: Well, no, what i really want is a portable Debian, so i can, for example, build a web app and show it everywhere without need a web server and just have my own configuration and run it every where Debian Live offers

Re: portable Debian

framework? THANKS El sáb, 13-02-2010 a las 09:45 -0500, Rob Owens escribió: On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 09:14:59AM -0430, Germana Oliveira wrote: Well, no, what i really want is a portable Debian, so i can, for example, build a web app and show it everywhere without need a web server and just

Re: portable Debian

On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 08:44:59AM EST, Germana Oliveira wrote: Well, no, what i really want is a portable Debian, so i can, for example, build a web app and show it everywhere without need a web server and just have my own configuration and run it every where Is this what you are talking

Re: portable Debian

wrote: Well, no, what i really want is a portable Debian, so i can, for example, build a web app and show it everywhere without need a web server and just have my own configuration and run it every where Is this what you are talking about? http://osdir.com/ml/debian-user-debian

Re: portable Debian

directions. Not that I can confirm my USB stick 'portable debian' would work on a wide range of systems. For a number of reasons I was not able to pursue this much further than what is described in my notes, one of them being that I did not have access to a target machine (or machines) and discover possible

Re: portable Debian

On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 08:44:59AM EST, Germana Oliveira wrote: Well, no, what i really want is a portable Debian, so i can, for example, build a web app and show it everywhere without need a web server and just have my own configuration and run it every where Some live distributions

Re: portable Debian

On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 10:01:58AM -0430, Germana Oliveira wrote: Rob: Sorry not to trust you!! I already read a little bit of Debian Live, so should i follow : http://live.debian.net/manual/html/ch02s03.html so i can install Debian Live in a HDD, or maybe i go for the USB ... How many

portable Debian

Hi!! I want to know if someone have done this before: I have a external disk, and i install Debian in it from my PC, but when i try to run it from my laptop i just can' t... but i just want to know if somebody have done this and how, should i install it with some especific parameters so it runs

Re: portable Debian

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 04:20:46PM -0400, Germana Oliveira wrote: Hi!! I want to know if someone have done this before: I have a external disk, and i install Debian in it from my PC, but when i try to run it from my laptop i just can' t... but i just want to know if what is the error ?

Re: portable Debian

On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:20:46 -0400 Germana Oliveira germanaolivei...@gmail.com wrote: Hi!! I want to know if someone have done this before: I have a external disk, and i install Debian in it from my PC, but when i try to run it from my laptop i just can' t... but i just want to know if

Re: portable Debian

Germana Oliveira wrote: Hi!! I want to know if someone have done this before: I have a external disk, and i install Debian in it from my PC, but when i try to run it from my laptop i just can' t... but i just want to know if somebody have done this and how, should i install it with some

Re: portable Debian

I think you want Debian Live. http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/ I use it to boot multiple machines from a USB flash drive, but it should work for a USB hard drive as well. -Rob On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 04:20:46PM -0400, Germana Oliveira wrote: Hi!! I want to know if someone have done

Portable Debian?

Hi all, I need to create a portable Debian (or derivate) system. My needs are: * install the system on a bootable USB HD * install a system that autoconfigure on different hardware (I don't know in advance which video card or lan card I'll find when I'll use the system

Re: Portable Debian?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: Hi all, I need to create a portable Debian (or derivate) system. My needs are: * install the system on a bootable USB HD * install a system that autoconfigure on different hardware (I don't know

Re: Portable Debian?

Hi! Well, for xmas i do something like that as gift for my customers. I prepare a usb with many tiny linux distro bootable via usb and with grub (to choice the preferred distro). There are a lot of minimal linux distro, and many are debian based (DamnSmallLinux, Knoppix, for example). I think

Re: Portable Debian?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mirco Piccin wrote: Hi! Well, for xmas i do something like that as gift for my customers. I prepare a usb with many tiny linux distro bootable via usb and with grub (to choice the preferred distro). There are a lot of minimal linux distro, and

Re: Portable Debian?

Busico [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi all, I need to create a portable Debian (or derivate) system. My needs are: * install the system on a bootable USB HD * install a system that autoconfigure on different hardware (I don't know in advance which video card or lan card I'll find when I'll

Re: Portable Debian?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 10:30:34AM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: Mirco Piccin wrote: Hi! Well, for xmas i do something like that as gift for my customers. I prepare a usb with many tiny linux distro bootable via usb and with grub (to choice the

Re: Portable Debian?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Pobega wrote: On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 10:30:34AM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: Mirco Piccin wrote: Hi! Well, for xmas i do something like that as gift for my customers. I prepare a usb with many tiny linux distro bootable via usb and with grub

Re: Portable Debian?

Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: Hi all, I need to create a portable Debian (or derivate) system. My needs are: * install the system on a bootable USB HD * install a system that autoconfigure on different hardware (I don't know in advance which video card or lan card I'll find when

Re: Portable Debian?

On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:33:24 -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 10:30:34AM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: Mirco Piccin wrote: Hi! Well, for xmas i do something like that as gift for my customers. I prepare a usb with many tiny

Re: Portable Debian?

On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 11:10:51PM +, - Tong - wrote: On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:33:24 -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 10:30:34AM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: Well, for xmas i do something like that as gift for my customers. I prepare a usb with many tiny linux distro