Re: [DNG] dependency hell OR it should not be this hard

On Sun, 11 Aug 2019 09:05:24 +0300 Shlomo Solomon wrote: > Let me start by saying that I'm not looking for a solution - I solved > my problem. I'm just angry and letting off some steam. [snip successful attempts using a ~10 step apt/dpkg witch's brew] I feel your pain. Probably we all do.

Re: [DNG] Identifying a file system

On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 11:15:35PM +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Hendrik Boom - 11.08.19, 14:44:53 CEST: > > That may be true. You can also check with “wipefs” tool (don't worry, > > > without -a it won't wipe anything): > > > > > > wipefs --no-act /dev/sda4 > > > > > > Wipefs has a big

Re: [DNG] Identifying an installed physical hard drive without damage

On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 05:17:08PM -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > On 8/11/19 3:10 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 02:55:00PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote: > > > On Sunday 11 August 2019 at 14:37:09, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > > > > > I do not know which of the hard drives on my

Re: [DNG] The real nessecity to have a Independent Distribution - PRIVACY

> The problem we are facing is MUCH bigger than that.  This eye-opener > from Eben Moglen: > > https://19.re-publica.com/en/session/why-freedom-thought-requires-attention The diction parameters & voice pitch makes me think so hard about Richard Stallman. Thanks for sharing; Watching that now.

Re: [DNG] Identifying an installed physical hard drive without damage

On 8/11/19 3:10 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 02:55:00PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote: On Sunday 11 August 2019 at 14:37:09, Hendrik Boom wrote: I do not know which of the hard drives on my machine is /dev/sdb/ ... Or is there some completely different way of accomplishing

Re: [DNG] Identifying a file system

Hendrik Boom - 11.08.19, 14:44:53 CEST: > That may be true. You can also check with “wipefs” tool (don't worry, > > without -a it won't wipe anything): > > > > wipefs --no-act /dev/sda4 > > > > Wipefs has a big database of various filesystem metadata, it detects > > almost anything. > >

Re: [DNG] Identifying an installed physical hard drive without damage

On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 02:55:00PM +0200, Antony Stone wrote: > On Sunday 11 August 2019 at 14:37:09, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > I do not know which of the hard drives on my machine is /dev/sdb/ > > ... > > > Or is there some completely different way of accomplishing what I want? > > # hdparm

Re: [DNG] Identifying an installed physical hard drive without damage

On Sunday 11 August 2019 at 14:37:09, Hendrik Boom wrote: > I do not know which of the hard drives on my machine is /dev/sdb/ ... > Or is there some completely different way of accomplishing what I want? # hdparm -i /dev/sdb It'll tell you the drive type and the serial number, which should

Re: [DNG] The real nessecity to have a Independent Distribution - PRIVACY

Hello, thanks for sharing, On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 17:58:27 -0500 goli...@devuan.org wrote: > On 2019-08-10 17:19, s@po wrote: > > Hello to all Galaxy Devuaners out there, > > > > Found an article, I want to share with you( If you don't mind.. ). > > I think every single Person should read it.. to

[DNG] Identifying a file system

On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 02:24:25PM +0200, Tomasz Torcz wrote: > On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 08:18:54AM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 02:13:48PM +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote: > > > On 10.08.19 21:51, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > > So I want to find out what's in /dev/sda4 on my

Re: [DNG] why does mount expect NTFS?

On 11.08.19 08:18, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 02:13:48PM +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote: > > $ blkid /dev/sdb1 > > /dev/sdb1: LABEL="fred" UUID="7713e1b5-1bdf-41d1-9aa9" TYPE="ext2" > > > > As you have not specified an fstype in the mount command, it'll normally > > use the

[DNG] Identifying an installed physical hard drive without damage

I have a failing hard drive (/dev/sdb). It still works most of the time. I'd like to pull it from my system and replace it. Unfortunately, I do not know which of the hard drives on my machine is /dev/sdb/ I can rule out two of them because they have a different capacity. I have physically

Re: [DNG] why does mount expect NTFS?

On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 08:18:54AM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 02:13:48PM +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote: > > On 10.08.19 21:51, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > So I want to find out what's in /dev/sda4 on my hard drive. The > > > computer has *never* had Windows on it. So I

Re: [DNG] why does mount expect NTFS?

On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 02:13:48PM +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 10.08.19 21:51, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > So I want to find out what's in /dev/sda4 on my hard drive. The > > computer has *never* had Windows on it. So I try to mount it, and am > > told: > > > > april:/farhome/hendrik#

Re: [DNG] why does mount expect NTFS?

Hey, On dg., ag. 11 2019, Hendrik Boom wrote: So I want to find out what's in /dev/sda4 on my hard drive. The computer has *never* had Windows on it. So I try to mount it, and am told: april:/farhome/hendrik# mount /dev/sda4 /test NTFS signature is missing. Failed to mount '/dev/sda4':

Re: [DNG] why does mount expect NTFS?

> Why would it try for and NTFS file system on a Linux machine? The way I understand it is that without a filesystem type, mount will try all (disk-based) filesystem drivers that you have currently loaded. And the ntfs driver generates some debug output when it fails. So nothing to worry about.

Re: [DNG] why does mount expect NTFS?

Could it be exfat? I sometimes see NTFS messages appear in syslog when I try to mount exfat drives using pmount. > On 11 Aug 2019, at 11:51, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > So I want to find out what's in /dev/sda4 on my hard drive. The > computer has *never* had Windows on it. So I try to mount