[Dorset] [OT] Android Tablet question
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note Tablet which I am getting on with OK but for one problem. I use Google Chrome for web browsing but it keeps bring up mobile version of internet pages, so rather than bbc.co.uk/news I get m.bbc.co.uk/news and to be honest it is annoying the hell out of me. Is there a way to stop the browser from saying it is a mobile device and being diverted to mobile pages?? Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-07-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Samba and Windows Access to Drives.
Hi Charles, I have two (1+1TB RADI-1)=1TB network drives and two (2+2TB RAID-1)=2TB network drives (the set comprises main and backups), and one (1+1TB RAID-1)=1TB 4-way switch transferrable external USB workdrive (no data lives on PCs). BTW, if that's with a hardware RAID controller then it's worth considering what happens if the controller fails, especially when it's aged a bit. Getting a replacement that picks up with the drives where the old one left used to be tricky, perhaps it's easier now? Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-07-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] [OT] Android Tablet question
On 21/06/13 12:42, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Tim, I have a Samsung Galaxy Note Tablet which I am getting on with OK but for one problem. I use Google Chrome for web browsing but it keeps bring up mobile version of internet pages, so rather than bbc.co.uk/news I get m.bbc.co.uk/news and to be honest it is annoying the hell out of me. Is there a way to stop the browser from saying it is a mobile device and being diverted to mobile pages?? http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57415775-285/how-to-request-desktop-version-of-a-web-site-in-chrome-for-android/ might help, and also the about:debug and UAString suggestion at the end of http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/motorola-tablets/18873-how-do-you-set-chrome-xoom-return-non-mobile-versions-web-default.html Cheers, Ralph. Thanks Ralph, looks like I am going to have to learn the correct google incantations for searching as well as linux cli incantations :( Tim -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-07-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Samba and Windows Access to Drives.
Thanks Ralph, I bought pairs of Lacie and Freecom external dual-drives with RAID controllers built in. I asked Lacie what happens if the RAID controller packs up - could I transfer both disks to my other controller and they said 'NO, send it to us'. I asked if one of the HDDs could be inserted as an added drive in my PC, and they said 'NO, RAID information lives on disk'. I pointed out that the drives were RAID 1, mirrored, so no stripes or anything like that, and they still said 'NO, send it to us'. Either Lacie were not being cooperative (which I think was the case) or they are not bog-standard drives with the same information written to both, which RAID 1 (mirrored) implies. For data safety, I bought an extra HDD for each set, the principle being that ONE side of each set is periodically alternated with the spare. This does two things: the work done by each of the alternate set is only half when compared to the unchanged drive, so when the longest-worked (unchanged) drive fails, the other two, having only done half the work each, will survive the rebuild-new-drive process. Rebuilding is the hardest work a drive will do, and the surviving drive is normall expected to do it at the expected end of its own life! The alternating HDDs will also benefit from having most of the information already on them. RAID does not deliver the data safety it promises, and may be no safer than a single drive. Saving to one HDD then saving to another HDD while employing the one alternating regime would be better than RAID, but is just not practical. Saving to two HDD at the same time, with alternating, would be better - but can it be done? Charles Quoting Ralph Corderoy ra...@inputplus.co.uk: Hi Charles, I have two (1+1TB RADI-1)=1TB network drives and two (2+2TB RAID-1)=2TB network drives (the set comprises main and backups), and one (1+1TB RAID-1)=1TB 4-way switch transferrable external USB workdrive (no data lives on PCs). BTW, if that's with a hardware RAID controller then it's worth considering what happens if the controller fails, especially when it's aged a bit. Getting a replacement that picks up with the drives where the old one left used to be tricky, perhaps it's easier now? Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-07-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-07-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] Samba and Windows Access to Drives.
On 22/06/13 00:06, c...@pampru.org wrote: I pointed out that the drives were RAID 1, mirrored, so no stripes or anything like that, and they still said 'NO, send it to us'. Give us all your data!!! RAID disks/partitions have a header, which in Linux RAID I believe includes the UUID of the disk and the UUID of every other disk in the RAID, ie. each disk contains the entire configuration of the array. I wouldn't be surprised if their NAS box runs Linux and uses Linux RAID, as that would be cheaper than implementing their own, but it might not. Anyway, unless they are trying to make life hard for everyone by storing the data in a non-linear manner you could simply ignore the RAID header. The 'mount' command can be passed an offset, so you can find the real start of the filesystem on the drive (and there's probably many ways to do that) and pass that offset to mount. -- Andrew. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-07-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
