Hi Patrick,
> I would normally have reached for diff(1) for a direct comparision
> between two files, out of familiarity.
diff(1) will do for comparing binary files, but GNU diff's heuristic for
determining if the files are binary can be misled so instead of the
normal ‘Binary files foo and bar
On Sun, 27 Sep 2020 14:35:39 +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> > Otherwise, you can verify the physical disc in the same way you
> > would verify the ISO file.
>
> True, though I think I recall, back when CD and DVD burning was
> common, you had to be careful the block device didn't return a few
>
Hi Patrick,
> Otherwise, you can verify the physical disc in the same way you
> would verify the ISO file.
True, though I think I recall, back when CD and DVD burning was common,
you had to be careful the block device didn't return a few more bytes
than were in the ISO, e.g. the ISO was an odd
On Sun, 27 Sep 2020 11:12:38 +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Didn't common distros
> add some option soon after the media boots to check the rest of
> the media, e.g. read the DVD all the way through to the end of the
> image?
I believe that is true.
Otherwise, you can verify the physical disc
On Sunday, 27 September 2020 11:16:57 BST Terry Coles wrote:
> On Sunday, 27 September 2020 11:12:38 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> > - An error copying it onto the bootable media. Didn't common distros
> >
> > add some option soon after the media boots to check the rest of the
> > media, e.g.
On Sunday, 27 September 2020 11:12:38 BST Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> - An error copying it onto the bootable media. Didn't common distros
> add some option soon after the media boots to check the rest of the
> media, e.g. read the DVD all the way through to the end of the image?
> Does anyone
Hi Clive,
> I tried to follow the last set, and failed (later found I'd made a
> spelling mistake!!).
That's where pasting the suggested commands instead of typing them
helps. :-)
> After many attempts to upgrade I've come to the conclusion that the
> upgrade DVD is faulty, as that always
On 25/09/2020 10:58, C Wills wrote:
> Hi All
> Update on my problems when upgrading Mint 19.3 to Mint 20.
>
> Thank you all for your help, I tried most suggestions and finally,
> yesterday, got everything working.
>
> Ralph: Thank you for all our suggestions and I tried to follow the
> last set,
Hi All
Update on my problems when upgrading Mint 19.3 to Mint 20.
Thank you all for your help, I tried most suggestions and finally,
yesterday, got everything working.
Ralph: Thank you for all our suggestions and I tried to follow the last
set, and failed (later found I'd made a spelling
> Why don’t you all just create your own
Better to stand on the shoulders of others.
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I have noticed that there is always something breaking within any distro.
Why don’t you all just create your own and be done with all those that say..
read the fucking manual
On 5 Sep 2020, 13:13 +0100, Ralph Corderoy , wrote:
> Hi Clive,
>
> > ...as the laptop has 4 partitions:
> > sda1=OS
Hi Clive,
> ...as the laptop has 4 partitions:
> sda1=OS (Mint) system files
> sda2=swop
> sda3=Home
> sda4=odds area
...
> From a 'live disk' would like to copy sda3 to another disk (USB 160Gb
> with 2 partitions - sdb1=NTFS and sdb2= Ext4 140Gb)
/dev/sda3 was about 286G big,
On 02/09/2020 17:19, C Wills wrote:
From a 'live disk' would like to copy sda3 to another disk (USB 160Gb
with 2 partitions - sdb1=NTFS and sdb2= Ext4 140Gb) before trying to
re-install and ignoring the warnings!.
BUT
I can only copy sda3 to any /other/ location (sdb2) by becoming 'Root'
and
On 02/09/2020 17:19, C Wills wrote:
> Interesting meeting last night especially about the keyboard settings,
> found several things about the PC keyboard I was using and it's
> additional keys.
>
> Sorry this is a long email.
> Now to my problem: While trying to upgrade from Mint 19.3 to Mint 20
Interesting meeting last night especially about the keyboard settings,
found several things about the PC keyboard I was using and it's
additional keys.
Sorry this is a long email.
Now to my problem: While trying to upgrade from Mint 19.3 to Mint 20
problems arose which have stop me using the
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