Re: [Hampshire] ntpd vs. ptpd

2012-01-31 Thread Victor Churchill
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Re: [Hampshire] Dud FS?

2012-01-31 Thread Ian Grody
Another way is to use a livecd to run fsck on the drive. fsck -y -c /dev/locationofdrivePartition -c will also run a simple read-test on sectors of the drive, in case there are 'bad-sectors' - This will take a wee while. -y will just answer yes to any and all questions (which may be

Re: [Hampshire] Dud FS?

2012-01-31 Thread Vic
Another way is to use a livecd to run fsck on the drive. Errr - I wouldn't. Once a drive has started dropping data like this, it is likely to keep on doing so. The more operations you perform, the more likely you are to drop stuff you want. This is why I suggest getting as much data off the

Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Steam game problem with half life 2.

2012-01-31 Thread mark
On Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:50:47 +, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: which brings me to the second problem. I don't remember my password from years ago, and also I don't have a windows PC to load steam onto so that I can click on a forgotten password click box. Steam runs a treat under WINE[1]. I

Re: [Hampshire] Dud FS?

2012-01-31 Thread Ian Grody
Depends how the error occurred. Clone the data than run a fsck -cc it will count how many fubars it detects. I have drives 8 years + old that are still going strong, with a couple with patched out areas from when a computer had the power removed abruptly. No more pending failures or errors

Re: [Hampshire] All in one wifi printer/scanners

2012-01-31 Thread LUG address
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Clive Woodfine clivewoodf...@gmail.comwrote: On 30 January 2012 15:13, LUG address lugaddr...@gmail.com wrote: Afternoon all, HPs, like the Photosmart 5510, seem to fit the bill but it doesn't look like the wifi will work under Linux according to the

Re: [Hampshire] All in one wifi printer/scanners

2012-01-31 Thread Sean Gibbins
On 31/01/12 20:58, LUG address wrote: Thanks to all for the advice, I went for the HP (currently available from Ryman for £50 if anyone else is looking for one). Arrived today and was setup in about 10 minutes, wireless printing and scanning both working very well so far... Sorry, I've been