A great bit of work.
Do you know if USB DAT drives are working on Sparc64? They were not when I
last tested (probably OBSD 6.2).
Andrew
On Mon, 13 Feb 2023 at 13:02, Crystal Kolipe
wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 09, 2023 at 09:20:48PM -0300, Crystal Kolipe wrote:
> > There is no reason why we couldn't
On Thu, Feb 09, 2023 at 09:20:48PM -0300, Crystal Kolipe wrote:
> There is no reason why we couldn't implement support for 'eject -t' for sd
> devices, (which is internally treated as a tape retension command).
>
> In fact, I just made a patch to do that out of curiosity and was able to
> access
I want to thank you from here for the tour of the usb utils,
appreciated..
-- Daniele Bonini
Crystal Kolipe wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 09, 2023 at 11:02:14AM -0500, Bryan Steele wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 10:34:07AM -0300, vitmau...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm not using
On Thu, Feb 09, 2023 at 11:02:14AM -0500, Bryan Steele wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 10:34:07AM -0300, vitmau...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm not using my drives for anything more than copying files, dd etc.
> > I just got curious because you mentioned the act of detaching a device
> >
On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 10:34:07AM -0300, vitmau...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm not using my drives for anything more than copying files, dd etc.
> I just got curious because you mentioned the act of detaching a device
> after umounting it and I don't know how to do that on OpenBSD. On
>
On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 07:15:27PM +0100, Paul de Weerd wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 04:50:32PM +0100, Jan Stary wrote:
> | On Feb 08 13:56:18, pe...@bsdly.net wrote:
> | > 1) close any open files stored there
> | > 2) make sure no process has the media as $PWD (as in, cd away from there,
> |
Just to keep the discussion and clarificarions in the mailing list.
I'm sorry for all the typos of my my previous post.
Paul de Weerd wrote:
> and forcibly removing the device is very likely going to lead to
> amazing new learning opportunities.
I can confirm these statement and I invite
Paul de Weerd wrote:
> and forcibly removing the device is very likely going to lead to
> amazing new learning opportunities.
I can confirm these statement and I invite you to double check all the
"learning opportunities": taken that, by "chance", they are not great
happenings brr..than
On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 04:50:32PM +0100, Jan Stary wrote:
| On Feb 08 13:56:18, pe...@bsdly.net wrote:
| > 1) close any open files stored there
| > 2) make sure no process has the media as $PWD (as in, cd away from there,
| >and really a variation on the first)
| > 3) issue at least one sync
On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 05:59:12PM +0100, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 04:50:32PM +0100, Jan Stary wrote:
> > On Feb 08 13:56:18, pe...@bsdly.net wrote:
> > > 1) close any open files stored there
> > > 2) make sure no process has the media as $PWD (as in, cd away from
On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 04:50:32PM +0100, Jan Stary wrote:
> On Feb 08 13:56:18, pe...@bsdly.net wrote:
> > 1) close any open files stored there
> > 2) make sure no process has the media as $PWD (as in, cd away from there,
> >and really a variation on the first)
> > 3) issue at least one sync
On Feb 08 13:56:18, pe...@bsdly.net wrote:
> 1) close any open files stored there
> 2) make sure no process has the media as $PWD (as in, cd away from there,
>and really a variation on the first)
> 3) issue at least one sync command (some folklore will insist on three)
> 4) umount the media
On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 10:44:20AM -0300, Crystal Kolipe wrote:
> If you are just copying files, and/or using dd to, for example, overwrite
> a device with zeros or random data, then you don't need to do anything
> special to use usb storage devices on OpenBSD.
In the case of dd-ing to a usb
Hi,
thank you Crystal for the explanation.
Best,
Vito
Em qua., 8 de fev. de 2023 às 10:44, Crystal Kolipe
escreveu:
>
> On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 10:34:07AM -0300, vitmau...@gmail.com wrote:
> > I'm not using my drives for anything more than copying files, dd etc.
> > I just got curious because
On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 10:34:07AM -0300, vitmau...@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm not using my drives for anything more than copying files, dd etc.
> I just got curious because you mentioned the act of detaching a device
> after umounting it and I don't know how to do that on OpenBSD.
If and only if you
Hi,
I'm not using my drives for anything more than copying files, dd etc.
I just got curious because you mentioned the act of detaching a device
after umounting it and I don't know how to do that on OpenBSD. On
Fedora I would issue "udisks --detach /dev/sdX" (older versions) or
"udisksctl
Hi,
On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 10:13:59AM -0300, vitmau...@gmail.com wrote:
> thank you all for the replies. Crystal, what command would I use to
> detach a USB drive? I tried eject, but it doesn't seem to work with
> the kind of devices I have.
Can you explain exactly what you are trying to do,
In facts, there are people around who play very "nasty" with these sticks
like booting from them, etc... I suggest to reach one of them and
ask for a "safe unmounting"
Indeed, sorry for this joke too! (time for "safe break")
Hi,
thank you all for the replies. Crystal, what command would I use to
detach a USB drive? I tried eject, but it doesn't seem to work with
the kind of devices I have.
Best,
Vitor
Em qua., 8 de fev. de 2023 às 09:55, Crystal Kolipe
escreveu:
>
> On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 09:27:08AM -0300,
On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 09:27:08AM -0300, vitmau...@gmail.com wrote:
> quick and very basic question: is syncing and umounting a USB drive
> enough to safely remove it or should I execute other commands before
> unplugging these devices?
My personal check list for safely removing removable media
On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 09:27:08AM -0300, vitmau...@gmail.com wrote:
> quick and very basic question: is syncing and umounting a USB drive
> enough to safely remove it or should I execute other commands before
> unplugging these devices?
Unless you are doing something 'unusual' (*), then just
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