Re: [PLUG] Mounting USB flash drive

On Sun, 11 Nov 2018, tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com wrote: try user not users in mount point options Hi, Tomas, Okay, but on other hosts it's always been users and worked with no issues. Thanks, Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Mounting USB flash drive

Also, I find it is better to give the partition a label with gparted and then use the label in fstab rather than /dev/sd??.Not only does this eliminate confusing fstab as to which device to mount, but it also means that my label is what appears in the GUI file manager, so I am also less likely to

[PLUG] Wanted: handheld data collection device with Linux OS

I'm looking for a current production Linux handheld data collection device {aka PDA} similar in form and function to a Palm Pilot (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PalmPilot). A major justification of Linux OS is to allow custom software. Specification: be currently available from U.S.

[PLUG] Mounting USB flash drive

In /etc/fstab is this entry: /dev/sdc1 /mnt/flash vfat auto,users,rw 0 0 When I try to mount it as a user the system tells me that only root can mount /dev/sdc1 on /mnt/flash. What might cause this response? Rich ___ PLUG mailing list

Re: [PLUG] Hard drive: size discrepancy

On Sun, 11 Nov 2018, Rich Shepard wrote: Will try on the new desktop. Sigh. No difference. Anything else I can try before this goes to Free Geek? Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

[PLUG] rsync: worked once now perms error

Yesterday rsync copied ~/ from the current desktop (salmo) to the new desktop (baetis) using this command from ~/ on the new desktop: rsync -av salmo: . /opt on both hosts have perms 777. However, when I try to copy the /opt partition from salmo to baetis I get a permission denied

Re: [PLUG] Wanted: handheld data collection device with Linux OS

Did you happen to find the pocketChip in your search? https://makerprojectlab.com/pocket-chip-review/ https://shop.pocketchip.co/ There is probably plans on thingy for a 3d printed case. On Sun, Nov 11, 2018, 7:13 AM Rich Shepard On Sun, 11 Nov 2018, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > I kick myself

Re: [PLUG] Hard drive: size discrepancy

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018, Galen Seitz wrote: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/my_raw_scratch_disk bs=1M count=1 Galen, Unfortunately, this makes no difference. gparted still sees only 750G. The device information it shows is: Model: ST330006 51AS Serial: None Size: 746.52GiB Path: /dev/sdb

Re: [PLUG] Hard drive: size discrepancy

On Sun, 11 Nov 2018, Rich Shepard wrote: I no longer remember how to translate these numbers to disk capacity, but it's missing about 2.25T. Ah, wait. I just had a thought that might be inportant. The drive is connected to the old desktop and with an MBR partition type it may not be able to

Re: [PLUG] rsync: worked once now perms error

I would not think that you want to really set any directory in /opt as 777. So that anything could write or delete stuff there. -T On Mon, Nov 12, 2018, 2:17 AM david On 11/11/18 7:49 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > >Yesterday rsync copied ~/ from the current desktop (salmo) to the new > >

Re: [PLUG] Wanted: handheld data collection device with Linux OS

How about the Nokia N900 or the Neo900? https://neo900.org/ I guess they have cellular modems. The Nokia N770 N800 and N810 all have no cellular modem. You could put a raspberry pi (zero or no) in your own custom case with touchscreen...

Re: [PLUG] Paper tape?

On 11/11/18 9:18 PM, Chuck Hast wrote: Wow, That brings back fond memories, model 28 and model 35 Teletype machines and loading DEC machines with paper tape. Then there were the "high speed" paper readers and punches at 1200 baud. Also had to deal with both 5 and 8 level codes. Have not seen any

Re: [PLUG] Hard drive: size discrepancy

Disks we're not limited to <3 TB on 32b systems. The only limit there ever was old MS FAT. T On Mon, Nov 12, 2018, 2:54 AM Rich Shepard On Sun, 11 Nov 2018, Galen Seitz wrote: > > > How is the disk connected to your system? USB? Perhaps this applies: > >

Re: [PLUG] Wanted: handheld data collection device with Linux OS

I built one of these. It provides mechanical inputs and a case for your raspberry pi as well as an LED display: https://hackaday.io/project/4434-pidp-8i On Sun, Nov 11, 2018 at 8:45 PM Nat Taylor wrote: > > How about the Nokia N900 or the Neo900? https://neo900.org/ > I guess they have

Re: [PLUG] Hard drive: size discrepancy

On Sun, 11 Nov 2018, Galen Seitz wrote: Do you have the parted command available? I doubt it will make a difference, but it's worth a try. That's what I use here. galen. I used gparted and parted is also available. I've used cfdisk on new drives to create a partition table type and

Re: [PLUG] rsync: worked once now perms error

On 11/11/18 7:49 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:   Yesterday rsync copied ~/ from the current desktop (salmo) to the new desktop (baetis) using this command from ~/ on the new desktop: rsync -av salmo: .   /opt on both hosts have perms 777.   However, when I try to copy the /opt partition from

Re: [PLUG] Hard drive: size discrepancy

On Sun, 11 Nov 2018, Bill Barry wrote: These might reveal something. fdisk -l /dev/sdb lsblk Bill, Thank you. I looked at the output of both before writing to the mail list. Each shows ~750G available. Regards, Rich ___ PLUG mailing list

Re: [PLUG] Hard drive: size discrepancy

On 11/11/2018 10:33 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sun, 11 Nov 2018, Bill Barry wrote: These might reveal something. fdisk -l /dev/sdb lsblk Bill,   Thank you. I looked at the output of both before writing to the mail list. Each shows ~750G available. sudo parted /dev/my_disk print What

Re: [PLUG] rsync: worked once now perms error

On Sun, 11 Nov 2018, david wrote: Are you able to connect to salmo using the password, and is it configured to accept the ED25519 key format? David, I use a passphrase and added it to ssh-agent yesterday. Both before and after I was able to use rsync and scp to move files over from one to

Re: [PLUG] Hard drive: size discrepancy

On Sun, 11 Nov 2018, Galen Seitz wrote: How is the disk connected to your system? USB? Perhaps this applies: galen, Looks like drives sold in external USB enclosures do have different firmware on the drives. As a response on that thread

Re: [PLUG] Hard drive: size discrepancy

On Sun, Nov 11, 2018, 12:15 PM Rich Shepard On Sun, 11 Nov 2018, Galen Seitz wrote: > > > Do you have the parted command available? I doubt it will make a > > difference, but it's worth a try. That's what I use here. > > galen. > >I used gparted and parted is also available. I've used cfdisk

Re: [PLUG] Hard drive: size discrepancy

On 11/11/2018 10:39 AM, Galen Seitz wrote: On 11/11/2018 10:33 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sun, 11 Nov 2018, Bill Barry wrote: These might reveal something. fdisk -l /dev/sdb lsblk Bill,    Thank you. I looked at the output of both before writing to the mail list. Each shows ~750G

Re: [PLUG] Hard drive: size discrepancy

On Sun, 11 Nov 2018, Galen Seitz wrote: sudo parted /dev/my_disk print What does this show for the size of the disk? galen, I used parted -l /dev/sdc. The tool showed all three disks; it reported sdc having 802G capacity. parted /dev/sdc print reports the same 802G. Seems like this

Re: [PLUG] Wanted: handheld data collection device with Linux OS

I had seen some about it before or as starting production. I does not meet my "current production" requirement as "By March 2018, Next Thing Co. had entered insolvency. Many customers still had not received their pre-orders." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Thing_Co.#Milestones] On