One potential extra information that could be relevant is that I did use the flash drives in a university network, and using shared wifi in a hostel and before in a public library.
Semih Ozlem <semihozlemlinuxu...@gmail.com>, 27 Şub 2021 Cmt, 15:19 tarihinde şunu yazdı: > Should I then be suspicious of a possible attack on the system in case the > system fails, if both debian and ubuntu are fairly stable? The usb flash > drives themselves are still functional in the sense that I can view the > files in them after plugging them in. I backed up the data on them. But > when I try to boot from 64 gb usb flash disks (one with ubuntu 18 04 the > other debian 10 point something installed on them) the boot process does > not complete and the login screen does not appear. The two recovery modes > (I guess those are the snapshots no?) do not finish booting either. > > Joe <j...@jretrading.com>, 27 Şub 2021 Cmt, 12:02 tarihinde şunu yazdı: > >> On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 11:30:08 +0300 >> Semih Ozlem <semihozlemlinuxu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Sorry I can not read emails very often. No I am not new to linux I >> > have been using it for the past 6 or 7 years starting mostly with >> > ubuntu. I had CENTOS and Ubuntu and debian installed on some machines >> > before. Most of them stopped functioning. Some of them in less than >> > six months. >> >> OK, that simply should not happen. I don't know if either Centos or >> Ubuntu can do in-place version upgrades, but if not, they should >> certainly run from release to unsupported status. My current server >> installation is a new one, but previously it ran through several >> Debian stable version upgrades and many years, and a couple of changes >> of hardware. There is such a thing as software rot, and it certainly >> affects applications, but the OS of Debian stable should run pretty much >> forever. >> > >> > I am new to the debian users group, because I found out that a user >> > group existed much later. During this time I had a lot of issues with >> > computers. The new computer that I got, originally the store claimed >> > that the insurance on my machine would be invalidated if I installed >> > another operation system on the machine. >> > >> > The reason for hesitating to install debian right now is simply that >> > the machines may become unusable again, and the invested time and >> > machinepower to installing a machine may end up being wasted. The >> > other reason was the claim that insurance may become invalid which >> > later turned out not to be so, but only after asking the company that >> > sells the computer several times. >> >> No software carries any kind of warranty, not even the famous Windows, >> but the warranty should certainly cover the hardware if it isn't >> physically abused. Software warranty service is pretty much limited to >> reinstalling Windows with loss of all data and applications, which any >> user can do themselves. >> >> > The third reason is I simply do not >> > at the moment have the time to backup the existing hard drive before >> > installing a new operating system on it, and also that should it >> > become unusable or stop functioning (I had debian installed on a usb >> > 64 gb of size that stopped booting).. >> >> Ah, USB sticks *do* stop working or lose bits without warning. Well, so >> do spinning hard drives, but not usually in less than about five years, >> often much longer. >> > >> > Yes I did figure out that it was lvm2 package that was needed, and >> > lvs is actually one of the internal commands for lvm2 as well so it >> > could be run from the console lvm2 prodives. I am looking into the >> > option of using lvm. >> >> That's fairly painless to use, as Debian will set it up during the OS >> installation. To be honest, I've had it installed for many years, and >> only occasionally used it. Drives are now large enough that I don't >> outgrow them in the lifetime of the hardware. In addition to adding >> and removing drives, LVM does allow online backups, if you've left >> enough unused space. Read about snapshots. >> >> -- >> Joe >> >>
