Kent West wrote:
> I have a Dell Latitude E7250 laptop. I'm trying to install Debian to it using
> a USB stick.
[...]
> The real problem is that after going through the first three or four
> screens, the install halts, complaining about not being able to read
> the CD-ROM.
Yes, I ran into the s
On Saturday, May 12, 2018 02:54:53 PM Richard Owlett wrote:
> But you started me thinking about how my use case differs from any
> normal user.
Yup, it appears so. ;-)
Dan Norton composed on 2018-05-12 17:47 (UTC-0400):
> Now, I want to update and upgrade and start to slowly add packages, but
> my network ignorance is getting in the way.
> Tried to run "/sbin/ifconfig -a" but ifconfig is not found.
Deprecated over a decade ago, and finally dropped from basic
On Tue, 8 May 2018 00:10:50 +0100
Brian wrote:
> On Mon 07 May 2018 at 18:37:16 -0400, Dan Norton wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 7 May 2018 23:22:46 +0100
> > Brian wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon 07 May 2018 at 18:04:47 -0400, Dan Norton wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Mon, 7 May 2018 10:42:17 -0400
> > > > Felix
Yes, rsync has a “-x" option, which does the same thing as for cp: it keeps it
from crossing filesystem boundaries. If you are using rsync to back up whole
filesystems, it’s indispensable.
Rick
On May 12, 2018, at 10:50 AM, Tixy wrote:
> Some commands have options to stop them looking at oth
On Sat, 2018-05-12 at 13:58 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 05/12/2018 12:50 PM, Tixy wrote:
> > On Sat, 2018-05-12 at 13:28 -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> >> Another hierarchy in Linux not to sync is /system for the same reason
> >> you don't sync /proc.
> >
> > Presumably you meant /sys ?
> >
Hi,
Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> Why then does parted complain about a block size discrepancy ?
Because the Apple Partition Map announces to count blocks with size 2048
whereas the Linux device file announces 512 (via ioctl(BLKSSZGET) ?)).
It is quite a poor choice of parted to hop on the Apple Part
On Sat 12 May 2018 at 13:54:53 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I'll keep that in mind.
> But you started me thinking about how my use case differs from any normal
> user.
You would have to put yourself in the thought mode of a normal user
(whatever he is) instead of seeing youself as having specia
On 05/12/2018 12:50 PM, Tixy wrote:
On Sat, 2018-05-12 at 13:28 -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote:
Another hierarchy in Linux not to sync is /system for the same reason
you don't sync /proc.
Presumably you meant /sys ?
Basically, the OP probably don't want to try and sync mount points for
things tha
On 05/12/2018 12:48 PM, Hans wrote:
Am Samstag, 12. Mai 2018, 19:37:40 CEST schrieb Richard Owlett:
Please note, the directory is NOT /system, it is /sys.
Juda got a little typo. :)
I won't complain too much. Otherwise peuple will start talking about mine ;/
However, I would avoid /proc, /sy
On 2018-05-12 09:18 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
On Fri, 11 May 2018, Gary Dale wrote:
Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 17:30:26
From: Gary Dale
Reply-To: g...@extremeground.com
To: debian users
Subject: e-mail addresses not being redone
Resent-Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 21:30:56 + (UTC)
Resent-From: debia
Am Samstag, 12. Mai 2018, 19:37:40 CEST schrieb Richard Owlett:
Please note, the directory is NOT /system, it is /sys.
Juda got a little typo. :)
However, I would avoid /proc, /sys, /tmp and /lost+found
Hint: If you might put /home on another partition, you can easily install or
sync a new syste
On Sat, 2018-05-12 at 13:28 -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> Another hierarchy in Linux not to sync is /system for the same reason
> you don't sync /proc.
Presumably you meant /sys ?
Basically, the OP probably don't want to try and sync mount points for
things that aren't ordinary filesystems and th
Le 11/05/2018 à 22:38, Thomas Schmitt a écrit :
Pascal Hambourg wrote:
It also has Apple and GPT partition tables, but they are bogus
The GPT is not valid because there is a non-"protective" MBR partition
table. The APM is valid, but should be of no interest for any firmware
that does not exp
On 05/12/2018 12:28 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
Another hierarchy in Linux not to sync is /system for the same reason
you don't sync /proc.
thank you.
On Sat, 12 May 2018, Richard Owlett wrote:
Date: Sat, 12 May 2018 11:54:13
From: Richard Owlett
To: debian-user
Subject: Re: rsync - newbie question
Resent-Date: Sat, 12 May 2018 15:54:40 + (UTC)
Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
On 05/12/2018 10:47 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote:
You
Le 12/05/2018 à 01:04, Rick Thomas a écrit :
After doing the cp or dd to write the .iso to the USB, do you do a “sync”
before you eject it?
I don't, because I don't feel the need to.
According to its man page description, sync "flush file system buffers",
but the destination is a raw device,
Am Samstag, 12. Mai 2018, 17:54:13 CEST schrieb Richard Owlett:
As Eero said, do not sync /proc, you can use the --exclude option.
There is a good description here, how to exclude things:
https://www.thegeekstuff.com/2011/01/rsync-exclude-files-and-folders/?
utm_source=feedburner
Have fun!
Hans
You should not sync /proc. it's not normal directory
Eero
la 12. toukok. 2018 klo 18.37 Richard Owlett
kirjoitti:
> In another thread it was suggested that I use:> rsync -avzh --delete
> -n
>
> I tried it and got ~200 error messages of form:
>
> > file has vanished: "/proc/10/exe"
>
> > f
On 05/12/2018 10:47 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote:
You should not sync /proc. it's not normal directory
Eero
Thank you.
In another thread it was suggested that I use:> rsync -avzh --delete
-n
I tried it and got ~200 error messages of form:
file has vanished: "/proc/10/exe"
file has vanished: "/proc/10/task/10/exe"
file has vanished: "/proc/101/exe"
file has vanished: "/proc/101/task/101/exe"
f
On 11-05-2018 21:46, Forest Dean Feighner wrote:
> I really didn't prepare for lvm. I never used lvm before this so had
> no idea of lvm before.
>
> Snapshots sound like an awesome idea.
>
> I would like to do a configured base install, create a snapshot, and
> modify (fork), the base for different
On Fri 11 May 2018 at 15:49:59 -0500, Kent West wrote:
> I no longer have a failing setup, but this Ubuntu user was seeing the exact
> same thing I was seeing, except in Debian words/colors:
>
>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/127398/usb-drive-install-of-ubuntu-12-04-server-fails-cant-find-com
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