Re: Where is the problem: Tape Drive? Cartridge(s)? Cable? SAS Controller?

2020-01-02 Thread deloptes
Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > >> Nov 13 08:02:29 BigMutt kernel: [34669.493879] st 0:0:0:0: [st0] Error >> e (driver bt 0x0, host bt 0xe). >> Nov 13 08:02:31 BigMutt kernel: [34671.743714] st 0:0:0:0: [st0] Error >> 1 (driver bt 0x0, host bt 0x1). > > This looks electrical, not mechanica

Re: For Newbies: One line descriptions of important Linux packages

2020-01-02 Thread Ralph Katz
On 1/2/20 9:48 AM, Jonathan Dowland wrote: [snip] > > You can inspect the first line of any package's Description field with > >    apt show packagename | grep ^Description Try ~$ whatis packagename # for installed packages Regards, Ralph signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signatu

Re: Where is the problem: Tape Drive? Cartridge(s)? Cable? SAS Controller?

2020-01-02 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 2 Jan 2020 16:15:07 -0500 Gene Heskett wrote: > > For more long range, I'll second Gene Heskett's recommendation for > > external USB drives. You can use amanda or any number of other > > tools. I use several. > > No external usb drives allowed, I've found them to be many times less >

Re: Where is the problem: Tape Drive? Cartridge(s)? Cable? SAS Controller?

2020-01-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 02 January 2020 15:32:39 Charles Curley wrote: > On Thu, 2 Jan 2020 10:51:45 -0600 > > Jack G F Hill wrote: > > All this leads to the hardware question, "What is failing": Tape > > Drive? Cartridge(s)? Cable? SAS Controller? > > The first thing I would do is take the thing apart, pull

Re: Where is the problem: Tape Drive? Cartridge(s)? Cable? SAS Controller?

2020-01-02 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 2 Jan 2020 10:51:45 -0600 Jack G F Hill wrote: > All this leads to the hardware question, "What is failing": Tape > Drive? Cartridge(s)? Cable? SAS Controller? The first thing I would do is take the thing apart, pull the connectors, clean them, and re-seat them. Then I would look for soc

Re: Where is the problem: Tape Drive? Cartridge(s)? Cable? SAS Controller?

2020-01-02 Thread Dan Ritter
Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 02 January 2020 12:13:43 Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Jack G F Hill wrote: > > > So, is the culprit the LTO-5 drive? Cartridge? possibly the I/O > > > signal cable? the SAS Controller? What do I need to do to determine > > > the true cause of the errors with /dev/st0?

Re: usr-merge, was Re: Back to systemd [was: Re: New list for Raspbian? (was: Re: systemdq)]

2020-01-02 Thread Sven Hartge
David Wright wrote: > On Wed 01 Jan 2020 at 18:48:00 (+0100), Sven Hartge wrote: >> David Wright wrote: >>> But this does follow the (snipped) comment 'the "/usr Merge" that >>> might hit a fan someday'. For those *not* preparing packages for >>> Debian and/or other distributions, can anyone ex

Re: Where is the problem: Tape Drive? Cartridge(s)? Cable? SAS Controller?

2020-01-02 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, > Nov 13 08:02:29 BigMutt kernel: [34669.493879] st 0:0:0:0: [st0] Error e > (driver bt 0x0, host bt 0xe). > Nov 13 08:02:31 BigMutt kernel: [34671.743714] st 0:0:0:0: [st0] Error 1 > (driver bt 0x0, host bt 0x1). This looks electrical, not mechanical or magnetical. I am sure that ab

Re: Where is the problem: Tape Drive? Cartridge(s)? Cable? SAS Controller?

2020-01-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 02 January 2020 12:13:43 Dan Ritter wrote: > Jack G F Hill wrote: > > All this leads to the hardware question, "What is failing": Tape > > Drive? Cartridge(s)? Cable? SAS Controller? > > > > Rather than just blindly substitute parts (expensive, time > > consuming, frustratingly inconcl

Re: Debian 8

2020-01-02 Thread basti
Hello, this should do the job. http://archive.debian.org/README On 02.01.20 17:53, Hector Leon wrote: > Good Morning; > >   > > Is there a way to get a copy of Debian 8? Thank you ! > >   > >   > > Very Respectfully; > >   > > Hector M Leon > >   >

Re: Debian 8

2020-01-02 Thread Michael Howard
On 02/01/2020 16:53, Hector Leon wrote: Good Morning; Is there a way to get a copy of Debian 8? Thank you ! Very Respectfully; Hector M Leon http://archive.debian.org/ ? -- Michael Howard

Re: Debian 8

2020-01-02 Thread basti
Hello, this should do the job. http://archive.debian.org/README On 02.01.20 17:53, Hector Leon wrote: > Good Morning; > >   > > Is there a way to get a copy of Debian 8? Thank you ! > >   > >   > > Very Respectfully; > >   > > Hector M Leon > >   >

Re: Debian 8

2020-01-02 Thread Markus Schönhaber
Hector Leon, 02.01.20, 17:53 CET: > Is there a way to get a copy of Debian 8? Thank you ! http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/ -- Regards mks

Re: usr-merge, was Re: Back to systemd [was: Re: New list for Raspbian? (was: Re: systemdq)]

2020-01-02 Thread David Wright
On Wed 01 Jan 2020 at 18:48:00 (+0100), Sven Hartge wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > > But this does follow the (snipped) comment 'the "/usr Merge" that > > might hit a fan someday'. For those *not* preparing packages for > > Debian and/or other distributions, can anyone express a downside > > to

Debian 8

2020-01-02 Thread Hector Leon
Good Morning; Is there a way to get a copy of Debian 8? Thank you ! Very Respectfully; Hector M Leon

Re: Where is the problem: Tape Drive? Cartridge(s)? Cable? SAS Controller?

2020-01-02 Thread Dan Ritter
Jack G F Hill wrote: > All this leads to the hardware question, "What is failing": Tape Drive? > Cartridge(s)? Cable? SAS Controller? > > Rather than just blindly substitute parts (expensive, time consuming, > frustratingly inconclusive) and try to eliminate that way, I'd really like > to have a

Where is the problem: Tape Drive? Cartridge(s)? Cable? SAS Controller?

2020-01-02 Thread Jack G F Hill
I've been trying to diagnose and resolve this since November, and am still having trouble figuring out what is happening... Debian 10 doesn't present any real easy way to decode and find details about the hexadecimal error messages. I know this is kinda "old-school", but I'm backing up partiti

Re: For Newbies: One line descriptions of important Linux packages

2020-01-02 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 11:17:39PM -0500, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: Hi, and Happy New Year (almost)! This is something that might be helpful for newbies especially. Was going through some things on my computer and found a NICE list of familiar Linux package names with SUPER BRIEF, SUPER SIMPLE one

Re: Fresh-installed Debian 10 (UEFI, LUKS&LVM) not accessible through Secure Boot

2020-01-02 Thread didier . gaumet
Le mercredi 1 janvier 2020 18:20:04 UTC+1, Pascal Hambourg a écrit : > No. This was only an irrelevant example. Secure boot does not prevent > booting when an unsigned kernel module is present, it would only prevent > loading such module. I struggle to see why it is irrelevant considering it wa

Removable medias not visible in dolphin/nemo

2020-01-02 Thread Sébastien Kalt
Dear List Participants, I'm using my laptop (Debian Sid with Cinnamon) with two users : one for personal use and the other user for work. My work user starts some time ago to not show/auto mount removable medias (usb stick / drives, SD cards) in dolphin or nemo. My personal user still shows those

Re: Fresh-installed Debian 10 (UEFI, LUKS&LVM) not accessible through Secure Boot (was: No Grub to launch my new Debian 10 with LUKS&LVM (UEFI))

2020-01-02 Thread didier . gaumet
Le mercredi 1 janvier 2020 14:00:04 UTC+1, l0f...@tuta.io a écrit : [...] > Secure Boot [...] > However, is it normal that I cannot boot my Debian as soon as I installed it? > I mean I didn't go on the Internet and told Debian to install something > specific, I only ran the installer so I shouldn'