Backing up whole Debian installation from laptop to laptop via ssh?

2022-11-14 Thread Ottavio Caruso
mount the root partition, connect to the old laptop via ssh, copy the data on the new drive, reinstall grub and modify fstab. Will this work? -- Ottavio Caruso A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What i

Re: Something wakes my laptop from suspend to ram and I don't know what it is

2020-01-22 Thread Ottavio Caruso
On Wed, 22 Jan 2020 at 13:12, hdv@gmail wrote: > > On 2020-01-22 12:41, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > > Hi, > > > > in one my previous posts to the list, I complained that hibernation > > was somewhat broken on my Thinkpad and it would generate filesystem > > corrup

Something wakes my laptop from suspend to ram and I don't know what it is

2020-01-22 Thread Ottavio Caruso
Hi, in one my previous posts to the list, I complained that hibernation was somewhat broken on my Thinkpad and it would generate filesystem corruption on resume. With the help of the list, I was able to fix that problem. However, I still have occasional problems with resume from suspend to RAM. F

Re: Help! Borked suspend/hibernate after adding swap partition

2019-12-14 Thread Ottavio Caruso
On Sat, 14 Dec 2019 at 13:47, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > Le 14/12/2019 à 14:20, Ottavio Caruso a écrit : > (...) > > I've also added: > > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="resume d823f1ee-2e16-4327-b0c1-639f377002bb" > > Wrong syntax. It should be "resume

Re: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(104,7)

2007-02-04 Thread Ottavio Caruso
and pictures don't help much. Besides, they don't get indexed by Google and that may prevent other users to benefit from your post. Please post the error message in plain text and I could try to help you. -- Ottavio Caruso I will not purchase any computing equipment from manufacturers

Re: iceweasel not being recognized by ISP website

2007-02-04 Thread Ottavio Caruso
--- Kamaraju Kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In such a case, should I tell my friend "dont apply for jobs with > capitalone > as they use a website which is not compatible with iceweasel?" Yes, you should! -- Ottavio Caruso I will not purchase

Re: How do I undelete a file in GNU/Linux or UNIX?

2007-02-01 Thread Ottavio Caruso
kup deleted files to a hidden .trash directory. You will find it on Google. -- Ottavio Caruso I will not purchase any computing equipment from manufacturers that recommend Windows Vista™ or any other Microsoft® products. ht

Re: Outlook clients and Linux Debian

2007-02-01 Thread Ottavio Caruso
it at packages.debian.org. Surely it must have been renamed mooncock or snowrat, for legal reasons. -- Ottavio Caruso I will not purchase any computing equipment from manufacturers that recommend Windows Vista™ or any other Microsoft® products. http://www.p

Re: running windows via kvm module -- any experiences?

2007-01-31 Thread Ottavio Caruso
esktop. IMHO the last thing a responsible Linux user should do is trying to convince somebody who does not want Linux to install Linux, and I am speaking for myself not for you. -- Ottavio Caruso I will not purchase any computing equipment from manufacturers that recommend Windows Vista™ or any

Re: reaching a machine with a dynamic IP address.

2007-01-29 Thread Ottavio Caruso
--- Mihira Fernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peter Easthope wrote: > > At Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:45:38 -050, Roberto Sanchez said, > > "Setup mutt on the machine and ssh in when > > you are travelling." > > > > Good idea! > > > > The puzzling detail is how to address the home machine > > which

Re: ssh client http(s) based

2007-01-03 Thread Ottavio Caruso
rl script available at > > http://zwitterion.org/software/ssh-https-tunnel/ssh-https-tunnel > > will help you. Mind you, if the proxy is just a http proxy and does not support the CONNECT method, you're out of luck! The only tried and tested method I can suggest is some sort of

Re: Mapping version number to version name

2007-01-02 Thread Ottavio Caruso
Gary Roach wrote: > There is a list of releases with numbers at >http://www.debian.org/releases/ > but the list stops at 3. something. Im using testing and my release # is > 4.0 . I hope this helps some. Yes, it does. Thank you -- Ottavio Caruso I will not purchase any computi

Mapping version number to version name

2006-12-31 Thread Ottavio Caruso
Hi all, Happy New Year! I know I can get my Debian's version number in /etc/debian_version file. But how I map this to its name (Sarge, Potato, Woody)? Thank you -- Ottavio Caruso I will not purchase any computing equipment from manufacturers that recommend Windows Vista™ or any

Re: Apt-get install to alternate directory

2006-12-28 Thread Ottavio Caruso
Steve Kemp wrote: > On Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 06:56:08AM -0800, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > > Suppose I have a have a second hard drive mounted as /target. > > Is there any way to get apt or aptitude to install the resulting > > binaries to /target rather than /usr/bin? > &

Apt-get install to alternate directory

2006-12-27 Thread Ottavio Caruso
Suppose I have a have a second hard drive mounted as /target. Is there any way to get apt or aptitude to install the resulting binaries to /target rather than /usr/bin? Thank you Ottavio -- Ottavio Caruso I will not purchase any computing equipment from manufacturers that recommend Windows

Re: apt-get with ftp proxy

2006-12-14 Thread Ottavio Caruso
//www.debian-administration.org/articles/177 -- Ottavio Caruso I will not purchase any computing equipment from manufacturers that recommend Windows Vista™ or any other Microsoft® products. http://www.pledgebank.com/boycottvista

Re: How do I configure debootstrap from within the businesscard cd? (Ultra minimal install)

2006-12-07 Thread Ottavio Caruso
otstrap. I only wonder if there is a way to do that with the businesscard cd. I'll forward my post to debian-boot, but I don't expect much as that list is mainly for announcements but I have nothing to lose. -- Ottavio Caruso I will not purchase any computing eq

Re: How do I configure debootstrap from within the businesscard cd? (Ultra minimal install)

2006-12-06 Thread Ottavio Caruso
--- Ottavio Caruso wrote: > [Initially posted on alt.os.linux.debian, no replies.} > > I believe that one can trim down a standard debootstrap > installation > (currently 180MB for sarge and over 230 MB for etch) hacking one > of > the related scripts (eg: usr/lib/debo

How do I configure debootstrap from within the businesscard cd? (Ultra minimal install)

2006-12-04 Thread Ottavio Caruso
[Initially posted on alt.os.linux.debian, no replies.} I believe that one can trim down a standard debootstrap installation (currently 180MB for sarge and over 230 MB for etch) hacking one of the related scripts (eg: usr/lib/debootstrap/scripts/sarge) and modifying the 'base' variable, e.g.: bas

Re: Single board for debian.

2006-12-02 Thread Ottavio Caruso
Jarek wrote: > Dnia 02-12-2006, sob o godzinie 13:20 +0700, Surachai Locharoen > napisa³(a): > > Hello > > > > Doese anybody know the single board which work with debian? I want to > > use in car as a navigator. If it prompt connect to the electic system > > of car, is very good. > > I've teste

Re: Fwd: Part Time Job Offer

2006-11-27 Thread Ottavio Caruso
--- Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please don't forward junk mail to other debian lists. We get enough > of > it already. > > This 'job offer' is not related to debian in any way. It looks like > one > of those 'fishing for money laundry' schemes. Apologies! I should have bee

Re: copying files between ext3 and fat32 is slow

2006-11-25 Thread Ottavio Caruso
Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > I have a usb drive which contains two partitions. One partition is ext3, the > other is fat32 Curiosity, why use ext3 on a flash drive? Have you tried to convert it to ext2 and see any difference? Ottavio _

Re: Paritioning Issue

2006-11-22 Thread Ottavio Caruso
--- Baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Trying to install Sarge from DVD on my Thinkpad > (Z60t). At > the partitioning prompt - only two options: completely overwrite > the HD > (guided?) or manual configuration. According to Martin Krafft's > *The > Debian System*, > I should be seeing a "write

Re: Creating a debian install cd/dvd

2006-11-18 Thread Ottavio Caruso
Oleg Maloglovets wrote: > * Alan Ianson wrote, On 17.11.2006 04:03: > > Hello List, > > > > My /var/cache/apt/archives directory contains a lot of files I have gotten > > from various sources, mainly the debian archives, security.debian.org, > > debian-multimedia.org and a few others. > > > > I

Re: sareg to etch question

2006-10-29 Thread Ottavio Caruso
Liam O'Toole wrote: > > I read somewhere that the 2.4 series kernel will be "deprecated" in > etch. The debian-installer for etch still features an option to install 2.4 (expert24), though not in the gui installer. Ottavio ___

Re: micro debian

2006-10-28 Thread Ottavio Caruso
scelejar wrote: > On 10/26/06, Bruno Buys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Douglas Tutty wrote: > > > > >Does anyone know of a project to make a micro-distribution of debian for > > >use on older hardware? [cut] > Look at grml [0]. It is apparently more "pure Debian" than other live > cds (there's

debian-jobs (was: Professional Developer Wanted)

2006-10-10 Thread Ottavio Caruso
George Borisov wrote: > Ottavio Caruso wrote: > > > > Alexander Schmehl wrote: > > > >> http://lists.debian.org/debian-jobs/ > > > > No messages since December 2005! > > E.g: http://lists.debian.org/debian-jobs/2006/08/msg1.html George, onl

Re: Making a Debian Bootable USB Pen Drive

2006-10-03 Thread Ottavio Caruso
Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote: > Hi! > > I want to install Debian in a USB pen drive. Don't! Nothing should be installed on a flash drive. A traditional install was meant for hard drives, not flash drives. Browser cache, /tmp, syslog and so on will damage the device. If you want to run a

Re: Professional Developer Wanted

2006-10-02 Thread Ottavio Caruso
Alexander Schmehl wrote: > Hi! > > * Stephen Yorke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [061001 23:46]: > > Does anyone on these lists know of any REAL GOOD resources to look for > > someone with HIGH caliper Debian Development skills? > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-jobs/ No messages since December 2005! >

Re: (end of) Development and documentation in Debian

2006-10-01 Thread Ottavio Caruso
Oleg Verych wrote: > IMHO, true GPLed software is The Linux Kernel, not part of GNU project and > FSF copyright. Lovely PITA of mister RMS. Incidentally, this might be one of the reasons the FSF'ers need a GPLv3 that screws Linux over. Can you imagine when all the packages containing the "any l

Re: lynx and ssl

2006-10-01 Thread Ottavio Caruso
Jude DaShiell wrote: > What can be done to update the certificates lynx uses so when trying to > log in to a google account you don't get "Can't find common ssl > certificate continue (y/n)?" message? As root, edit the /etc/lynx.cfg, edit this line: #ENABLE_LYNXRC:force_ssl_prompt=OFF to: ENABLE

Re: Debian Love

2006-09-29 Thread Ottavio Caruso
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ottavio Caruso wrote: > > > > > > How *do* you do that? > > > > What do you mean? > > cross-compile for another distribution, with presumably > an entirely different list of package-dependencies. I surely don'

Problems with ISA proxy and Elinks (SSL error - Postdata)

2006-09-28 Thread Ottavio Caruso
--- Some time ago I wrote: > I have installed elinks on my etch. > I have configured the browser to go through a proxy > server. > Connections are fine in both http and https, but > when > I fill a form (eg: gmail or yahoo mail), I get: > > "Unable to retrieve > proxy://1.2.3.4/https://www.google

Re: Search for real debian Live -cd

2006-09-28 Thread Ottavio Caruso
T wrote: > When did you try grml? should be long long ago when it is still kind of > Knoppix base. Now it pure Debian. Installing official Debian packages > won't give you any trouble at all. I have downloaded the mini-grml. I have tried to apt-get menu, pdmenu and elinks and run into dependency

Re: Debian Love

2006-09-28 Thread Ottavio Caruso
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 08:49:23AM -0700, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > > > > Jason Martens wrote: > > > > > It seems that morale is a bit low among the > > >developers right now > > > > Especially those who have to cros

Re: Access to ssh/shell with HTTP connection

2006-09-26 Thread Ottavio Caruso
Frank Niedermann wrote: > Hello! > > how can I setup a way to get ssh sessions or shell access to a > Debian server only using port 80 or 443? That depends on if you have admin rights on the server or not. If so, probably anyterm is one of the best solutions. If not, and if you can put up with

Re: Good reference book

2006-09-25 Thread Ottavio Caruso
Clive Menzies wrote: > Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition > http://rute.2038bug.com/rute.html.gz Seconded, way the best! Ottavio Caruso -- Please follow up to mailing list! __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has th

Re: Debian Love

2006-09-25 Thread Ottavio Caruso
less of what people say, Debian is still the most efficient system. It 'just works' without claiming 'it just works'. This is how you make great software! Ottavio Caruso -- Please follow up to mailing list! __ Do You Yahoo!? Tir

Re: Search for real debian Live -cd

2006-09-25 Thread Ottavio Caruso
le, I am building my custom distro from here: http://live.debian.net/debian-cd/current/i386/ 5) dfsbuild will allow you to create a 100% Debian live cd, some pre made iso's are here: http://people.debian.org/~jgoerzen/dfs/ Though they are too big for my taste. 6) at the end of the day, see poin

elinks proxy ssl error post data

2006-09-24 Thread Ottavio Caruso
ERROR" I have no problem with lynx, though. I have tried to tamper with elinks.conf but no success. I wonder if anybody has the same problem or if anybody has a clue or is it a Debian bug. Thank you Ottavio Caruso -- Please follow up to ma

Re: Linux Will Get Buried (Off)

2006-09-14 Thread Ottavio Caruso
ting system, what? I have been so busy using Debian, now I fail to catch up with this new stuff... Ottavio Caruso -- Please follow up to mailing list! __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http:/

RE: USB rescue/boot disk

2006-09-12 Thread Ottavio Caruso
rtunately the authors refuse to comply to known standards (licence, copyright, package management) so I cannot recommend it. Ottavio Caruso -- Please follow up to mailing list! __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam pr

Re: can't apt-get install

2006-08-30 Thread Ottavio Caruso
Michael Noisternig wrote: > First day: Installed current Debian testing That's why it's called testing, because it's not stable ... > on here? Anyone has a clue? What I'do (not necessarily the best solution): # apt-get -f install # apt-get upgrade # apt-get dist

RE: Error 21

2006-08-27 Thread Ottavio Caruso
er? A server shouldn't have any windowing system at all... Ottavio Caruso -- Please follow up to mailing list! __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Debian for business?

2006-08-09 Thread Ottavio Caruso
main server? No, you need OpenLpdap > 7. Some open source CRM? Web Rt Ottavio Caruso -- No individual replies, please! __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSU

apt-get fails through broken proxy

2006-08-03 Thread Ottavio Caruso
inistrator, who is happily ignoring it, so I have to live with that. I can download .deb files so I can install individual packages, but I can't update/upgrade. I just wonder if anyone has a possible workaround on my end, before giving up. Thanks Ottavio Caruso -- No individual