Thanks, Andy!
I'll give it a try.
Hi,
On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 12:47:25PM -0400, Default User wrote:
> Since I know almost no shell scripting, the rsync usb drive A
> to usb drive B copy is done with a simple bash script consisting
> only of the rsync backup command, with options and parameters, but
> without any code to verify t
Hi, OP again.
1) Regarding:
"Its unclear to me from OP's message whether OP actually wants to solve
the partition sizing issue or is just complaining about it and THEN
asking for unrelated Debian 13 upgrade tips."
I originally posted asking for general advice about upgrading to Debian
13 Stabl
On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 12:26:21PM -, Greg wrote:
> On 2025-05-17, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> >
> > I found it easiest to just run the installer and say - use LVM, all files
> > in one partition.
>
> Is there no rapidity cost on lower-end machines?
>
IME, there is not a cost that can be dete
On 2025-05-17, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
>
> I found it easiest to just run the installer and say - use LVM, all files
> in one partition.
Is there no rapidity cost on lower-end machines?
> that give you a boot partition and everything else in one partition.
>
> It Just Works (for high values of
On Sat, May 17, 2025 at 03:16:53PM +, Andy Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 06:56:11PM -0400, Default User wrote:
> > Concerning the points raised:
>
> I still did not see any statement of which concrete problems or issues
> you did actually want to tackle. For example it is a w
Hi,
On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 06:56:11PM -0400, Default User wrote:
> Concerning the points raised:
I still did not see any statement of which concrete problems or issues
you did actually want to tackle. For example it is a waste of time
people giving advice about the upgrade route if you have deci
Default User writes:
> 1) sudo df -h
> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/nvme0n1p2 23G 8.7G 13G 41% /
> /dev/nvme0n1p5 1.8G 140K 1.7G 1% /tmp
Why not enable tmp.mount (tmpfs)? In most use cases, /tmp is not really
utilized much – pointless to waste 2 GB of valua
On 2025-05-16, Andy Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 11:50:41AM +0100, Richmond wrote:
>> /var can grow significantly over time due to logs, databases, and other
>> persistent services, so I can understand why someone might put it on its
>> own partition.
>
> When we're talking about
On 5/16/25 15:56, Default User wrote:
Hi. Thanks for the replies!
Concerning the points raised:
1) sudo df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/nvme0n1p2 23G 8.7G 13G 41% /
/dev/nvme0n1p5 1.8G 140K 1.7G 1% /tmp
/dev/nvme0n1p6 199G 53G 136G 28% /home
/dev/nvm
xuser writes:
> No virtualization?, my 15 year old dell e6500 has it.
As I recall, Intel has played with virtualization support a lot. Disable
virtualization on some low end CPUs just to piss people off. Or really,
to "differentiate the different product lines" or some such marketing
bullshit.
On Fri, 16 May 2025 18:56:11 -0400
Default User wrote:
> Fun fact: I use rsync to do backups to and external usb hard drive. If
> the external drive is not connected, rsync will, without any notice,
> proceed to create a backup directory under /media, with the name of
> the unconnected backup dri
Hi. Thanks for the replies!
Concerning the points raised:
1) sudo df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/nvme0n1p2 23G 8.7G 13G 41% /
/dev/nvme0n1p5 1.8G 140K 1.7G 1% /tmp
/dev/nvme0n1p6 199G 53G 136G 28% /home
/dev/nvme0n1p3 9.1G 2.9G 5.8G 34% /var
/dev/
Hi,
On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 11:50:41AM +0100, Richmond wrote:
> /var can grow significantly over time due to logs, databases, and other
> persistent services, so I can understand why someone might put it on its
> own partition.
When we're talking about single user workstations and laptops though,
On Fri, 16 May 2025 11:50:41 +0100
Richmond wrote:
>
> Recently I created a virtual machine with qemu and virt-manager, and
> unknown to me by default it creates the virtual disk in /var. As this
> was not on its own partion but in the same as / it happily filled the
> root partition and I got in
No virtualization?, my 15 year old dell e6500 has it.
On Thu, 15 May 2025, Default User wrote:
Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 17:30:51 -0400
From: Default User
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Preparing for Debian 13
Resent-Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 21:31:19 + (UTC)
Resent-From: debian-user
Roberto C. Sánchez writes:
> It's a bit late at this point, but why did you split your installation
> into different partitions, fixed partitions no less, on a laptop with a
> single disk? That's the sort of thing you do with a server where you
> have RAID, LVM, and possibly other advanced storag
On Fri, 16 May 2025 09:34:30 +
"Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote:
> On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 05:30:51PM -0400, Default User wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > I currently run Debian 12 Stable, amd64.
> > Unexceptional single-user SOHO setup on a relatively current
> > (2023) low-end Dell laptop.
> > Intel Cor
On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 05:30:51PM -0400, Default User wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I currently run Debian 12 Stable, amd64.
> Unexceptional single-user SOHO setup on a relatively current
> (2023) low-end Dell laptop.
> Intel Core i3 processor.
> 8Gb ram.
> UEFI booting.
> Internal nvme SSD, 256 Gb, for
Default User writes:
> Since Debian 13 should soon be released, what should I be doing
> ahead of time to prepare for the upgrade? For me, upgrading is
> always a major hassle, so I try to make it as easy as possible.
The release page is here: https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/
There'
On 5/15/25 14:30, Default User wrote:
Hi.
I currently run Debian 12 Stable, amd64.
Unexceptional single-user SOHO setup on a relatively current
(2023) low-end Dell laptop.
Intel Core i3 processor.
8Gb ram.
UEFI booting.
Internal nvme SSD, 256 Gb, for mass storage.
Partitions:
nvme0n1 259:0
On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 05:30:51PM -0400, Default User wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I currently run Debian 12 Stable, amd64.
> Unexceptional single-user SOHO setup on a relatively current
> (2023) low-end Dell laptop.
> Intel Core i3 processor.
> 8Gb ram.
> UEFI booting.
> Internal nvme SSD, 256 Gb, for
Hi.
I currently run Debian 12 Stable, amd64.
Unexceptional single-user SOHO setup on a relatively current
(2023) low-end Dell laptop.
Intel Core i3 processor.
8Gb ram.
UEFI booting.
Internal nvme SSD, 256 Gb, for mass storage.
Partitions:
nvme0n1 259:00 238.5G 0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1 2
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