On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:16:53 -0500
Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> Celejar put forth on 3/26/2010 4:20 PM:
>
> > Good to know - I guess it's just luck of the draw. I once cringed as I
> > dropped my WD external about four feet (onto carpet), but so far
> > (months later) it's still working fine.
>
> He
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 01:16:53AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> Celejar put forth on 3/26/2010 4:20 PM:
>
> > Good to know - I guess it's just luck of the draw. I once cringed as I
> > dropped my WD external about four feet (onto carpet), but so far
> > (months later) it's still working fine.
>
Celejar put forth on 3/26/2010 4:20 PM:
> Good to know - I guess it's just luck of the draw. I once cringed as I
> dropped my WD external about four feet (onto carpet), but so far
> (months later) it's still working fine.
Here's what you guys need:
http://www.adata.com.tw/en/product_show.php?Pro
>> 2) echo "1" /sys/block/sr0/device/delete
should have been
echo "1" >/sys/block/sr0/device/delete
with apologies.
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On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:11:48 -0700
Freeman wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 10:18:57AM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> > On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:51:07 -0700
> > Freeman wrote:
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > I've had two passports for about 3 and 5 years now. The third and newest,
> > > the only SATA, died from
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 10:18:57AM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:51:07 -0700
> Freeman wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > I've had two passports for about 3 and 5 years now. The third and newest,
> > the only SATA, died from a ridiculously small drop, maybe three feet onto
> > carpet.
>
> Wh
>> There's probably Windows backup software on it; and who knows what else.
> Helpful post from Tom, I've done similar but only on Sandisk products. I
> thought U3 was only a Sandisk thing but now WD is using it too?
> Some of the Windows software Tom H mentioned and shown here makes me
> skepti
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:52:49 -0400 (EDT), Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 2010-03-26 00:57, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>>
>> Nowhere does it mention Linux, period. How can you complain about their
>> Linux support when the product literature doesn't mention Linux? So, you
>> assume that the lack of mention me
On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:51:07 -0700
Freeman wrote:
...
> I've had two passports for about 3 and 5 years now. The third and newest,
> the only SATA, died from a ridiculously small drop, maybe three feet onto
> carpet.
While on or off?
Celejar
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On 20100326_005717, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> Paul E Condon put forth on 3/25/2010 11:32 PM:
>
> > Western Digital uses what must be the same software technology, but
> > they call it Virtual-CD or VCD. They also provide a software fix. But
> > the WD fix only disables VCD and makes the small partiti
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 06:52:49 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 2010-03-26 00:57, Stan Hoeppner wrote: [snip]
>>
>> Nowhere does it mention Linux, period. How can you complain about
>> their Linux support when the product literature doesn't mention Linux?
>> So, you assume that the lack of mention
On 2010-03-26 00:57, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
[snip]
Nowhere does it mention Linux, period. How can you complain about their
Linux support when the product literature doesn't mention Linux? So, you
assume that the lack of mention means it's supported? Even though all the
other OS's supported are
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:57:17AM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> Paul E Condon put forth on 3/25/2010 11:32 PM:
>
> > Western Digital uses what must be the same software technology, but
> > they call it Virtual-CD or VCD. They also provide a software fix. But
> > the WD fix only disables VCD and m
Paul E Condon put forth on 3/25/2010 11:32 PM:
> Western Digital uses what must be the same software technology, but
> they call it Virtual-CD or VCD. They also provide a software fix. But
> the WD fix only disables VCD and makes the small partition
> invisible. It does not release the space on th
On 20100325_204331, Mark wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Tom H wrote:
>
> >
> > It is a feature! ;)
> >
> > There's probably Windows backup software on it; and who knows what else.
> >
>
> Helpful post from Tom, I've done similar but only on Sandisk products. I
> thought U3 was only a
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Tom H wrote:
>
> It is a feature! ;)
>
> There's probably Windows backup software on it; and who knows what else.
>
Helpful post from Tom, I've done similar but only on Sandisk products. I
thought U3 was only a Sandisk thing but now WD is using it too?
Some of
>>> This thingy mounts as /media/My Passport
>>> Or some such. Its unplugged not so I can't check(note embedded space in
>>> name)
>> It is an ro U3 partition on the WD usb drive.
> That makes vague sense if WD is trying to play some games.
It is a feature! ;)
There's probably Windows backup so
On 2010-03-25 20:49, Paul E Condon wrote:
[snip]
that will be a problem. The comment "CD part" confirms that I'm not
hallucinating.
And neither am I.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U3#U3_disk_mounting:_hardware_emulation
So, I think you're stuck with that little sr0 partition.
Next time, buy an
On 2010-03-25 20:20, Tom H wrote:
I just purchased a new Western Digital 'My Passport'. I've done this
before and thought I knew what to do, but this one has new, modern
features that are causing be problem pain. As delivered, the drive
has format type 07 (HPFS/NTFS). When I plug it in, it moun
On 20100325_204032, Tom H wrote:
> > I just purchased a new Western Digital 'My Passport'. I've done this
> > before and thought I knew what to do, but this one has new, modern
> > features that are causing be problem pain. As delivered, the drive
> > has format type 07 (HPFS/NTFS). When I plug i
>> >I just purchased a new Western Digital 'My Passport'. I've done this
>> >before and thought I knew what to do, but this one has new, modern
>> >features that are causing be problem pain. As delivered, the drive
>> >has format type 07 (HPFS/NTFS). When I plug it in, it mounts as 2
>> >partitio
On 20100325_193701, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 2010-03-25 19:17, Paul E Condon wrote:
> >I just purchased a new Western Digital 'My Passport'. I've done this
> >before and thought I knew what to do, but this one has new, modern
> >features that are causing be problem pain. As delivered, the drive
> >
> I just purchased a new Western Digital 'My Passport'. I've done this
> before and thought I knew what to do, but this one has new, modern
> features that are causing be problem pain. As delivered, the drive
> has format type 07 (HPFS/NTFS). When I plug it in, it mounts as 2
> partitions. One is
On 2010-03-25 19:17, Paul E Condon wrote:
I just purchased a new Western Digital 'My Passport'. I've done this
before and thought I knew what to do, but this one has new, modern
features that are causing be problem pain. As delivered, the drive
has format type 07 (HPFS/NTFS). When I plug it in,
Am 14.03.2007 um 15:36 schrieb Celejar:
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:05:52 +0100
Martin Marcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
## if you wan't to transfer root (/boot can't be on lvm so you later
have to move it somewhere else if it's on the same FS)
Doesn't GRUB understand LVM these days [1]?
hmm
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:05:52 +0100
Martin Marcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sorry, still not used to that my can't handle mailinglists accordingly
[snip]
> 1) you should have used lvm in the first place :)
I wanted to, but since I was leaving Windows on one partition, the installer
wouldn't
Sorry, still not used to that my can't handle mailinglists accordingly
Am 13.03.2007 um 20:33 schrieb David Baron:
LVM comes to mind. Unfortunately, there is no clean way to switch
over to it.
Unionfs seems like a very eligant way of simply overlaying
directories on
multiple partitions. How
On Sat, Aug 21 at 04:09AM +0100, David Leggett wrote:
> Doing stuff like this remotely is fun ;)
>
> I would recommed that you use LVM to manage the size of your "partitions" so
> you can simply assign space to wherever you store your data easily.
>
> Also I would recommend upgrading the kernel
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Hi will,
Doing stuff like this remotely is fun ;)
I would recommed that you use LVM to manage the size of your "partitions" so
you can simply assign space to wherever you store your data easily.
Also I would recommend upgrading the kernel to the lat
Under XP you can use "Partition Magic" 8. I've just done it last night
:)
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Tom wrote:
Hey ho,
Due to some bad initial partitioning scheme, I'm now stuck with WinXP on
C: (/dev/hda1) and a FAT32-partition on /dev/hda2. Then comes Debian,
installed on some logical partitions.
I would like to shrink the FAT-partition (which is way too big), and -
of course - regain the
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 23:43:10 +0200, Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> penned:
> Hey ho,
>
> Due to some bad initial partitioning scheme, I'm now stuck with WinXP
> on C: (/dev/hda1) and a FAT32-partition on /dev/hda2. Then comes
> Debian, installed on some logical partitions.
>
> I would like to shrink the
* Bob Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030326 09:58 PST]:
> From /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/mini/Partition.gz:
>
> The primary partition used to house the logical partitions is
> called an extended partition and it has its own file system type
> (0x05). Unlike primary partitions, lo
Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If you want 5 or more (usable partitions), you'll have to
> create at least one "extended" partition. Each extended partition can
> hold up to 4 more partitions.
An extended partition is not limited to 4 logical partitions.
>From /u
On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 02:16:23PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote:
| * Joris Huizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030325 13:59 PST]:
| > Derrick, you're reply is very helpfull - but I've got
| > a new question based on the adjacency of partitions.
[...]
| Well, actually, LVM will work for non-adjacent partit
* Joris Huizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030325 13:59 PST]:
> Hello,
>
> Derrick, you're reply is very helpfull - but I've got
> a new question based on the adjacency of partitions.
>
> This is the partition table as it is:
>
> hda: hda1
> hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3 hdb4 < hdb5 hdb6 >
>
> the hda disk is
Hello,
Derrick, you're reply is very helpfull - but I've got
a new question based on the adjacency of partitions.
This is the partition table as it is:
hda: hda1
hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3 hdb4 < hdb5 hdb6 >
the hda disk is where windows lives (for my dad)
the /tmp is on hdb3, /home is on /hdb5
the p
On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 11:37:59AM -0800, Joris Huizer wrote:
| Hello everybody,
|
| I have the following question:
| I have four partitions:
| /, /tmp, /usr, /home
|
| Is it possible to change the situation so that the
| /tmp partition space becomes part of the /home (so the
| /tmp is a normal f
hi ya
On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Joris Huizer wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> I have the following question:
> I have four partitions:
> /, /tmp, /usr, /home
>
> Is it possible to change the situation so that the
> /tmp partition space becomes part of the /home (so the
> /tmp is a normal folder in / )
Joris Huizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello everybody,
>
> I have the following question:
> I have four partitions:
> /, /tmp, /usr, /home
>
> Is it possible to change the situation so that the
> /tmp partition space becomes part of the /home (so the
> /tmp is a normal folder in / ) ? It's
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 08:12:59AM -0400, Rich Johnson wrote:
> >
> > In any case, I am done with my rants. If you want to repartition without
> > reinstalling post a message here. By the way, don't ever forget the
> > backups, and experiment with doing a selective restore, if not a full
> > one, b
>
> In any case, I am done with my rants. If you want to repartition without
> reinstalling post a message here. By the way, don't ever forget the
> backups, and experiment with doing a selective restore, if not a full
> one, before you embark on making major changes to your system.
>
> Good luck!
On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 03:48:41PM -0400, Rich Johnson wrote:
> Folks--
>
> Its time to repartition my disks. The plan is to:
> 1. Put all the user data I want to keep onto tape
> 2. Install debian from scratch (including repartition)
> 3. Restore .deb package database
> 4. Re-fetch current .
stefan goeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello,
>
> I want to install linux on my PC at home. Now, I run Win98 2nd Ed. on a
> FAT32 filesystem.
> I only have one big partion (i.e. the C drive). I want to create more
> partitions in a "safe" manner and
> I am not sure how to do this.
>
> I
per_adua32 wrote:
>
> Partition E:
> Recycled
> ffastun.ffa
> ffastun.ffl
> ffastun.ffo
> ffastun0.ffx
>
> Partition F:
> Recycled
> ffastun.ffa
> ffastun.ffl
> ffastun.ffo
> ffastun0.ffx
>
> I suppose my question is this:
>
> How important are these files?
>
> Can I safely delete them (wh
>
>
>Partition E:
>Recycled
>ffastun.ffa
>ffastun.ffl
>ffastun.ffo
>ffastun0.ffx
>
>Partition F:
>Recycled
>ffastun.ffa
>ffastun.ffl
>ffastun.ffo
>ffastun0.ffx
>
Hey There,
Get rid of those files. They are MS Find fast files - findfast is suppose
to make your MS Office files open faster.
If y
On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> Of course you will have to edit /etc/fstab and probably /etc/lilo.conf
> plus run lilo before rebooting.
Thanks to those who've replied. One last question: at the moment I've
got three partitions on my drive :
hda1 Win95 (hanging head in shame)
hda5 Deb
Randy Edwards wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Will Lowe wrote:
>
> > a) partition this empty space into a bunch of new partitions and my
> > current system onto it, without completely reinstalling?
>
>As I remember (read: get someone else's opinion to be sure:-) all I did
> was to create th
On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Will Lowe wrote:
> Ok. I've been running linux since about march, and when I installed, I
> installed entirely to one partition. Having since realized the error of
> my ways, and having filled up the first (400 mb) partition I originally
> installed it on, I've decided to
On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Will Lowe wrote:
> installed it on, I've decided to repartition and make seperate partitions
> for /, /usr, /tmp, /usr/local, and /var (are there any others it might
> be usefull to make seperate partitions out of?).
The FAQ addresses this pretty well. I'd also reco
On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, David Morris wrote:
> This is a variation on the theme of moving parts of the directory tree to
> another hard drive that was on this list a while ago.
>
> As I contemplate the move I think it could get very sticky. As I see it this
> is what might happen...
>
> Current
>
Thanks, David, I took the plunge and everything worked like a charm. I
thought I'd drop this on the larger debian-user list as well so others in
the same boat can benefit. Now I have some more playi... working (yeah,
that's what it is) room in my Debian section.
On "Fri, 06 Dec 1996 20:15:41 MST."
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