Re: Migrating from hard drives to SSDs

On 7/14/23 09:34, Anssi Saari wrote: gene heskett writes: One of the things apparently missing in today's support for the arm64 boards such as the bananapi-m5, is the lack of support for the nvme memory on some of these devices. I have quite a few of them, all booting and running from 64G micr

Re: Migrating from hard drives to SSDs

gene heskett writes: > One of the things apparently missing in today's support for the arm64 > boards such as the bananapi-m5, is the lack of support for the nvme > memory on some of these devices. I have quite a few of them, all > booting and running from 64G micro-sd's. Yet these all have, so

Re: Migrating from hard drives to SSDs

On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 6:40 AM gene heskett wrote: > [ ...] > One of the things apparently missing in today's support for the arm64 > boards such as the bananapi-m5, is the lack of support for the nvme > memory on some of these devices. I have quite a few of them, all booting > and running from 6

Re: Migrating from hard drives to SSDs

On 7/11/23 21:39, David Christensen wrote: On 7/11/23 13:18, Mick Ab wrote: I am thinking of changing my storage from two 1TB hard drives in a software RAID 1 configuration to two M.2 Nvme 1 TB SSDs. The two SSDs would be put into a software RAID 1 configuration. Currently each hard drive

Re: Migrating from hard drives to SSDs

On 7/11/23 13:18, Mick Ab wrote: I am thinking of changing my storage from two 1TB hard drives in a software RAID 1 configuration to two M.2 Nvme 1 TB SSDs. The two SSDs would be put into a software RAID 1 configuration. Currently each hard drive contains both the operating system and user data

Re: Migrating from hard drives to SSDs

Nicolas George wrote: > Dan Ritter (12023-07-11): > > mdadm create /dev/md10 /dev/nvme0n1p1 /dev/nvme1n1p1 --level=1 > > --raid-devices=2 > > and so on for the other RAID pairs -- I'd call them md10, 11 and > > 12 or so on. > > So you… create new RAIDs on the new drives and just ignore the old d

Re: Migrating from hard drives to SSDs

Dan Ritter (12023-07-11): > mdadm create /dev/md10 /dev/nvme0n1p1 /dev/nvme1n1p1 --level=1 > --raid-devices=2 > and so on for the other RAID pairs -- I'd call them md10, 11 and > 12 or so on. So you… create new RAIDs on the new drives and just ignore the old data? That works, but that can hardly

Re: Migrating from hard drives to SSDs

Mick Ab wrote: > I am thinking of changing my storage from two 1TB hard drives in a software > RAID 1 configuration to two M.2 Nvme 1 TB SSDs. The two SSDs would be put > into a software RAID 1 configuration. Currently each hard drive contains > both the operating system and user dat

Re: Migrating from hard drives to SSDs

Mick Ab (12023-07-11): > I am thinking of changing my storage from two 1TB hard drives in a software > RAID 1 configuration to two M.2 Nvme 1 TB SSDs. The two SSDs would be put > into a software RAID 1 configuration. Currently each hard drive contains > both the operating system a

Re: Migrating from hard drives to SSDs

On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 4:18 PM Mick Ab wrote: > > I am thinking of changing my storage from two 1TB hard drives in a software > RAID 1 configuration to two M.2 Nvme 1 TB SSDs. The two SSDs would be put > into a software RAID 1 configuration. Currently each hard drive contains

Migrating from hard drives to SSDs

I am thinking of changing my storage from two 1TB hard drives in a software RAID 1 configuration to two M.2 Nvme 1 TB SSDs. The two SSDs would be put into a software RAID 1 configuration. Currently each hard drive contains both the operating system and user data. What steps would you recommend to

Re: Core Q9650 in a case with 5 hard drives

On 2020-08-17 13:30, James Allsopp wrote: Hi, I'm using an old Core 2 processor in a case with 5 hard drives, one of which is an SSD. It's a server but doesn't get hit particularly hard, so I'm wondering what the options are to try and conserve power with it as it's g

Re: Core Q9650 in a case with 5 hard drives

James Allsopp wrote: > Hi, > I'm using an old Core 2 processor in a case with 5 hard drives, one of > which is an SSD. It's a server but doesn't get hit particularly hard, so > I'm wondering what the options are to try and conserve power with it as > it'

Fwd: Core Q9650 in a case with 5 hard drives

This also to the mailing list - someone else may find it useful as a starting point. -- Forwarded message - From: Andrew Cater Date: Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 8:37 PM Subject: Re: Core Q9650 in a case with 5 hard drives To: James Allsopp Put some cheap slow running quiet fans in

Core Q9650 in a case with 5 hard drives

Hi, I'm using an old Core 2 processor in a case with 5 hard drives, one of which is an SSD. It's a server but doesn't get hit particularly hard, so I'm wondering what the options are to try and conserve power with it as it's generating rather a lot of heat. I've

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

> Would anybody care to voice an opinion on USB external hard drives in the > 2 terabyte size range, for automated backup purposes? I personally use my external HDDs without enclosures. I.e. I use a USB<->SATA adapter (e.g. https://www.dx.com/p/usb-3-0-to-sata-22-pin-2-5-hard

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

On 26/01/19 03:06 AM, Celejar wrote: On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 09:24:56 -0800 "James H. H. Lampert" wrote: Fellow List members: Would anybody care to voice an opinion on USB external hard drives in the 2 terabyte size range, for automated backup purposes? We've been looking

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

On Mon, Feb 04, 2019 at 12:05:08AM +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: Turns out you are right. Modern 2.5" HDDs are made to be more demanding, according to hardware specs available on web sites of WD and Seagate. Only exception are 2.5" L200 series drives from Toshiba. They require <500mA to op

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

Le 03/02/2019 à 20:05, Alexander V. Makartsev a écrit : On 03.02.2019 23:02, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Some 2,5" drives require more current than the 500 mA a USB 2.0 host port can provide. Looking at my own, I read 800 mA, 1100 mA, 580 mA, 451 mA. So only one of them is below 500 mA. I forgot t

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

You may want to consider buying an USB HDD enclosure/cradle, like >>>>> this >>>>> one[1] for example, they are cheap and would allow you to use a >>>>> regular internal HDD as a USB drive. >>> >>> Note that this solution may requ

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

you to use a regular internal HDD as a USB drive. Note that this solution may require an external power supply. It won't be necessary for 2.5" hard drives. Only 3.5" hard drives require +12V DC to function, which USB interface can not provide. Some 2,5" drives require more

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

seems to be the general consensus both hear and on the OCLUG list server) those things have the cheapest consumer-grade hard drives the vendor has, whereas making your own, you can make it with a server-grade drive, or even (and this is built in at least one enclosure I've seen) a mirror

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

want to consider buying an USB HDD enclosure/cradle, like this >>>>> one[1] for example, they are cheap and would allow you to use a >>>>> regular internal HDD as a USB drive. >>> Note that this solution may require an external power supply. >> It won

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

closure/cradle, like this > >>> one[1] for example, they are cheap and would allow you to use a > >>> regular internal HDD as a USB drive. > > > > Note that this solution may require an external power supply. > It won't be necessary for 2.5" hard drive

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

On Sun, 3 Feb 2019 11:01:33 +0100 Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 03/02/2019 à 10:10, Curt a écrit : > > On 2019-02-03, local10 wrote: > >> > >> You may want to consider buying an USB HDD enclosure/cradle, like > >> this one[1] for example, they are cheap and would allow you to use > >> a regular

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

On 2019-02-03, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 03/02/2019 à 10:10, Curt a écrit : >> On 2019-02-03, local10 wrote: >>> >>> You may want to consider buying an USB HDD enclosure/cradle, like this >>> one[1] for example, they are cheap and would allow you to use a >>> regular internal HDD as a USB drive

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

a >>> regular internal HDD as a USB drive. > > Note that this solution may require an external power supply. It won't be necessary for 2.5" hard drives. Only 3.5" hard drives require +12V DC to function, which USB interface can not provide. > >> What's

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

Le 03/02/2019 à 10:10, Curt a écrit : On 2019-02-03, local10 wrote: You may want to consider buying an USB HDD enclosure/cradle, like this one[1] for example, they are cheap and would allow you to use a regular internal HDD as a USB drive. Note that this solution may require an external powe

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

On 2019-02-03, local10 wrote: >>> >>> Would anybody care to voice an opinion on USB external hard drives in the 2 >>> terabyte size range, for automated backup purposes? >>> > > > You may want to consider buying an USB HDD enclosure/cradle, like

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

List members: > >> > >> Would anybody care to voice an opinion on USB external hard drives in > the 2 terabyte size range, for automated backup purposes? > >> > > > You may want to consider buying an USB HDD enclosure/cradle, like this > one[1] for example,

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

On 1/25/19 9:24 AM, James H. H. Lampert wrote: >> Fellow List members: >> >> Would anybody care to voice an opinion on USB external hard drives in the 2 >> terabyte size range, for automated backup purposes? >> You may want to consider buying an USB HDD enclosure

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 15:33:33 -0600 David Wright wrote: > On Fri 25 Jan 2019 at 15:06:25 (-0500), Celejar wrote: > > > One major annoyance (and I don't know if this is a problem affecting > > all USB external drives, or is related to my cables, USB ports, drives, > > or something else) is that th

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 03:15:37 +0500 "Alexander V. Makartsev" wrote: > On 26.01.2019 2:28, Celejar wrote: > > On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 01:09:59 +0500 > > "Alexander V. Makartsev" wrote: > > > > ... > > > >> If you value your data, my recommendation is to get inexpensive NAS with > >> iSCSI, like Synolo

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

On 1/25/19, Peter Ehlert wrote: > On 1/25/19 9:24 AM, James H. H. Lampert wrote: >> Fellow List members: >> >> Would anybody care to voice an opinion on USB external hard drives in >> the 2 terabyte size range, for automated backup purposes? >> >> We've

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

ecommendation, others have already spoke up and they know more > than me about USB storage > > On 1/25/19 9:24 AM, James H. H. Lampert wrote: > > Fellow List members: > > > > Would anybody care to voice an opinion on USB external hard drives in > > the 2 terabyte siz

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

recommendation, others have already spoke up and they know more than me about USB storage On 1/25/19 9:24 AM, James H. H. Lampert wrote: Fellow List members: Would anybody care to voice an opinion on USB external hard drives in the 2 terabyte size range, for automated backup purposes? We've

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

On 26.01.2019 2:28, Celejar wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 01:09:59 +0500 > "Alexander V. Makartsev" wrote: > > ... > >> If you value your data, my recommendation is to get inexpensive NAS with >> iSCSI, like Synology DS218j and run two disks in RAID1 for redundancy. >> This decision has many advant

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

On Fri 25 Jan 2019 at 15:06:25 (-0500), Celejar wrote: > One major annoyance (and I don't know if this is a problem affecting > all USB external drives, or is related to my cables, USB ports, drives, > or something else) is that the connections are terribly fragile: moving > the drive, or even jus

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 01:09:59 +0500 "Alexander V. Makartsev" wrote: ... > If you value your data, my recommendation is to get inexpensive NAS with > iSCSI, like Synology DS218j and run two disks in RAID1 for redundancy. > This decision has many advantages, like: > 1. You still will have your data

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

On 25.01.2019 22:24, James H. H. Lampert wrote: > Fellow List members: > > Would anybody care to voice an opinion on USB external hard drives in > the 2 terabyte size range, for automated backup purposes? > > We've been looking at the Seagate "Expansion" and the W

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 09:24:56 -0800 "James H. H. Lampert" wrote: > Fellow List members: > > Would anybody care to voice an opinion on USB external hard drives in > the 2 terabyte size range, for automated backup purposes? > > We've been looking at the Seagate

Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

James H. H. Lampert wrote: > Would anybody care to voice an opinion on USB external hard drives in > the 2 terabyte size range, for automated backup purposes? > > We've been looking at the Seagate "Expansion" and the WD "Elements"; > I've notic

USB hard drives -- recommendations?

Fellow List members: Would anybody care to voice an opinion on USB external hard drives in the 2 terabyte size range, for automated backup purposes? We've been looking at the Seagate "Expansion" and the WD "Elements"; I've noticed that on Amazon, both have a f

Re: kvm/qemu virtual machine can't find hard drives (Solved)

my regular system. So I opted for a virtual machine. The kvm/qemu package seems to install properly (no errors). But when I try to install Debian 9 into it, the installer can't find my two hard drives sda and sdb. It then ask me to pick from a long list of drivers. I haven't been able to

Re: kvm/qemu virtual machine can't find hard drives

On 8/18/17 4:08 PM, Gary Roach wrote: > I really appreciate all of you quick responses. > > For some unknown reason, when I searched the  Debian database virt came up > empty. This time it didn't. So, at this point, its go RTFM. > > The manual will probably clear it up but When trying to run virt-m

Re: kvm/qemu virtual machine can't find hard drives

On 18-08-17, Gary Roach wrote: > I really appreciate all of you quick responses. > > For some unknown reason, when I searched the Debian database virt came up > empty. This time it didn't. So, at this point, its go RTFM. > > The manual will probably clear it up but When trying to run virt-manage

Re: kvm/qemu virtual machine can't find hard drives

I really appreciate all of you quick responses. For some unknown reason, when I searched the Debian database virt came up empty. This time it didn't. So, at this point, its go RTFM. The manual will probably clear it up but When trying to run virt-manager, I did get the following error: una

Re: kvm/qemu virtual machine can't find hard drives

On 17-08-17, Gary Roach wrote: > Sorry bob but the debian 9 archives doesn't include libvirtd or anything > equivalent. I have been trying to use virt-manager but have gotten a bit > confused. The screen shot is attached. I have two hard drives. One is a 160 > Gb boot drive ca

Re: kvm/qemu virtual machine can't find hard drives

ng equivalent. I have been trying to use virt-manager but have > gotten a bit confused. The screen shot is attached. I have two hard > drives. One is a 160 Gb boot drive called bootdisk and another empty 1 > Tb drive called bigdisk. It looks like virt-manager picked the empty 1Tb > driv

Re: kvm/qemu virtual machine can't find hard drives

On 18/08/17 13:12, Gary Roach wrote: > On 08/17/2017 10:50 AM, Bob Weber wrote: >> Looks like the packages >> to get you started are libvirt-daemon-system and virt-manager. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> ...bob >> >> >> > Sorry bob but the debian 9 archives doesn't include libvirtd or > anything equ

Re: kvm/qemu virtual machine can't find hard drives

anager. > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > ...bob > > > > > > > > Sorry bob but the  debian 9 archives doesn't include libvirtd or  > anything equivalent. I have been trying to use virt-manager but have  > gotten a bit confused. The s

Re: kvm/qemu virtual machine can't find hard drives

ibvirtd or anything equivalent. I have been trying to use virt-manager but have gotten a bit confused. The screen shot is attached. I have two hard drives. One is a 160 Gb boot drive called bootdisk and another empty 1 Tb drive called bigdisk. It looks like virt-manager picked the empty 1Tb driv

Re: kvm/qemu virtual machine can't find hard drives

y > project (Elmer fem) and want things completely walled off from my > regular system. So I opted for a virtual machine. > > The kvm/qemu package seems to install properly (no errors). But when I > try to install Debian 9 into it, the installer can't find my two hard > driv

Re: kvm/qemu virtual machine can't find hard drives

emu packages. I have a very messy project (Elmer > fem) and want things completely walled off from my regular system. So I opted > for a virtual machine. > > The kvm/qemu package seems to install properly (no errors). But when I try to > install Debian 9 into it, the installer can&#

Re: kvm/qemu virtual machine can't find hard drives

emu packages. I have a very messy project > (Elmer fem) and want things completely walled off from my regular system. So > I opted for a virtual machine. > > The kvm/qemu package seems to install properly (no errors). But when I try > to install Debian 9 into it, the installer can't

kvm/qemu virtual machine can't find hard drives

completely walled off from my regular system. So I opted for a virtual machine. The kvm/qemu package seems to install properly (no errors). But when I try to install Debian 9 into it, the installer can't find my two hard drives sda and sdb. It then ask me to pick from a long list of drivers. I ha

Re: Replacement RAID hard drives - do they have to be "clean"?

Ken Heard writes: > One of my boxes has a RAID1 using two Seagate SATA 3.0 1 tb hard drives. > I need to replace one of them, and I would like to use as a replacement > a Samsung SATA 2.0 1 tb drive which already has on it data which I do > not need to keep. > > My first que

Re: Replacement RAID hard drives - do they have to be "clean"?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gary Dale wrote: > On 16/09/14 03:03 PM, Ken Heard wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> One of my boxes has a RAID1 using two Seagate SATA 3.0 1 tb hard drives. >> I need to replace one of

Re: Replacement RAID hard drives - do they have to be "clean"?

On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 03:03:41PM -0400, Ken Heard wrote: > One of my boxes has a RAID1 using two Seagate SATA 3.0 1 tb hard drives. > I need to replace one of them, and I would like to use as a replacement > a Samsung SATA 2.0 1 tb drive which already has on it data which I do >

Re: Replacement RAID hard drives - do they have to be "clean"?

On Tue, 16 Sep 2014 15:03:41 -0400 Ken Heard wrote: > My first question is: although both drives are the same size, can I get > away with having one drive a Seagate 3.0 and the other Samsung 2.0? Indeed, this is a very recommended configuration, as HDz of the same brand (and much worse: same bra

Re: Replacement RAID hard drives - do they have to be "clean"?

On 16/09/14 03:03 PM, Ken Heard wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 One of my boxes has a RAID1 using two Seagate SATA 3.0 1 tb hard drives. I need to replace one of them, and I would like to use as a replacement a Samsung SATA 2.0 1 tb drive which already has on it data

Replacement RAID hard drives - do they have to be "clean"?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 One of my boxes has a RAID1 using two Seagate SATA 3.0 1 tb hard drives. I need to replace one of them, and I would like to use as a replacement a Samsung SATA 2.0 1 tb drive which already has on it data which I do not need to keep. My first

Re: Kernel fails to detect internal hard drives after routine apt-get upgrade

On Lu, 12 mai 14, 12:31:28, Pertti Kosunen wrote: > On 12.5.2014 7:17, O wrote: > >The output from dmesg is long. > > You can dump it to http://pastebin.com/ . I'd rather have it in the e-mail, otherwise the archives would not be much use unless some kind soul does the necessary copy-paste of th

Re: Kernel fails to detect internal hard drives after routine apt-get upgrade

Thank you Selim, Stan. I will instal apt-listbugs. I clearly need it! Unfortunately, I instead opted to install a backported kernel (3.13.x), which was able to see and mount my drives. But then, flgrx (ATI proprietary graphics driver) was not being loaded by/in the kernel. So I tried to remov

Re: Kernel fails to detect internal hard drives after routine apt-get upgrade

Dunno if you saw this or not. Selim identifies the source of the problem below and possible fixes. Read on. On 5/12/2014 5:52 PM, Selim T. Erdogan wrote: > O, 12.05.2014: >> Hi Stan et al., >> >> Booting from the working kernel, I have dumped dmesg here: >> >> http://pastebin.com/MBTDfgc4 >> >>

Re: Kernel fails to detect internal hard drives after routine apt-get upgrade

O, 12.05.2014: > Hi Stan et al., > > Booting from the working kernel, I have dumped dmesg here: > > http://pastebin.com/MBTDfgc4 > > I tried to save dmesg booting under the 3.2.0-4_amd64 kernel from within > initramfs, to no avail (I cannot mount usb drives to save the information, > and it does

Re: Kernel fails to detect internal hard drives after routine apt-get upgrade

Hi Stan et al., Booting from the working kernel, I have dumped dmesg here: http://pastebin.com/MBTDfgc4 I tried to save dmesg booting under the 3.2.0-4_amd64 kernel from within initramfs, to no avail (I cannot mount usb drives to save the information, and it does not see the network). However,

Re: Kernel fails to detect internal hard drives after routine apt-get upgrade

On 12.5.2014 7:17, O wrote: The output from dmesg is long. You can dump it to http://pastebin.com/ . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/537094f0.2080

Re: Kernel fails to detect internal hard drives after routine apt-get upgrade

On 5/11/2014 11:17 PM, O wrote: > Hi Stan, > > The output from dmesg is long. From within initramfs, I cannot mount usb > drives, and I cannot seem to scp or ssh. So far, I have not been able to > find a way to get the output from dmesg (from within initramfs) onto > another file system so that

Re: Kernel fails to detect internal hard drives after routine apt-get upgrade

On 12/05/14 14:27, O wrote: > > Hi Scott, > > > Check your BIOS, I'd bet it doesn't see any hard drives either. Please > check. If I'm correct then check your power and data cables and restart > the box. > > > As mentioned, i can boot

Re: Kernel fails to detect internal hard drives after routine apt-get upgrade

Hi Scott, > Check your BIOS, I'd bet it doesn't see any hard drives either. Please > check. If I'm correct then check your power and data cables and restart > the box. > > As mentioned, i can boot using the old Squeeze kernel, and it sees the drives; bios sees

Re: Kernel fails to detect internal hard drives after routine apt-get upgrade

Hi Stan, The output from dmesg is long. From within initramfs, I cannot mount usb drives, and I cannot seem to scp or ssh. So far, I have not been able to find a way to get the output from dmesg (from within initramfs) onto another file system so that I can post it here: any ideas? Thanks, O

Re: Kernel fails to detect internal hard drives after routine apt-get upgrade

somewhere else that I should be posting instead. I would appreciate any > leads. > > Thanks! > > O > Check your BIOS, I'd bet it doesn't see any hard drives either. Please check. If I'm correct then check your power and data cables and restart the box. If you had

Re: Kernel fails to detect internal hard drives after routine apt-get upgrade

et dist-upgrade > > All to no avail. Interestingly, even the Debian 7.5 netinst CD will not > see the drives, and asks me to select a driver (it makes no suggestions). > When I drop to a prompt in recovery mode (another BusyBox prompt), fdisk -l > does not see any drives. > > The

Kernel fails to detect internal hard drives after routine apt-get upgrade

makes no suggestions). When I drop to a prompt in recovery mode (another BusyBox prompt), fdisk -l does not see any drives. There is nothing exotic about my drives: they are four Western Digital 2 TB internal hard drives. This one has me stumped. I hope someone can help. Please let me know if t

Re: Installing and booting Debian from large hard drives in a RAID without GPT

Hello Shane, Am 06.09.2013 um 15:49 schrieb Shane Johnson : > > I have had problems with the initrd not having the LVM modules loaded in it. > I had to make sure LVM was installed then run: > > update-initramfs -u -k all > > then : > > update-grub > > to get it to play nice with the syste

Re: Installing and booting Debian from large hard drives in a RAID without GPT

Hi Darac, Am 06.09.2013 um 14:45 schrieb Darac Marjal : > > If you're getting an error saying root couldn't be mounted then I'm > assuming that: > - BIOS has found GRUB > - GRUB has found the kernel > - the kernel has booted BUT > - the kernel couldn't find the rootfs, so therefore couldn't star

Re: Installing and booting Debian from large hard drives in a RAID without GPT

On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 6:45 AM, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 02:29:55PM +0200, Robin Kipp wrote: > > Hi list, > > I just purchased an HP ProLiant Micro Server G2020T. As for the hard > drives, I installed 4 3TB Western Digital HDs. So far so good, but volumes

Re: Installing and booting Debian from large hard drives in a RAID without GPT

On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 02:29:55PM +0200, Robin Kipp wrote: > Hi list, > I just purchased an HP ProLiant Micro Server G2020T. As for the hard drives, > I installed 4 3TB Western Digital HDs. So far so good, but volumes with a > capacity greater than 2TB require a GPT par

Installing and booting Debian from large hard drives in a RAID without GPT

Hi list, I just purchased an HP ProLiant Micro Server G2020T. As for the hard drives, I installed 4 3TB Western Digital HDs. So far so good, but volumes with a capacity greater than 2TB require a GPT partition table. Unfortunately, the server does not support UEFI, and thus can't boot fro

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Fri, 2012-10-19 at 09:41 +0100, Lisi wrote: > > On Sunday 14 October 2012 21:43:59 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Sun, 2012-10-14 at 21:36 +0100, Lisi wrote: > > > su > > > is enough. > > > > No, it should be > > > > su - > > lisi@Tux-II:~$ su > Password: > root@Tux-II:/home/lisi# whoami > root >

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Sunday 14 October 2012 21:43:59 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Sun, 2012-10-14 at 21:36 +0100, Lisi wrote: > > su > > is enough. > > No, it should be > > su - lisi@Tux-II:~$ su Password: root@Tux-II:/home/lisi# whoami root root@Tux-II:/home/lisi# > > alt-F2 > > gksu gedit > > That's good > > gksu

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

Wally Lepore writes: > On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 9:12 AM, lee wrote: >> >> Do you really need LVM? > > I have partitioned drives n the past (using windows). Not a big deal. > Easy enough for sure. LVM intrigued me and I wanted to learn. The > logical volumes can be size adjusted (if need be) all w

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

Wally Lepore writes: > For example, when I read helpful suggestions such as: > > Type this > > 1 | su root > 2 | gedit > > I don't understand. What is the 1 and the 2 for? Do I have to type > that in as well? No, don't type the numbers, you'll probably be told "command not found" :) It's very m

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

Wally Lepore writes: > I know I can go to the menu in terminal under.Terminal-->Reset and > Clear and it will just give me a terminal window with a blinking > cursor. Yeah remember msods; IIRC there was the "clear" command to clear the screen (or was that "cls"?). You can also type that in

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

Lisi writes: > On Monday 15 October 2012 20:11:06 Wally Lepore wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 5:57 AM, Dom wrote: >> > You might need to install the os-prober package first. Grub2 uses that to >> > identify other OSes on your system. >> >> I haven't installed any pkgs. yet. But will consider

Re(2): GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

* From: Joe * Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 09:14:20 +0100 > If you install it in the Debian partition, you will need to run > this bootloader from the first stage of the Windows bootloader. This might help and it cites the Grub manual. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_loading Regards,

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

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Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On 20121016_164416, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 16:41 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 13:31 +0100, Lisi wrote: > > > > > > Which browser? > > > ^^ > > > > > I'm only using the browsers that installed with the debian netinst > > > > > file

Re: code of conduct (was Re: Another OT: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives)

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 9:35 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:53:59PM -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: > > I understand. Thank you for correcting my humble mistake. Will comply. > > You're welcome - and whilst I'm at it, welcome to the list! I hope you > find it > useful. > Thank yo

Re: code of conduct (was Re: Another OT: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives)

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:53:59PM -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: > I understand. Thank you for correcting my humbly mistake. Will comply. You're welcome - and whilst I'm at it, welcome to the list! I hope you find it useful. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Mon, 2012-10-15 at 22:41 -0400, Joe Zien wrote: debian squeeze does not use grub legacy. I would suggest you try mepis 11 and install grub legacy in the MBR. It would automatically create menu.lst in /boot/grub and add all operating systems in menu.lst. It's no big deal

Re: code of conduct (was Re: Another OT: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives)

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Wally Lepore wrote: > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: >> >> When communicating on a Debian mailing list, please direct your emails at >> the list address and do not CC the participants explicitly. For this and >> other >> rules, please see t

Re: code of conduct (was Re: Another OT: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives)

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: > Hi Wally, > > When communicating on a Debian mailing list, please direct your emails at > the list address and do not CC the participants explicitly. For this and other > rules, please see the Code of Conduct at >

code of conduct (was Re: Another OT: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives)

Hi Wally, When communicating on a Debian mailing list, please direct your emails at the list address and do not CC the participants explicitly. For this and other rules, please see the Code of Conduct at Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to d

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 16:41 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 13:31 +0100, Lisi wrote: > > > > > Which browser? > > ^^ > > > > I'm only using the browsers that installed with the debian netinst > > > > file. > > > Wally, you have unfortunately not answered

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Tue, 2012-10-16 at 13:31 +0100, Lisi wrote: > > > > Which browser? > ^^ > > > I'm only using the browsers that installed with the debian netinst > > > file. > Wally, you have unfortunately not answered the question I asked. I have > marked it above. I suspect Iceweas

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Tuesday 16 October 2012 12:51:17 Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 02:44:19PM -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: > > >On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 4:45 AM, Lisi wrote: > > >> On Sunday 14 October 2012 00:41:46 Wally Lepore wrote: > > >> > > >> Now I can finally join the ranks of Debian users

Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 02:44:19PM -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: > >On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 4:45 AM, Lisi wrote: > >> On Sunday 14 October 2012 00:41:46 Wally Lepore wrote: > >> > >> Now I can finally join the ranks of Debian users and ask operational > >> questions, help others and start the real up

Re: Another OT: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 06:58:33PM -0400, Wally Lepore wrote: > It was a struggle initially but I learned. It was my first real > progress with certain things that needed to be done with Linux. I had > no idea that files needed to be verified before burning to CD. They don't. It is just an added p

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