On 25/02/2025 21:34, Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
I don’t even have to format it with the TV. It will only add all the
Android-typical directories when I stick in a drive for the first time. The
only case when I would need to format a drive: if I want to use it to record
TV onto it. Because then the
Am Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 09:56:49PM -0600 schrieb Dale:
> > The USB 3 family starts at 5 Gbps. All but the cheapest boards have at
> > least
> > one 10 Gbps USB, either as USB-A or USB-C. Some at the back, some as a new
> > internal connector for a USB-C socket at the case front. Still rare are
Am Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 08:21:08PM + schrieb Michael:
> On Tuesday, 25 February 2025 20:19:18 Greenwich Mean Time Wol wrote:
> > On 25/02/2025 15:04, Rich Freeman wrote:
> > > That said, there is nothing "wrong" with buying M.2 drives just to use
> > > them exclusively USB3 enclosures. I just
On Tuesday, 25 February 2025 19:18:57 Greenwich Mean Time Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM Michael wrote:
> > Unless I'm wrong there is/was a speed penalty when accessing a fs over
> > FUSE. Anyway, I was configuring kernel 6.12.16-gentoo today and came
> > across this:
> >
>
On Tuesday, 25 February 2025 20:19:18 Greenwich Mean Time Wol wrote:
> On 25/02/2025 15:04, Rich Freeman wrote:
> > That said, there is nothing "wrong" with buying M.2 drives just to use
> > them exclusively USB3 enclosures. I just think you're paying a big
> > premium for something that isn't rea
On 25/02/2025 15:04, Rich Freeman wrote:
That said, there is nothing "wrong" with buying M.2 drives just to use
them exclusively USB3 enclosures. I just think you're paying a big
premium for something that isn't really much better than a thumb
drive.
Until you get a TV like ours, that DEMANDS
On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM Michael wrote:
>
>
> Unless I'm wrong there is/was a speed penalty when accessing a fs over FUSE.
> Anyway, I was configuring kernel 6.12.16-gentoo today and came across this:
>
> CONFIG_FUSE_PASSTHROUGH
>
> More details here:
>
> https://lwn.net/Articles/832430/
>
On Tuesday, 25 February 2025 17:05:12 Greenwich Mean Time Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM Dale wrote:
> > Still, is FUSE the best way to handle this or should it be done the same
> > way as EXT4? I don't recall enabling FUSE so I figure it is enabled by
> > default or somet
On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM Dale wrote:
>
> I'm pretty sure you mentioned this once before in one of my older
> threads. I can't find it tho. I use PCIe x1 cards to connect my SATA
> drives for my video collection and such. You mentioned once what the
> bandwidth was for that setup and how
Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM Dale wrote:
>> Even tho the USB on my phone is slow, my puter USB isn't the fastest out
>> there either, it is pretty darn fast.
> Sure, but it would be just as fast with a $30 USB thumb drive as with
> an M.2 drive plus enclosure and all that
On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM Dale wrote:
>
> Still, is FUSE the best way to handle this or should it be done the same way
> as EXT4? I don't recall enabling FUSE so I figure it is enabled by default
> or something.
ext4 is a filesystem. FUSE is a kernel API that can be used to
implement a
On Tuesday, 25 February 2025 14:48:52 Greenwich Mean Time Peter Humphrey
wrote:
> On Monday 24 February 2025 22:48:26 Greenwich Mean Time Frank Steinmetzger
>
> wrote:
> > You need a common denominator. ExFat is a good candidate, methinks, as it
> > won’t give any issues with file permissions. Si
On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM Dale wrote:
>
> Even tho the USB on my phone is slow, my puter USB isn't the fastest out
> there either, it is pretty darn fast.
Sure, but it would be just as fast with a $30 USB thumb drive as with
an M.2 drive plus enclosure and all that.
> Also, very large sto
Michael wrote:
> On Tuesday, 25 February 2025 11:00:08 Greenwich Mean Time Dale wrote:
>> Michael wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, 25 February 2025 03:56:49 Greenwich Mean Time Dale wrote:
>>>
>>> [snip ...]
>>>
I just took the m.2 stick thingy and plugged it
into my phone. It popped up and said s
Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 7:26 AM Dale wrote:
>> I'm glad I followed that other thread. I feel a lot better about this
>> method of storage. I'm also feeling better about USB and storage
>> itself. I've been really nervous about that for a long time now. It's
>> also pretty
On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 7:26 AM Dale wrote:
>
> I'm glad I followed that other thread. I feel a lot better about this
> method of storage. I'm also feeling better about USB and storage
> itself. I've been really nervous about that for a long time now. It's
> also pretty easy to copy media from
On Monday 24 February 2025 22:48:26 Greenwich Mean Time Frank Steinmetzger
wrote:
> You need a common denominator. ExFat is a good candidate, methinks, as it
> won’t give any issues with file permissions. Since I’ve never held an iOS
> device in my hands, I have no idea about what FS they support
On 2025-02-25, Wols Lists wrote:
> Champagne or Coca-Cola?
>
> New tech generally costs double the price for double the quantity, be it
> hard drive capacity, chip speed, whatever.
>
> Older tech tends to be a similar price regardless of capacity, the bulk
> of the cost is in the packaging and
Wols Lists wrote:
> On 24/02/2025 18:58, Dale wrote:
>> Thoughts? What would you do? The 480GB is likely big enough for now.
>
> Dunno about your consumer protection laws, but over here
>
> 1) Inaccurate description? Automatic right of return for a couple of
> months. Opened or not!
>
> 2) Mail o
On Tuesday, 25 February 2025 11:00:08 Greenwich Mean Time Dale wrote:
> Michael wrote:
> > On Tuesday, 25 February 2025 03:56:49 Greenwich Mean Time Dale wrote:
> >
> > [snip ...]
> >
> >> I just took the m.2 stick thingy and plugged it
> >> into my phone. It popped up and said something about n
Michael wrote:
> On Tuesday, 25 February 2025 03:56:49 Greenwich Mean Time Dale wrote:
>
> [snip ...]
>
>> I just took the m.2 stick thingy and plugged it
>> into my phone. It popped up and said something about not being ready to
>> access and did I want to format it. Well, g, why would I wan
On Tuesday, 25 February 2025 03:56:49 Greenwich Mean Time Dale wrote:
[snip ...]
> I just took the m.2 stick thingy and plugged it
> into my phone. It popped up and said something about not being ready to
> access and did I want to format it. Well, g, why would I want
> that ROFL I cl
On 2/25/25 09:35, Matt Jolly wrote:
Hi,
That's an option. It means I'd have to dedicate an entire volume to
that, but it's doable.
A bind mount will not require this.
> Bind mount operation
> Remount part of the file hierarchy somewhere else. The call is:
> mount --bind olddir newdir
La 25.02.2025 10:05, n952162 a scris:
I just successfully updated world. In order to make room in my root, I
subsequently moved /var/tmp/portage to a mounted usb stick and symlinked
it to /var/tmp.
You don't need to use symlinks, you can simply set PORTAGE_TMPDIR in
your make.conf.
Whatever
On 25/2/25 18:23, n952162 wrote:
I have a second question that's a follow up to that.
Does portage *remove* some files in /var/tmp/portage but retain others?
Yes. Successful merges are purged, otherwise you'd quickly run out of
disk space.
This is important to me because I want to use th
That's an option. It means I'd have to dedicate an entire volume to
that, but it's doable.
But if the unpack phase insists on doing a "mkdir /var/tmp/portage",
would that work with a mounted drive?
In fact, it's hard for me to image that the unpack phase would fail on
that, it's just a first gu
Unsubscribing
On 2025/02/25 09:05, n952162 wrote:
I have a second question that's a follow up to that.
As explained, I moved /var/tmp/portage to a mounted drive and symlinked
it. When that failed, I copied that directory back to /var/tmp/portage
and was able to emerge pavucontrol.
But now I observe someth
On 24/02/2025 18:58, Dale wrote:
Thoughts? What would you do? The 480GB is likely big enough for now.
Dunno about your consumer protection laws, but over here
1) Inaccurate description? Automatic right of return for a couple of
months. Opened or not!
2) Mail order? Automatic right of retu
On 25/02/2025 04:20, Dale wrote:
I'm kinda the same way. I rarely buy the latest stuff. To often, it is
just to pricey. Drop down a little and save a lot of money and the
performance is almost as good. I'm the same on this m.2 external
stick. I don't need the very latest products. Odds
Hi,
On 25/2/25 18:05, n952162 wrote:
In order to make room in my root, I
subsequently moved /var/tmp/portage to a mounted usb stick and symlinked
it to /var/tmp.
Have you tried mounting (or bind mounting) to /var/tmp/portage instead
of symlinking?
Regards,
Matt
I just successfully updated world. In order to make room in my root, I
subsequently moved /var/tmp/portage to a mounted usb stick and symlinked
it to /var/tmp.
/var/cache/{binpkgs,distfiles} are already successfully located on that
device, over symlinks.
Now, when I try to emerge pavucontrol, a
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