On Mon, Jun 3, 2024, at 3:42 PM, Philip Rhoades via users wrote:
> So, if I try to reinstall from the current f40 live usb - can I do that
> without touching the backup subvolume? ie:
>
> /dev/nvme0n1p3btrfs 1,951,850,496 464,659,184 1,486,438,224
> 24% /
&
George,
On 2024-06-04 09:37, George N. White III wrote:
On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 4:43 PM Philip Rhoades via users
wrote:
People,
A while ago I was in a hurry to start using F40 (Sway) and installed
Rawhide from a live usb to get started.
Everything went pretty well and I had minimal
On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 4:43 PM Philip Rhoades via users <
users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> People,
>
> A while ago I was in a hurry to start using F40 (Sway) and installed
> Rawhide from a live usb to get started.
>
> Everything went pretty well and I had minimal
People,
A while ago I was in a hurry to start using F40 (Sway) and installed
Rawhide from a live usb to get started.
Everything went pretty well and I had minimal problems up until after
f40 was release. However now, when I tried to do a:
dnf system upgrade download --releasever=40
I
On 4/28/24 15:04, Michael Hennebry wrote:
If you are really makking the spin yourself,
I am just downloading it
https://fedoraproject.org/spins/mate/
--
~~
Computers are like air conditioners.
They malfunction when you open windows
On Sat, 27 Apr 2024, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
I "Finally" have a customer interested in Fedora. I
talked him into letting me spin a Live USB flash drive
for him to play with before we jump ahead.
Question: Is there a way to use the extra space on the
drive to install a few mor
On 4/27/24 21:21, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
Hi All,
I "Finally" have a customer interested in Fedora. I
talked him into letting me spin a Live USB flash drive
for him to play with before we jump ahead.
Question: Is there a way to use the extra space on the
drive to install
> On 28 Apr 2024, at 05:21, ToddAndMargo via users
> wrote:
>
> Question: Is there a way to use the extra space on the
> drive to install a few more programs for him to experiment
> with?
What I do is use the installer USB to install onto a second USB device.
The second one will have writabl
On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 1:21 AM ToddAndMargo via users <
users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I "Finally" have a customer interested in Fedora. I
> talked him into letting me spin a Live USB flash drive
> for him to play with before we jump
On Sat, Apr 27, 2024 at 11:21 PM ToddAndMargo via users <
users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I "Finally" have a customer interested in Fedora. I
> talked him into letting me spin a Live USB flash drive
> for him to play with before we jump ahead.
&
ToddAndMargo via users writes:
Hi All,
I "Finally" have a customer interested in Fedora. I
talked him into letting me spin a Live USB flash drive
for him to play with before we jump ahead.
Question: Is there a way to use the extra space on the
drive to install a few more programs
On 4/28/24 01:51, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Sat, 2024-04-27 at 21:21 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
Hi All,
I "Finally" have a customer interested in Fedora. I
talked him into letting me spin a Live USB flash drive
for him to play with before we jump ahead.
Questi
On Sat, 2024-04-27 at 21:21 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I "Finally" have a customer interested in Fedora. I
> talked him into letting me spin a Live USB flash drive
> for him to play with before we jump ahead.
>
> Question: Is there a wa
Hi All,
I "Finally" have a customer interested in Fedora. I
talked him into letting me spin a Live USB flash drive
for him to play with before we jump ahead.
Question: Is there a way to use the extra space on the
drive to install a few more programs for him to experiment
with?
M
On Thu, 26 Jan 2023 10:26:27 -0800
Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> I'm using mediawriter to create a USB boot stick. Works fine.
>
> I would like to label the USB stick.
>
> AFAIK mediawriter does not have that option. gparted does not have
> that ability either.
>
> It appears that livecd-tools does
On Thu, 2023-01-26 at 10:26 -0800, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> I would like to label the USB stick.
>
> AFAIK mediawriter does not have that option. gparted does not have that
> ability either.
I'm pretty sure the last time I renamed something I used gparted.
There is a "name partition" function in
I'm using mediawriter to create a USB boot stick. Works fine.
I would like to label the USB stick.
AFAIK mediawriter does not have that option. gparted does not have that
ability either.
It appears that livecd-tools does, but it appears that it requires a
kickstart file.
Any suggestions for a
On Tue, Nov 08, 2022 at 12:59:52AM -, Jake D wrote:
> I am still getting emails. Unsure if you have actioned this yet.
I have, I can confirm you are not subscribed anymore.
So, you should likely not get this (or any other emails from the list).
If you still do, can you forward directly to m
I am still getting emails. Unsure if you have actioned this yet.
I have had someone else tell me to use this Pagure website when I was trying to
close my Ask Fedora site too, and as I said there: despite repeated attempts my
login details do not work to log into that page, which appears to be an
Astounding that in the face of someone telling you "You are not helping", your
conclusion is to decide you are helpful, pat yourself on the back for it, and
declare they have an 'attitude problem'. The lack of anything resembling
self-awareness is almost comical, and I'm starting to understand
On Mon, Nov 07, 2022 at 03:23:00AM -, Jake D wrote:
...snip...
>
> Now, can anyone tell me how to close a HyperKitty account? Or is that also
> too much to ask?
Theres no seperate HyperKitty account, it's just a Fedora account used
to login there.
I've gone ahead and unsubscribed you from
On Sun, Nov 6, 2022, at 5:15 PM, Jake D wrote:
> If any new users come looking, my (and his) advice was/is: Don't use Fedora.
I think this is a very good thread to have in the archive. I don't think it
shows that you should not use Fedora. I think it clearly shows that the
community is ready and
On Mon, 2022-11-07 at 02:02 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> Most using email for reading and responding rather than the
> HyperKitty web
> interface to the list probably have no ideas about how to "close a
> HyperKitty
> account". I have no idea whether I have any such account. My
> subscriptions to
>
Joe Zeff composed on 2022-11-06 21:57 (UTC-0700)
> Jake D wrote:
>> Now, can anyone tell me how to close a HyperKitty account? Or is that also
>> too much to ask?
> All you need to do is read the footer that the list puts at the bottom
> of every message and you will know how to unsubscribe fr
On 11/06/2022 08:23 PM, Jake D wrote:
Now, can anyone tell me how to close a HyperKitty account? Or is that also too
much to ask?
All you need to do is read the footer that the list puts at the bottom
of every message and you will know how to unsubscribe from the list.
__
> On Nov 6, 2022, at 20:16, Jake D wrote:
>
> (I doubt the OP will read this, but in case other new users do…)
I dont really have a choice! For some reason every single reply is still being
emailed directly to me
> I’m part of the Fedora community and while I’ve largely stayed in the
> perip
On Nov 6, 2022, at 20:16, Jake D wrote:
>
> If any new users come looking, my (and his) advice was/is: Don't use Fedora.
>
> I think the reasons for that are abundantly clear already. I'm not going to
> waste his time further.
>
> I dont really even want to waste my time further, but I can'
If any new users come looking, my (and his) advice was/is: Don't use Fedora.
I think the reasons for that are abundantly clear already. I'm not going to
waste his time further.
I dont really even want to waste my time further, but I can't seem to delete my
hyperkitty account. That seems to b
On Sun, 06 Nov 2022 12:13:44 -
"Jake D" wrote:
[snip]
> many also having been lured onto Fedora ...), and thus I was put in
> touch with one of the course tutors.
>
> I copied my first post through to him, and in about 10 minutes and
> two emails of plain, easy language, it was fixed. I d
On Sun, Nov 6, 2022 at 8:13 AM Jake D
wrote:
> Well, an update.
>
> [...] I was put in touch with one of the course tutors.
>
> I copied my first post through to him, and in about 10 minutes and two
> emails of plain, easy language, it was fixed. I didn't write down the exact
> commands as I was
Well, an update.
When I left this discussion, it had taken what I would describe diplomatically
as an ...unhelpful turn. People were either repeatedly insisting that I "just
reinstall" despite my explanations why this was not practical; lecturing me
about panic psychology and/or their opinions
hdparm has a secure erase option on it that tells the disk to erase
the disk via a sata command.
I am going to bet it will erase it faster and more completely than using dd.
On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 8:30 AM George N. White III wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 8:36 AM Mauricio Tavares wrote:
>>
>
On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 8:36 AM Mauricio Tavares wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 4:01 AM Todd Chester via users
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I met with the customer today. She bought a Mac Books instead
> > of repairing or replacing her iMac. She plans just to run
> > the iMac until bricks.
> >
>
On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 4:01 AM Todd Chester via users
wrote:
>
>
> I met with the customer today. She bought a Mac Books instead
> of repairing or replacing her iMac. She plans just to run
> the iMac until bricks.
>
Fun fact: a lot of the old iMac make rather decent Linux boxes.
> Soldere
On 11/1/22 22:44, Slade Watkins via users wrote:
On 11/1/22 11:54 PM, Mauricio Tavares wrote:
I second shred. Only issue is that if drive is ssd chances are you
will not overwrite every sector.
Ditto, as well.
Todd, I do not know how old those iMacs are, but some (lampshade) had
the drive
On 11/1/22 11:54 PM, Mauricio Tavares wrote:
> I second shred. Only issue is that if drive is ssd chances are you
> will not overwrite every sector.
Ditto, as well.
>
> Todd, I do not know how old those iMacs are, but some (lampshade) had
> the drives on the base while others have it behind the
I second shred. Only issue is that if drive is ssd chances are you
will not overwrite every sector.
Todd, I do not know how old those iMacs are, but some (lampshade) had
the drives on the base while others have it behind the motherboard
behind the monitor. And some also had the drive soldered to t
When using dd for copying or erasing disks, I typically use bs=1M.
For erasing disks I prefer to use the shred utility - multiple passes
with various patterns and it displays progress.
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For people that don't want to use a 2nd terminal, and/or are working
in single user mode.
I usually do the =1M also, and the default for dd has always sucked
going back 30+ years.
On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 6:56 PM Samuel Sieb wrote:
>
> On 11/1/22 11:13, Roger Heflin wrote:
> > I usually add a bs=4
On 11/1/22 11:13, Roger Heflin wrote:
I usually add a bs=4k or bs=16k or a bs=256k when using dd so the
blocksize is larger. That usually makes it quite a bit faster.
I usually use at least bs=1M.
And if you background the dd you can use "vmstat 1" and the bi/bo
columns tell you the actual
On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 3:14 PM Roger Heflin wrote:
> I usually add a bs=4k or bs=16k or a bs=256k when using dd so the
> blocksize is larger. That usually makes it quite a bit faster.
fdisk shows block size
>
>
> And if you background the dd you can use "vmstat 1" and the bi/bo
> columns tel
I usually add a bs=4k or bs=16k or a bs=256k when using dd so the
blocksize is larger. That usually makes it quite a bit faster.
And if you background the dd you can use "vmstat 1" and the bi/bo
columns tell you the actual disk io rates, and you can use that to
reliably estimate.
Default is 512
On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 11:17 PM George N. White III
wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 8:51 PM ToddAndMargo via users <
> users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have an upcoming appointment with a customer
>> who wants a number of his old computers
>> (mostly iMacs) removed
On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 5:01 PM Chris Murphy
wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2022, at 2:31 PM, Jake D wrote:
> > Hello all.
> >
> > I need some help.
>
>
> My opinion: This is probably easier in a live discussion on IRC or Matrix.
> There's just too much back and forth required.
>
> But the absolute
can remove the
> drives, I just remove them and give them
> to the customer to hit with a hammer.
>
> But iMacs I will need a glass puller, etc..
> So what I usually do when I can not get the
> drive out is to boot into a Linux (Fedora)
> Live USB and run
>
> # dd if=
On Sun, 30 Oct 2022 12:11:57 -0400
Felix Miata wrote:
Thank you.
> stan via users composed on 2022-10-30 07:23 (UTC-0700):
>
> >> Finally, I build /boot/grub2/custom.cfg from scratch that uses
> >> volume LABELs and symlinks to kernels and initrds, and customize
> >> /etc/grub.d/ to cause its e
On 10/30/22 17:55, Felix Miata wrote:
I use ordinary cheap sticky duct tape
You know what, since these are being tossed,
why not!
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On 10/30/22 17:55, Felix Miata wrote:
ToddAndMargo via users composed on 2022-10-30 16:51 (UTC-0700):
iMacs I will need a glass puller, etc..
I use ordinary cheap sticky duct tape. All the tape or pullers do is overpower
magnets that hold the glass in place. Suction cup pullers are cheap and
ToddAndMargo via users composed on 2022-10-30 16:51 (UTC-0700):
> iMacs I will need a glass puller, etc..
I use ordinary cheap sticky duct tape. All the tape or pullers do is overpower
magnets that hold the glass in place. Suction cup pullers are cheap and less
messy
than cleaning tape residue f
ar the proper, Apple approved Micky Mouse
ears whilst doing it.
So what I usually do when I can not get the
drive out is to boot into a Linux (Fedora)
Live USB and run
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd[x]
Where sd[x] is the drive to be blanked.
This will write 0x00H across every section
of t
at I usually do when I can not get the
> drive out is to boot into a Linux (Fedora)
> Live USB and run
>
> # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd[x]
>
>
> Where sd[x] is the drive to be blanked.
> This will write 0x00H across every section
> of the drive.
>
> Then give
..
So what I usually do when I can not get the
drive out is to boot into a Linux (Fedora)
Live USB and run
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd[x]
Where sd[x] is the drive to be blanked.
This will write 0x00H across every section
of the drive.
Then give it to the computer local charity used
computer
stan via users composed on 2022-10-30 07:23 (UTC-0700):
>> Finally, I build /boot/grub2/custom.cfg from scratch that uses volume
>> LABELs and symlinks to kernels and initrds, and customize
>> /etc/grub.d/ to cause its entries to head Grub's menu.
> I think this means that if you update any of th
On Fri, 28 Oct 2022 18:31:41 -
"Jake D" wrote:
> I have an internal drive that used to successfully dual boot windows
> and a LUKS-encrypted F36 installation with BTRFS.
>
> I also had some spare unpartitioned space, which I used to fully
> install some other linux distros (including another
On 10/30/22 07:23, stan via users wrote:
On Sat, 29 Oct 2022 18:38:53 -0400
Felix Miata wrote:
stan via users composed on 2022-10-29 11:55 (UTC-0700):
I hadn't even looked into creating a new partition under
/boot/efi/EFI with a unique name, and what would be required for
it to work. Is it
On Sat, 29 Oct 2022 18:38:53 -0400
Felix Miata wrote:
> stan via users composed on 2022-10-29 11:55 (UTC-0700):
>
> >> I hadn't even looked into creating a new partition under
> >> /boot/efi/EFI with a unique name, and what would be required for
> >> it to work. Is it really as simple as changi
stan via users composed on 2022-10-29 11:55 (UTC-0700):
>> I hadn't even looked into creating a new partition under /boot/efi/EFI
>> with a unique name, and what would be required for it to work. Is it
>> really as simple as changing GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= in /etc/default/grub,
>> and everything else
On Sat, 29 Oct 2022 11:39:00 -0700
stan via users wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Oct 2022 14:09:26 -0400
> Felix Miata wrote:
>
> > stan via users composed on 2022-10-29 09:21 (UTC-0700):
> >
> > > UEFI only allows a single
> > > version of fedora (or any OS) to boot without some alterations
> > > that
On Sat, 29 Oct 2022 14:09:26 -0400
Felix Miata wrote:
> stan via users composed on 2022-10-29 09:21 (UTC-0700):
>
> > UEFI only allows a single
> > version of fedora (or any OS) to boot without some alterations that
> > are complicated
>
> Besides making GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= in /etc/default/gru
stan via users composed on 2022-10-29 09:21 (UTC-0700):
> UEFI only allows a single
> version of fedora (or any OS) to boot without some alterations that are
> complicated
Besides making GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= in /etc/default/grub a unique string and
applying
the change, what are those alterations?
On Fri, 28 Oct 2022 18:31:41 -
"Jake D" wrote:
> I seem to have got myself in a bit of a mess and I’ve having trouble
> finding documentation that I can apply directly to my case . This is
> my first time on Linux so I’m not familiar with much of the
> terminology or background of these syste
On Sat, Oct 29, 2022, at 1:18 AM, Tim via users wrote:
> Here's some more advice you probably won't like: Multi-booting (any
> computer, any OS) can be a pain, and it may be best to only attempt
> that after you've learnt how a system works. Your safest approach to
> learning a new system is t
On Sat, Oct 29, 2022, at 12:54 AM, Slade Watkins via users wrote:
> On 10/28/22 4:27 PM, Jake D wrote:
>> I really can't believe that these Linux systems are so fragile and the ONLY
>> option is to start over
>
> Wanted to hop in here real fast and say:
> Pop!_OS, which is my primary distro (wit
On Fri, Oct 28, 2022, at 7:09 PM, Jake D wrote:
> No, it's not a troll.
>
> Thank-you for your otherwise completely irrelevant , unsolicited and
> entirely unhelpful opinion piece. I'm sorry for not realising Windows
> upsets you so much and is therefore inferior, and for daring to ask if
>
On Fri, Oct 28, 2022, at 5:53 PM, Jonathan Billings wrote:
> It sounds like you only wiped the /boot partition, which should be
> fairly easy to get back.
But /boot/grub2 and /boot/loader/entries are on /boot so the real grub.cfg and
BLS snippets are gone, which are trivial to create if you
On Fri, Oct 28, 2022, at 4:27 PM, Jake D wrote:
>> My opinion: This is probably easier in a live discussion on IRC or Matrix.
>> There's
>> just too much back and forth required.
>
> Are these different forums? I just googled 'Fedora matrix 'and I'm
> getting a lot of very varied hits
https:/
On Fri, Oct 28, 2022, at 4:21 PM, Jake D wrote:
>> HyperKitty is a web front-end for what is really a mailing list. Most
>> people here access the list via a standard mailer rather than the web
>> interface, which (IMHO) gives better results, including proper quoting.
>
> I 'm not really sure wha
On 10/28/22 21:54, Slade Watkins via users wrote:
On 10/28/22 4:27 PM, Jake D wrote:
I really can't believe that these Linux systems are so fragile and the ONLY
option is to start over
Wanted to hop in here real fast and say:
Pop!_OS, which is my primary distro (with Fedora being my secondary
On Fri, 2022-10-28 at 23:09 +, Jake D wrote:
> No, it's not a troll.
It does appear otherwise.
> Thank-you for your otherwise completely irrelevant , unsolicited and
> entirely unhelpful opinion piece.
NB: I responded to you in EXACTLY the same way as your opening post.
Go back and read
On 10/28/22 4:27 PM, Jake D wrote:
> I really can't believe that these Linux systems are so fragile and the ONLY
> option is to start over
Wanted to hop in here real fast and say:
Pop!_OS, which is my primary distro (with Fedora being my secondary),
has the option to go into recovery (has a small
On 10/28/22 16:07, Jake D wrote:
Case in point being you own choice to ignore my request to clarify the scatter-shot of
previously mentioned commands, in favor of going on a tangent about how "well, all
my laptops work", as if all you're really interested in is invalidating me for
asking in
> Well the good news is that if it is booting to a grub prompt, it is most
> likely not a
> problem with the EFI volume, because it is booting into grub. You just need
> to regenerate
> the contents of the /boot volume, which most importantly needs a kernel, an
> initrd and
> some grub configu
No, it's not a troll.
Thank-you for your otherwise completely irrelevant , unsolicited and entirely
unhelpful opinion piece. I'm sorry for not realising Windows upsets you so much
and is therefore inferior, and for daring to ask if Linux has similar recovery
functionality, after being told th
> That's funny. Randomly delete some system files and the boot partition
> and ask a new user to fix it. Good luck. Almost always, even for not
> new users, any serious windows problem is solved by reinstalling the system.
This is demonstrably not true, but also not relevant and I have no i
On Fri, 2022-10-28 at 20:27 +, Jake D wrote:
> I really can't believe that these Linux systems are so fragile and
> the ONLY option is to start over, is there nothing like Resotre
> Points in windows?
Hmm, hahaha, is this a troll?
Was there anything ever more self-destructive than Windows?
On Oct 28, 2022, at 14:32, Jake D wrote:
>
> Hello all.
>
> I need some help.
>
> Firstly: Please forgive the formatting - I'm new to this medium and not sure
> what the accepted conventions are, the HyperKitty interface is ...very basic.
> Also please forgive the length, I just don't know
On 10/28/22 13:14, Jake D wrote:
Then you're probably done. This much damage is difficult to repair
without some knowledge about what you're doing. I'm curious about all
the issues you were having because that's unusual. Did you ask here
about those issues?
Thats disappointing. I didnt reali
On Fri, 2022-10-28 at 20:21 +, Jake D wrote:
>
> > HyperKitty is a web front-end for what is really a mailing list.
> > Most
> > people here access the list via a standard mailer rather than the
> > web
> > interface, which (IMHO) gives better results, including proper
> > quoting.
>
> I 'm n
ting /etc/mnttab in the "Live USB" environment, but /etc/mnttab in
> > the chroot environment is not updated.
>
> I'm sorry but I really dont understand the terminology/jargon here.
"Live USB" - the environment you are in when booted off the Live USB,
before you
> My opinion: This is probably easier in a live discussion on IRC or Matrix.
> There's
> just too much back and forth required.
Are these different forums? I just googled 'Fedora matrix 'and I'm getting a
lot of very varied hits
> But the absolute easiest thing to do is mount the encrypted bt
> HyperKitty is a web front-end for what is really a mailing list. Most
> people here access the list via a standard mailer rather than the web
> interface, which (IMHO) gives better results, including proper quoting.
I 'm not really sure what a "standard mailer" is or what you mean by 'mailing
> Do you have any initramfs files in /boot?
Not at present, Like I said, it was wiped
> Yes. You need to find out which kernel version(s) you have installed in
> order to run the following command.
I'm sorry, which command? dnf upgrade kernel? Is that also inside chrrot ?
> First try "dnf u
On Fri, Oct 28, 2022, at 2:31 PM, Jake D wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> I need some help.
My opinion: This is probably easier in a live discussion on IRC or Matrix.
There's just too much back and forth required.
But the absolute easiest thing to do is mount the encrypted btrfs, make a
backup of the
On 10/28/22 12:26, Jake D wrote:
What does "ls -l /dev/mapper/fedora_crypt" show?
Do I run this from...'within' the 'chroot' thing, or just in the live USB after
i do 'luks open'?
within the chroot.
That's one of the possible places for
On Fri, 2022-10-28 at 18:31 +, Jake D wrote:
> Firstly: Please forgive the formatting - I'm new to this medium and
> not sure what the accepted conventions are, the HyperKitty interface
> is ...very basic.
HyperKitty is a web front-end for what is really a mailing list. Most
people here acces
> Stab in the dark - within the chroot jail maybe it knows about the
> mounted *tree* but it doesn't know about the mounts themselves? In
> other words, by doing the mounts outside of the chroot, you are
> updating /etc/mnttab in the "Live USB" environment, but
> What does "ls -l /dev/mapper/fedora_crypt" show?
Do I run this from...'within' the 'chroot' thing, or just in the live USB after
i do 'luks open'?
> That's one of the possible places for it to write the files. Did it
> find the right pl
jail maybe it knows about the
mounted *tree* but it doesn't know about the mounts themselves? In
other words, by doing the mounts outside of the chroot, you are
updating /etc/mnttab in the "Live USB" environment, but /etc/mnttab in
the chroot environment is not updated.
If this is the c
On 10/28/22 11:31, Jake D wrote:
I’ve managed to chroot (a very dumb word) thru a LiveUSB session, with the
following commands:
It's better not to call things dumb without understanding. It's short
for CHange ROOT, which does what it says.
cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/nvme0n1p6 fedora_crypt
m
Hello all.
I need some help.
Firstly: Please forgive the formatting - I'm new to this medium and not sure
what the accepted conventions are, the HyperKitty interface is ...very basic.
Also please forgive the length, I just don't know how to make it shorter
without losing potentially relevant
On 22/11/2021 11:47, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 11/19/21 14:47, linux guy wrote:
Aside
An interesting thing happened when I installed F35 on the USB SSD drive using
the Live USB drive : it chose a plain old file system instead of LVM.
$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev
On 11/19/21 14:47, linux guy wrote:
Aside
An interesting thing happened when I installed F35 on the USB SSD drive
using the Live USB drive : it chose a plain old file system instead of LVM.
$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 465G 4.7G 459G 1% /
/dev
# hdparm -Tt /dev/sda
/dev/sda:
Timing cached reads: 30886 MB in 2.00 seconds = 15463.41 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 1046 MB in 3.01 seconds = 348.01 MB/sec
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d to doing maintenance work with a slow Live USB drive. THis USB
SSD is a fast Cadillac compared to them. I am now very happy with my
"maintenance" drive. I should have done this years ago.
The drive gets warm to the touch during regular use, but nothing alarming
so far.
Aside
An intere
On Fri, 19 Nov 2021 at 12:04, linux guy wrote:
> Thanks for all the advice.
>
> How does one use a discarded NVME SSD drive ? If it is SATA, put it in an
> external enclosure ?
>
There are 3 common types of SSD drives, NVME and SATA NGFF (Next Gen Form
Factor?) that
use M.2 slots, and legacy (O
Once upon a time, linux guy said:
> The USB flash recovery OS is extremely slow compared to a Live OS. It is
> slow even when I ssh into it and not run a window manager. Why ? What
> can I change to make it faster ?
IIRC the LiveOS image is run from a squashfs-compressed filesystem,
which pr
On Fri, 19 Nov 2021 11:34:37 -0700
linux guy wrote:
> What
> can I change to make it faster ?
There are fantastic speed variations for different brand USB
sticks. When I set up my 64GB stick, I got the Sandisk "Ultra Trek"
specifically because reviews of USB sticks said it was the fastest
USB 3 s
The USB flash recovery OS is extremely slow compared to a Live OS. It is
slow even when I ssh into it and not run a window manager. Why ? What
can I change to make it faster ?
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Thanks for all the advice.
How does one use a discarded NVME SSD drive ? If it is SATA, put it in an
external enclosure ?
I installed F35 Workstation on a 256GB USB3 flash drive. It boots and
works, but it is slower than the Live version. Why would that be ?
Are there any special settings I
ything set up to where I was the last time I
> booted.
>
> One can supposedly make Live USB images persistent, but 1) it didn't work
> when I tried it and 2) there are limitations, including that do a major
> upgrade to the Live installation. (ie, no dnf updates)
>
> So... I&
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