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

[Shane Johnson]

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
> with a capacity greater than 2TB require a GPT partition table.
> Unfortunately, the server does not support UEFI, and thus can't boot from
> GPT partitions natively.
> > So, when I ran the Debian installer, I used the following partitioning
> scheme on all drives since I wanted to combine them in a software RAID:
> >
> > 1MB BIOS Boot Partition (BBP) for GRUB
> > 512MB dedicated /boot partition
> > partition with all the remaining disk space.
> >
> > I then proceeded to setup software RAID:
> > no RAID on the 1MB BIOS boot partition (not sure if this is correct)
> > RAID1 for the 512MB /boot partition including all the HDs.
> > RAID5 for the large partition that remained for file storage.
> > I then set up the /boot partition (/dev/md0) to contain an EXT3 file
> system and also configured the mount point to be / boot.
> > For the large partition, I setup LVM and created logical volumes for the
> root and SWAP partition. I also configured those partitions accordingly so
> the installer would know how to use them.
> > Once I finished, the installation went through without any problems.
> After the system was installed, I used the 'Install the GRUB boot loader'
> option to install GRUB on all HDS (/dev/sda through /dev/sdd), which worked
> just fine.
> > However, when I rebooted the system I got an error message saying the
> root file system could not be mounted. I suspected the LVM to cause issues,
> so I re-installed everything but this time without LVM. Unfortunately, the
> same issue persists… Has anyone here ever been in a similar situation and
> could suggest a fix? I have a feeling I may be missing something important,
> but just can't find the right path to take…
>
> 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 start init
>
> If that's the case, try adding "rootdelay=30" to your kernel command
> line (the best way is to append it to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX in
> /etc/default/grub and re-run update-grub", but you can temporarily add
> it at grub's command line editor).
>
> "rootdelay" should cause the kernel to wait a few moments for all drives
> to become ready, the raid to assemble and so on, before it tries to
> mount rootfs.
>
>
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 system.  Other than that I would just make
sure your /etc/fstab file is correct.



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Re: chrome cant read profile

[Shane Johnson]

Going from memory here, I think I had this problem a while ago when I
migrated my home directory from one build to another.  I just ended up
archiving the old home directory and creating a new one that resolved my
problem.  Could it be a permissions issue and different user id's?  This is
all I could come up with from my adventure with it and I didn't have the
time to dig into it when it happened to me so hence the new /home directory.

Good luck
Shane


On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Beco  wrote:

> Dear fellows,
>
> I just sent this issue to google (via chrome menu, tools, report an issue):
>
>  BEGIN 
>
> Since about 2 weeks, I cant start Google Chrome without receiving
> exactly 4 dialog windows telling me chrome could not read my profile.
>
> I click ok 4 times I then I need to answer the "chrome did not turned
> off correclty, do you want to restore ?"
>
> Clicking restore brings back my tabs, but now the third issue appear:
> a small exclamation point in the "menu" telling me I'm not logged in
> sync.
>
> I can then login again, and use it normally.
>
> A workaround I found is:
>
> * Turn on your computer.
> * Before clicking chrome, take a look at all process the machine have.
> * Select "chrome -no-startup-window" and KILL it.
> * Now open chrome and there is not a single issue. Everything works
> fine. No dialog, no restore, no login to sync, needed.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> System: Debian GNU/Linux version Wheezy
>
>  END 
>
>
> Is anyone else having this problem?
>
> Is there a known solution?
>
> Thanks!
> Beco.
>
>
>
>
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>
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> Jr.)
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Problem with kernel-image-3.10-2-amd64

[Shane Johnson]

I have been fighting this all night and was wondering if anyone else
has been having problems as well?

I am doing a new install via debootstrap to a lvm2 volume via the
wheezy rescue disk.

I got it running in wheezy then went to jessie and while I was running
the 3.2 kernel from wheezy it booted fine.  Then I upgraded the kernel
to 3.10 in jessie and it says it can't find the volume goup.   I have
made sure that initrd is updated and grub is updated.  Not sure on
what the next step would be or if this is just a bug that I need to
wait for it to be resolved or if I need to submit a bug?

Thanks for your help.

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Re: Problem with kernel-image-3.10-2-amd64

[Shane Johnson]

Everyone,
Thank you for your help and suggestions.  I was able to add
rootdelay=5 to the kernel line and this resolved the issue for me.

Sincerely.
Shane

On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Chris Bannister
 wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 05:16:38PM +0300, Georgi Naplatanov wrote:
>> I had impression that 'rootdelay=5' had solved your problem and that
>> is why I gave you that link.
>
> If you read the thread, you will see it was not me. Also note, it was
> another poster (Hugo) who suggested that the OP try 'rootdelay=5' to see
> if it helped.
>
>> To your question - if 'rootdelay=5' solves your problem then it's a
>> known problem.
>
> Incorrect. A known problem is one that is explicitly documented for that
> specific version of software.
>
> I can see that language barriers may confuse the meaning of words.
>
> Think of the well known ports 1-1024 as an example of the use of
> the word "known". It is the same usage in regards to a known bug.
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iscsi not create block device

[Shane Johnson]

I ran into a problem with this last night and was wondering if anyone
else had and if there where any suggestions.

I set up the target like usual pointing it to a lvm then restarted the
service so it would be visible.
then on the initiators I did the discovery and adding the credentials
for the target.  I did the login and it said it was successful but  no
block device was created.
When I look at syslog all I see is the successful connection.

I am running 64bit Jessie.  Please let me know of any additional
information that you might need.

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Re: mdadm gives segmentatin fault on wheezy. RAID array now incomplete.

[Shane Johnson]

On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Hendrik Boom  wrote:
> I ran
>
> mdadm /dev/md1 --add /dev/sdd2
>
> and got a segmentation fault.
>
>
> april:/farhome/hendrik# cat /proc/mdstat
> Personalities : [raid1]
> md1 : active raid1 sdb2[1]
>   2391295864 blocks super 1.2 [2/1] [_U]
>
> md0 : active raid1 sda4[0] sdc4[1]
>   706337792 blocks [2/2] [UU]
>
> unused devices: 
> april:/farhome/hendrik# mdadm /dev/md1 --add /dev/sdd2
> Segmentation fault
> april:/farhome/hendrik#
>
>
> /dev/sdd2 used to be part of the /dev/md1 RAID1 array, but it went bad,
> presumably becaues of a hard reset.
>
> I did a
>
> mdadm /dev/md1 --fail /dev/sdd2 --remove /dev/sdd2
>
> which appeared to work correctly, and after that
>
> april:/farhome/hendrik# cat /proc/mdstat
> Personalities : [raid1]
> md1 : active raid1 sdb2[1]
>   2391295864 blocks super 1.2 [2/1] [_U]
>
> md0 : active raid1 sda4[0] sdc4[1]
>   706337792 blocks [2/2] [UU]
>
> unused devices: 
> april:/farhome/hendrik# mdadm /dev/md1 --add /dev/sdd2
> Segmentation fault
> april:/farhome/hendrik#
>
>
> What now?
>
> -- hendrik
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Hendrik,
You might look in the logs to see if they give more detail otherwise I
would try removing the failed device and replacing it with another
that is as close as possible to the same size and see if you can add
it.  I have also seen on the duct tape raid I had for a while where I
would have to power cycle the box in order for it to reactivate the
flaky drive.  Just a couple of suggestions.

Shane


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Re: ipad connection

[Shane Johnson]

On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Verde Denim  wrote:
> On 10/18/2013 12:08 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> On Fri, 2013-10-18 at 11:58 -0400, Verde Denim wrote:
>>> iPad: 7.0.2
>> It at least isn't caused by the iOS version. Connecting an iPad 2
>> running the same version, I don't get an issue. In the past I used USB
>> cables of a valid length regarding to USB specifications, but this often
>> caused trouble, only the much to short cable from Apple can be used
>> here. A Suse GNOME 2 thingy does see my iPad, but I'm using it with VBox
>> on Ubuntu and Arch only. There likely is something fishy with your
>> Debian and or iPad.
>>
>>
> The iPad4 has a slightly different cable connection from a standard
> micro-usb so trying a different cable is out. The Debian box is stable
> and can handle other iPads/phones without an issue. I'm thinking its the
> iPad4/iOS 7.0.2 that's the problem, but not sure why it just doesn't
> connect. It keeps asking me for the PIN and to retry. It will do this
> and issue the DBus message regardless of whether the PIN is already
> entered or not, or even whether the PIN is enabled.
>
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>
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I could be very wrong on this, but I thought the new generation of
apple products where using thunderbolt and not USB.

Shane


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Re: firmware installation

[Shane Johnson]

On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 2:48 PM, André Nunes Batista <
andrenbati...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 2013-10-25 at 22:35 +0700, Diogene Laerce wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'd like to know if it is possible to install some firmware in
> > the 3.2 kernel but from the 2.6 ?
> >
> > I need to install some firmwares to make the 3.2 kernel
> > works on my machine but I can only access the computer
> > when the 2.6.35 is loaded : when the 3.2 is loaded my
> > mouse and keyboard are freezed, and network is out.
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > --
> > “One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.”
> > “Le vrai n'est pas plus sûr que le probable.”
> >
> >Diogene Laerce
> >
> >
>
> Where are those firmwares currently installed? Where did you get them
> from? Are you upgrading from squeeze to wheezy? Did you experience any
> trouble during dist-upgrade? Can you provide logs?
>
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Diogene,
Could you please provide what Andre requested as well as if this is all the
same installation and it's just an upgrade, or if it is two different
installs on two different volumes.  If it's just a upgrade and they show in
your

aptitude list firmware

then it shouldn't be a problem.  Otherwise, if they are separate, if the
installs use the same architechtures (amd64 or i686) you can chroot.

Hope this helps.

Shane


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Re: Why Debian

[Shane Johnson]

On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 12:40 AM, Beco  wrote:

>
> On 8 Nov 2013 14:15, "Alberto Salvia Novella" 
> wrote:
> > Summarizing:
> >
> > Which are the very important reasons why do you prefer Debian over
> Ubuntu?
> >
> >
>
> Why to use a Debian based OS if you can use Debian?
>
> My best,
> Beco.
>
Why do I use Debian?

Freedom.

I started playing with Linux about 10 years ago with Knoppix then when I
wanted to go to more than A live CD, I tried Fedora and then built a couple
of Linux from Scratch builds (If I had time I think I would prefer this for
all my builds).  I didn't like how it seemed that Fedora/Red Hat went their
own direction with config files and such.  In the meantime, I switched an
AIX box to Red Hat 3.0(Distro wasn't my choice.  I was just glad to get it
on Linux.) and have been supporting a business system on it for 8 years
now.  I tried Ubuntu and like others have said, didn't like vibe it gave
off.  I know that's not a very good reason for dumping a distro, but even
back then, I didn't like what they where doing with the desktop.  I
explored other options like Gentoo, Cent, Mandriva, and others, but Debian
has and still allows me to build the system I want from Debootstrap and
only install the packages I want above and beyond that.  It's a quick
process and easy to configure and maintain.  Except for a few problems I
generally run testing and am perfectly happy with it.  My installs are
small without added bloat and only those services that are needed on the
box are running.  Since I started virtualizing with Xen, this ability has
become in even more valuable.

Shane


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Re: disks differ after cloning with dd

[Shane Johnson]

On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 7:06 AM,  wrote:

> Hello.
>
> Few days ago, I tried to clone a damaged[1] disk to another one, of the
> same size, with dd.
> I had to interrupt the copy after more than 24 hours, because it was
> obviously too long[2].
>
> Now, I am trying to look anew how to do the copy, and looking at the disks
> with gparted, I have those messages when it inspects the target of the copy:
> ==
> The backup GPT table is corrupt, but the primary appears OK, so that will
> be used.
> Could not detect file system.
> ==
> What is strange, is that it seems to detect all file systems: fat32 for a
> small first partition (which is bootable... I could take a look at it, it
> sounds promising. It is labeled "EFI", I wonder what it is...), hfs+ for
> the bigger one (~465GB), and some non allocated space. Lot of it: 128GB.
> Looking at the source disk, I have the same results, but without the error
> message and with "unknown" as 2nd file system.
>
> I made the error of not writing somewhere informations of the damaged disk
> before trying to clone it.
>
> The questions I have:
> How could an interrupted dd "fix" a file system?
> I do not remember having seen so much unused space on first disk. Could dd
> have written stuff there, when I only asked it to read there?
> How could I fix that endless copy, or at least how could I know why or
> what dd is copying endlessly?
>
>
> 1: at least one of it's partitions is: the problem being that, after
> plugging it into a windows system, content suddenly disappeared. It was
> previously (only?) used on a mac system. Those disks are not mine so I do
> not have a lot of knowledge about how they were used.
> 2: the 2 disks are USB drives of 500GB. I was very reluctant to interrupt
> the copy, but had no other choice at that point, since it was obvious that
> it entered in some sort of infinite loop... no idea why, since dd does not
> seems to give any details on what it is doing ( no verbose mode AFAIK ).
>
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Berenger,

For 500GB disks with bad sectors the time you said is not unheard of.
 Sorry.
I would let it run till it finishes or until errors out.  If it errors out
because of bad sectors, I have used dd_resuce with some success.
As to why it fixed something, hard drives when they hit a bad sector will
try to relocate the data on it as best as it can to a good sector and then
mark the defective sector as unusable.   When you where doing the dd read
on the disk it probably ran into this and relocated the data.  This would
be my best guess.
As for the unused 128GB that had to be there to begin with.  dd will only
read from the source and write to the destination.

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Re: who uses dual boot? [was: How to start using a free OS]

[Shane Johnson]

I have to dual boot my laptop and home computer.  As I prefer to run Debian
as my desktop, there are some things that just  aren't worth he hassle of
running in a VM since I already have the Windows 7 running.  I originally
loaded my home system with Windows cause I was gaming at the time and now
that I am not and am in school, for the few things I need to run in IE it
just isn't worth the hassle and down time to get running in Wine or a VM.
 Work laptop is kind of the same scenario except the applications are IE
based.  I do have to admit as well, it is a little bit of laziness on my
part for not wanting to have to deal with wifi on the laptop.


On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Nemeth Gyorgy  wrote:

> 2013-11-12 14:32 keltezéssel, Miles Fidelman írta:
> > That's a very interesting point, but I wonder if it's true.  There are
> > real-world reasons to run both windows on linux on the same machine
> > (personal example: running Linux on my laptop for development and
> > demonstrations; running Windows for office applications).
> >
> > But, having said that, when one really uses two operating systems on the
> > same machine, I expect it's more common to run one under virtualization,
> > so you can run both at the same time - dual booting is a real pain if
> > one is really USING both operating systems.
>
> There can be a lot of reasons to use natively two operating systems on
> the same computer. One can have hardware which is handled only by
> Windows for example. Virtualization is a solution sometimes but there
> are always overheads and drawbacks. Sometimes it is not a real problem,
> in other cases it is.
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Re: Can squeeze boot into a LVM over RAID?

[Shane Johnson]

I have a few machines with Raid 5 with LVM on top.  Here is what I can
share with you.  You must have grub2 installed ( I believe it is default
now but I always specify when installing.)  your ARRAY info from mdadm -D
--scan must be in your /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf file and be accurate.  When I
change something, I make sure /boot/grub/device.map is accurate and up to
date.  I make initrd is up to date. I then run update-grub2.  then I run :
for i in a b c d e (for whatever drives you have); do
 install-grub /dev/sd$(echo $i)
done

This makes sure the grub image file is installed and updated on whatever
drive is the boot drive.  I have run into problems with DOS compatible
partitions.  To overcome this I don't use DOS compatibility in fdisk
anymore and use sectors for partitioning.

So far works wonderfully and I don't have to have /boot separate.

I have run into one instance where I couldn't boot that I haven't figured
out yet.  It was on a 10 disk array I was hobbling together for a SAN/NAS
but just gave up and put the OS on a separate disk and now it is booting.
Before I put it on the seperate disk, I did discover that some of the disk
where not showing to grub from the grub emergency CL.  I think one or two
of the disk controllers wasn't showing.  Oh and one instance that required
a complete removal and install of grub for it to boot properly.  If you
aren't hacking stuff together much and making a lot of changes, you
shouldn't have a problem.

Shane

On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Mark Allums  wrote:

> On 9/1/2012 4:46 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:02:54 -0500, Mark Allums wrote:
>>
>>  On 9/1/2012 3:17 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>>>
 Can squeeze boot when / is on an LVM over RAID1?

 Can it boot if /boot is on the LVM over RAID1?

 Or when /boot is on a nonRAID nonLVM partition but / is on an LVM over
 RAID?

 Context:  I have to remove the hard drive my / is on.  The available
 space to move it to is on a RAID drive.

 The disks carrying the RAID also have small nonRAID nonLVM partitions
 that would be big enough for /boot, but not all of /

 -- hendrik

>>>
>>>
>>> The usual practice is to put everything except /boot on LVM.  /boot can
>>> theoretically go on LVM too, but it's simpler to leave it out/off of
>>> LVM.  /boot can go on RAID, easily, though, and I always put it on a
>>> RAID 1 partition.
>>>
>>> So, yes, squeeze can boot with / on LVM, whether over RAID or otherwise.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>
>> Thanks.  Will try it in the next few days.  Will also install grub to the
>> MBR of all my disks, so whichever gets picked at boot time will work.
>>
>> Is there an eaasy way to do this, so that they'll all get updated as
>> necessary when aptitude installs a new kernel?  Or it this not something
>> that the MBR cares about?
>>
>> And is th association of, say, /dev/sdb with a particular hard drive
>> consistent if there's no change in hardware, or does it depend on random
>> boot-tine timing issues?
>>
>> - hendrik
>>
>>
>>
> As Tom H mentioned, on standard Squeeze, not partitioned RAID.  Sorry for
> the confusion.
>
> You should use UUIDs or labels if you wand to reliably always boot or
> mount a particular partition.  The /dev/sdx designations are subject to the
> winds of variability in a system, and it apparently has been deemed
> unnecessary to sort this out, since UUIDs and labels are available.
>
> Some distributions are smart enough to write the MBR to all disks in a
> RAID 1, and others are not.  I don't recall if Squeeze will or won't, or or
> if Wheezy will, for that matter.  I haven't installed either recently
> enough to need to find out.
>
> Anybody else know?
>
> Mark
>
>
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Re: Can squeeze boot into a LVM over RAID?

[Shane Johnson]

On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 9:08 PM, Hendrik Boom  wrote:

> On Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:32:39 -0600, Shane Johnson wrote:
>
> > I have a few machines with Raid 5 with LVM on top.  Here is what I can
> > share with you.  You must have grub2 installed ( I believe it is default
> > now but I always specify when installing.)
>
> That means I'll have to start by upgrading grub from 1.98 to grub2.
> Would it be safer to upgrade squeeze to wheezy first just to make sure I
> have a really up-to-date grub?
>
> > your ARRAY info from mdadm
> > -D --scan must be in your /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf file and be accurate.
> > When I change something, I make sure /boot/grub/device.map is accurate
> > and up to date.  I make initrd is up to date. I then run update-grub2.
> > then I run : for i in a b c d e (for whatever drives you have); do
> >  install-grub /dev/sd$(echo $i)
> > done
> >
> > This makes sure the grub image file is installed and updated on whatever
> > drive is the boot drive.
>
> By making sure it's on all of them.
>
> > I have run into problems with DOS compatible
> > partitions.  To overcome this I don't use DOS compatibility in fdisk
> > anymore and use sectors for partitioning.
> >
> > So far works wonderfully and I don't have to have /boot separate.
> >
> > I have run into one instance where I couldn't boot that I haven't
> > figured out yet.  It was on a 10 disk array I was hobbling together for
> > a SAN/NAS but just gave up and put the OS on a separate disk and now it
> > is booting. Before I put it on the seperate disk, I did discover that
> > some of the disk where not showing to grub from the grub emergency CL.
> > I think one or two of the disk controllers wasn't showing.  Oh and one
> > instance that required a complete removal and install of grub for it to
> > boot properly.  If you aren't hacking stuff together much and making a
> > lot of changes, you shouldn't have a problem.
> >
> > Shane
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Mark Allums  wrote:
> >
> >> On 9/1/2012 4:46 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thanks.  Will try it in the next few days.  Will also install grub to
> >>> the MBR of all my disks, so whichever gets picked at boot time will
> >>> work.
> >>>
> >>> Is there an eaasy way to do this, so that they'll all get updated as
> >>> necessary when aptitude installs a new kernel?  Or it this not
> >>> something that the MBR cares about?
> >>>
> >>> And is the association of, say, /dev/sdb with a particular hard drive
> >>> consistent if there's no change in hardware, or does it depend on
> >>> random boot-tine timing issues?
> >>>
> >>> - hendrik
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> As Tom H mentioned, on standard Squeeze, not partitioned RAID.  Sorry
> >> for the confusion.
> >>
> >> You should use UUIDs or labels if you wand to reliably always boot or
> >> mount a particular partition.  The /dev/sdx designations are subject to
> >> the winds of variability in a system, and it apparently has been deemed
> >> unnecessary to sort this out, since UUIDs and labels are available.
> >>
> >> Some distributions are smart enough to write the MBR to all disks in a
> >> RAID 1, and others are not.  I don't recall if Squeeze will or won't,
> >> or or if Wheezy will, for that matter.  I haven't installed either
> >> recently enough to need to find out.
>
> My RAID consists of two partitions, on on each of two physical drives.
> Those physical drives have their own MBRs, partition tables, etc.  The
> RAID containe several file systems.
>
> I don't expect the MBR to reside within the RAID.
>
> It will be possible to place /boot on a partition on one of those two
> drives outside the RAID if the squeeze boot process has difficulty with
> finding /boot on LVM on RAID.
>
> One thing I wonder about is how the boot process gets from the MBR to
> reading enough of the file system to get to initrd and the kernel.
> Presumably the MBR isn't big enough to contain the code for a file system.
> And presumably the MBR does know where to read some file that does contian
> the code for reading a file system to find the various configurations
> sitting in /boot/grub.  But how? And where?
>
> -- hendrik
>
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>From what I have been able to discern from just casual digging around Grub2
uses modules that tell it how to access the root partition.  When the grub
image file is installed to the MBR it includes those modules.  That is why
I think I ran into the problem with the grub image not fitting into the MBR
on DOS compatabililty partitioned HD's.

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Re: Display hurtful on LCD screen with Wheezy

[Shane Johnson]

Just a wild stab in the Dark here, could it be interlaced?

Shane


On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:

> On Wed, 2012-09-19 at 23:40 +0200, Lionel Trésaugues wrote:
> > The fonts (with the same hinting and antialiasing settings)
> And the sub-pixel order is equal too?
>
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Re: Checksum for iso image netinst i386

[Shane Johnson]

Wally,
Try this : http://www.debian.org/CD/verify

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Wally Lepore  wrote:

> >>On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:30:45 +0200, Wally Lepore wrote:
> >
> >> I just downloaded the netinst (stable) release of Debian for i386
> >> architecture.
> >> Before I burn the iso image to a CD, I'd like to verify that it was
> >> downloaded without errors. Can anyone point the way to the checksum
> >> number?
>
> >On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >
> > http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/ ;)
>
> Hi Ralph,
>
> Thank you. I did search the FAQ prior to posting but did not initially
> see a reference to my question until I re-checked again. The FAQ title
> I have read is titled:
>
> "How can I verify the downloaded ISO images and written optical media?"
> source: http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#verify
>
> Still working on the verify process.
>
> Thank you
>
>
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Re: Checksum for iso image netinst i386

[Shane Johnson]

Wally,
I understood from what I linked that it is part of the ISO.  I did some
poking around my local mirror and found this :
http://mirrors.xmission.com/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/SHA512SUMS

Hope this helps.

Shane


On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Wally Lepore  wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Shane Johnson wrote:
> > Wally,
> > Try this : http://www.debian.org/CD/verify
>
> Hi Shane,
>
> Yes I did see this before but still not sure what I'm looking at or
> how to proceed. Are you saying that I don't need to use md5sum?
>
> I'm looking for a complete tutorial that explains how to accomplish
> this otherwise simple procedure that had become difficult for me.
>
> Thank you
> Wally
>
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Shane Johnson
>  wrote:
> > Wally,
> > Try this : http://www.debian.org/CD/verify
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Wally Lepore 
> wrote:
> >>
> >> >>On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:30:45 +0200, Wally Lepore wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I just downloaded the netinst (stable) release of Debian for i386
> >> >> architecture.
> >> >> Before I burn the iso image to a CD, I'd like to verify that it was
> >> >> downloaded without errors. Can anyone point the way to the checksum
> >> >> number?
> >>
> >> >On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >> >
> >> > http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/ ;)
> >>
> >> Hi Ralph,
> >>
> >> Thank you. I did search the FAQ prior to posting but did not initially
> >> see a reference to my question until I re-checked again. The FAQ title
> >> I have read is titled:
> >>
> >> "How can I verify the downloaded ISO images and written optical media?"
> >> source: http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#verify
> >>
> >> Still working on the verify process.
> >>
> >> Thank you
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
> >
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Re: Checksum for iso image netinst i386

[Shane Johnson]

Wally,
The first part of the line is the SHA512 hash and the last half is the CD
the hash is for.  If you go back to the directory from the URL I sent (
http://mirrors.xmission.com/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/) you can find
the hashs for whichever format you  are most comfortable with.

Shane


On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Wally Lepore  wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Shane Johnson
>  wrote:
> > Wally,
> > I understood from what I linked that it is part of the ISO.  I did some
> > poking around my local mirror and found this :
> > http://mirrors.xmission.com/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/SHA512SUMS
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Shane
>
> Thanks Shane but the link you sent me opened with what appears to be
> hundreds of hash numbers all merged together. It doesn't make sense.
>
> Please check link. I'm using Firefox.
>
> Thanks
> Wally
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Shane Johnson
>  wrote:
> > Wally,
> > I understood from what I linked that it is part of the ISO.  I did some
> > poking around my local mirror and found this :
> > http://mirrors.xmission.com/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/SHA512SUMS
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Shane
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Wally Lepore 
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Shane Johnson wrote:
> >> > Wally,
> >> > Try this : http://www.debian.org/CD/verify
> >>
> >> Hi Shane,
> >>
> >> Yes I did see this before but still not sure what I'm looking at or
> >> how to proceed. Are you saying that I don't need to use md5sum?
> >>
> >> I'm looking for a complete tutorial that explains how to accomplish
> >> this otherwise simple procedure that had become difficult for me.
> >>
> >> Thank you
> >> Wally
> >>
> >> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Shane Johnson
> >>  wrote:
> >> > Wally,
> >> > Try this : http://www.debian.org/CD/verify
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Wally Lepore 
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >>On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 22:30:45 +0200, Wally Lepore wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> I just downloaded the netinst (stable) release of Debian for i386
> >> >> >> architecture.
> >> >> >> Before I burn the iso image to a CD, I'd like to verify that it
> was
> >> >> >> downloaded without errors. Can anyone point the way to the
> checksum
> >> >> >> number?
> >> >>
> >> >> >On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/ ;)
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi Ralph,
> >> >>
> >> >> Thank you. I did search the FAQ prior to posting but did not
> initially
> >> >> see a reference to my question until I re-checked again. The FAQ
> title
> >> >> I have read is titled:
> >> >>
> >> >> "How can I verify the downloaded ISO images and written optical
> media?"
> >> >> source: http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/#verify
> >> >>
> >> >> Still working on the verify process.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thank you
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
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> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
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> >> > IT Administrator
> >> > Rasmussen Equipment
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > IT Administrator
> > Rasmussen Equipment
> >
> >
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Re: Checksum for iso image netinst i386

[Shane Johnson]

At the bottom of this page is basic instructions on how to get hashs.
 Sorry for the outside of debian but it's what I could find the fastest :P

http://www.openoffice.org/download/checksums/3.4.0_checksums.html

Shane

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Wally Lepore  wrote:

> > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Shane Johnson wrote:
>
> >> If you go back to the directory from the URL I sent
> >> (http://mirrors.xmission.com/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/) you can
> find
> >> the hashs for whichever format you  are most comfortable with.
>
> Hi Shane,
>
> Ok, I think I'm understanding. In regards to the link you sent
> ( http://mirrors.xmission.com/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/ ),  I
> opened the format titled, "md5sum" and it previewed the hash numbers
> for all the iso files related to the i386 debian download.
>
> I believe the hash that relates to my downloaded iso is:
>
> bdf926d604258ce17dfba0b5ef067f17  debian-6.0.5-i386-netinst.iso
>
> ok but now what do I do with this hash in regards to the program
> md5sum.exe and my command prompt in windows?
>
> Thanks again Shane?
> Wally
>
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Wally Lepore 
> wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Shane Johnson wrote:
> >
> >> The first part of the line is the SHA512 hash and the last half is the
> CD
> >> the hash is for.  If you go back to the directory from the URL I sent
> >> (http://mirrors.xmission.com/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/) you can
> find
> >> the hashs for whichever format you  are most comfortable with.
> >
> > Hi Shane,
> >
> > The first part of what line please? What is SHA512 Hash? I really
> > appreciate the help but I'm new to the verify iso download procedure
> > and would like to learn how-to use the md5sum program. Not sure I
> > understand what you suggest and how it relates relates.
> >
> > I'll re-read your replies again and see if I can better understand.
> >
> > Thank you Shane
> > Wally
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:31 PM, Shane Johnson
> >  wrote:
> >> Wally,
> >> The first part of the line is the SHA512 hash and the last half is the
> CD
> >> the hash is for.  If you go back to the directory from the URL I sent
> >> (http://mirrors.xmission.com/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/) you can
> find
> >> the hashs for whichever format you  are most comfortable with.
> >>
> >> Shane
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Wally Lepore 
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Shane Johnson
> >>>  wrote:
> >>> > Wally,
> >>> > I understood from what I linked that it is part of the ISO.  I did
> some
> >>> > poking around my local mirror and found this :
> >>> > http://mirrors.xmission.com/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/SHA512SUMS
> >>> >
> >>> > Hope this helps.
> >>> >
> >>> > Shane
> >>>
> >>> Thanks Shane but the link you sent me opened with what appears to be
> >>> hundreds of hash numbers all merged together. It doesn't make sense.
> >>>
> >>> Please check link. I'm using Firefox.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>> Wally
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Shane Johnson
> >>>  wrote:
> >>> > Wally,
> >>> > I understood from what I linked that it is part of the ISO.  I did
> some
> >>> > poking around my local mirror and found this :
> >>> > http://mirrors.xmission.com/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/SHA512SUMS
> >>> >
> >>> > Hope this helps.
> >>> >
> >>> > Shane
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Wally Lepore  >
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Shane Johnson wrote:
> >>> >> > Wally,
> >>> >> > Try this : http://www.debian.org/CD/verify
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Hi Shane,
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Yes I did see this before but still not sure what I'm looking at or
> >>> >> how to proceed. Are you saying that I don't need to use md5sum?
> >>> >>
> >>> >> I'm looking for a complete tutorial that explains how to accomplish
> >>> >> this other

Re: Squeeze boots into my LVM over RAID, but wheezy won't.

[Shane Johnson]

When I use fdisk to create partitions, I turn off DOS compatibility (c
command) and uses sectors(u command) and start my partitions at the default
(2048 I beleive) and I don't have any problems.

Shane

On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:

> On Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:04:56 -0400, Tom H wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Hendrik Boom 
> > wrote:
> >> On Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:48:53 -0400, Tom H wrote:
> >>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Hendrik Boom 
> >>> wrote:
>  On Mon, 01 Oct 2012 10:08:43 -0400, Tom H wrote:
> >
> > How big's your post-MBR gap?
> 
>  I gather that's the so-called embedding region.  I don't know.  How
>  do I go about finding out?  Can I change it?
> >>>
> >>> fdisk -l /dev/sdX
> >>
> >> april:/farhome/hendrik# fdisk -l /dev/sdd
> >>Device Boot  Start End  Blocks   Id  System
> >> /dev/sdd1   1 124  995998+  83  Linux
> >>
> >> april:/farhome/hendrik# fdisk -l /dev/sdc
> >>Device Boot  Start End  Blocks   Id  System
> >> /dev/sdc1   1 132 1060258+  83  Linux
> >
> > There's no post-MBR gap since sdX1 starts on "1".
>
> So I'd have to move those partitions slightly so they'll start at 2?
>
> Or 3?
>
> That I can probably do!
>
> Is there any way to tell how much space is needed?
>
> -- hendrik
>
>
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Re: Marvell sata chipset not detecting drives.

[Shane Johnson]

Do you have any kind of RAID setup?  If you do you might need dmraid.


On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 10:34 AM, james okeeffe  wrote:

>
> Hi
>
> I have this controller with 4 sata drives connected to it. After hours of
> searching and trying different things I cannot get any drives to be
> detected.
>
> They are seen in the bios.
>
> currently I have
>
>  cat /etc/modprobe.d/marvell.conf
> options ahci marvell_enable=1
>
> tail -n 3 /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
>
> # marvell pata
> blacklist pata_marvell
>
> I have ran update-initramfs -u but this does not work.
>
> root@server:~# lspci | grep Marvell
> 02:07.0 PCI bridge: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SB2211 PCI Express to
> PCI Bridge (rev 01)
> 03:00.0 RAID bus controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6145 SATA
> II PCI-E controller (rev a1)
>
> lsmod | sort
> auth_rpcgss 53380 2 nfsd,nfs
> drm 241921 2 i915,drm_kms_helper
> drm_kms_helper 46978 1 i915
> fscache 61529 1 nfs
> hid 99592 2 hid_microsoft,usbhid
> hid_microsoft 12888 0
> i2c_algo_bit 13423 1 i915
> i915 477438 1
> iptable_filter 12810 1
> ip_tables 27473 1 iptable_filter
> joydev 17693 0
> lockd 90326 2 nfsd,nfs
> lp 17799 0
> mac_hid 13253 0
> Module Size Used by
> nfs 356410 0
> nfs_acl 12883 2 nfsd,nfs
> nfsd 277809 2
> parport 46562 1 lp
> psmouse 97443 0
> r8169 62099 0
> sata_mv 33447 0
> serio_raw 13211 0
> shpchp 37277 0
> snd 78855 6
> snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
> snd_hda_codec 127706 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
> snd_hda_codec_realtek 224173 1
> snd_hda_intel 33773 0
> snd_hwdep 13668 1 snd_hda_codec
> snd_page_alloc 18529 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
> snd_pcm 97188 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
> snd_timer 29990 1 snd_pcm
> soundcore 15091 1 snd
> sunrpc 245863 6 nfsd,nfs,lockd,auth_rpcgss,nfs_acl
> uas 18180 0
> usbhid 47199 1
> usb_storage 49198 0
> video 19596 1 i915
> x_tables 29846 3 xt_multiport,iptable_filter,ip_tables
> xt_multiport 12597 1
>
> root@server:~# cat /etc/lsb-release
> DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
> DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
> DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
> DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS"
>
> root@server:~# uname -a
> Linux server 3.2.0-34-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP Thu Nov 15 10:48:16 UTC 2012
> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> --
> "This guarantee is not guaranteed"
>



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Re: USB 3 card

[Shane Johnson]

One thing I have noticed with all the cards I have used, if the HD's I
attach have the same id in lsusb then only one at a time will work and I
have to move the other to another controller.

Shane


On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Tyler D  wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Nelson Green 
> wrote:
> >
> >> I need to install a USB3 card in a Dell Precision, running a stock
> Squeeze
> >> install. Any that I should avoid, or issues I should be aware of? I see
> >> there are some hits on the list, but most appear to be in Spanish and I
> am
> >> far too rusty in that language to properly comprehend their content.
> >
> > I received no responses to this question (not complaining, just
> > mentioning), but I have some experience to pass along in case anyone
> else is
> > interested. Naturally I purchased a card that did not work. It was the
> "PPA
> > International USB 3.0 SuperSpeed PCI-Express Card 2 Port". Unfortunately
> I
> > am unable to tell anyone which chipset it incorporates, but will try to
> get
> > it back to find out. When it did not work, a colleague offered to try it
> in
> > his windows box, since the card came with a windows driver. It worked for
> > him, and we swapped his card out. His works for me. It was a no-name
> brand,
> > but it uses the NEC chipset, and seems to be working just fine here.
>
> I have three USB3 cards two of them are PCI:
> * StarTech 2 Port PCI SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter Model PCIUSB3S2
> ** http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815158275
> * Koutech 2-Port SuperSpeed USB 3.0 PCI Card Model IO-PU230
> ** http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815201041
>
> and the other is PCIe:
> * Western Digital USB 3.0 PCIe Card Model WDBFNJNNC-WASN
> ** http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815140001
>
> I use the PCIe card the most and haven't had any big problems.  The
> PCI cards seem fine too, but I don't use them as much.
>
> One thing I will mention is that for this 1 or 2 particular USB3 hard
> drives, it isn't recognized... and I'm forced to use my motherboards
> onboard USB2 port.  Having said that... I'm also not totally sure if
> its the USB3 hard disk drive itself or the USB3 card that is at
> fault... lol or something different entirely.  IIRC, I see this same
> behaviour on an old Fedora 12 box, which uses one of the PCI cards and
> also on my KUbuntu 12.04 machine which uses the PCIe card.
>
> One of the PCI cards claims to use the NEC chipset.  Not sure about
> the others.  The NEC chipset seems ubiquitous, though, for almost any
> USB3 card I ever see.
>
> Good Luck!
>
> --Tyler
>
>
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Re: LVM Mirroring

[Shane Johnson]

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 6:09 AM, Luca Saletta  wrote:

> Dear Mailinglist
> ...
> The mirroring ist done but as soon as i try to reboot my system, it
> doesn't starts up and im entering the "grub recover"-mode.
>

Where you can't boot before you do the mirror, it isn't tied to the mirror.
 Can you let us know what error you get when you boot.?  Sounds like you
might need to run update-grub so that it scans and makes a new
/boot/grub/grub.cfg.  Also do like Bob suggested and make sure your initrd
is updated. Make sure /etc/fstab is correct as well.  I would do these
before update-grub as I believe update-grub relies on both to be correct
when it scans.



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Re: Grub infinite loop problem on dual boot system

[Shane Johnson]

Gary,
I've never used the net install image I use live image but it should be
similar.  Get to a command line and then use sudo to mount the Debian
partition somewhere.  Once it's mounted you can run chroot {path to where
 you mounted} /bin/bash --login.  This will make it so the commands you run
are run from the install on your HD.  From there you can run the
update-grub for it to update the /boot/grub/grub.cfg file.

Shane


On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Gary Roach wrote:

> On 01/28/2013 02:57 PM, sp113438 wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:15:07 -0800
>> Gary Roach>
>>  wrote:
>>
>>  Hi all;
>>>
>>> I have a Toshiba Qosmio laptop that has 2 60 GB drives. I formatted
>>> one with the Windows XP that is needed to run all of the bells and
>>> whistles that the Qosmio provides. I installed Debian Squeeze on the
>>> other drive and used Grub as the boot loader. This setup worked fine.
>>> I recently upgraded to Debian Wheezy using the latest iso net install
>>> disk. Since then the system boots to the Grub operating system
>>> selection screen. If I select Debian, the computer starts, loads
>>> grub, shuts down and restarts over and over again. I managed to get
>>> back into the Windows XP side by completely reloading the XP OS from
>>> the factory disks. As long as I select the XP system things work
>>> fine. As soon as I try the Debian system the looping starts again. I
>>> tried to reload the Debian side from the iso disk but the end results
>>> are the same. Any suggestions will be sincerely appreciated.
>>>
>>> Gary R.
>>>
>>>
>>>  Did you run update-grub?
>>
>>  How do I run update-grub when I can't access Linux
>
> Gary R.
>
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Re: lilypond?

[Shane Johnson]

I am on the Wheezy release and I show it is in the main repository.

Shane


On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 5:37 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:

> Hi folks,
> Hope to keep the question simple.
> is the music notation software program lilypond already included in the
> debian distribution?
>
> www.lilypond.org
>
> thanks.
> Karen
>
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Re: Chrome and Flash - a problem solved

[Shane Johnson]

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Patrick Wiseman  wrote:

> Hello, all:
>
> Flash had recently stopped working in my Chrome browser. Googling
> revealed I was not alone, but it also suggested a solution, which
> worked. In 'chrome://plugins', I disabled 'libpepflash.so' (if memory
> serves), leaving Flash handling to the Adobe plugin. No need to
> restart Chrome; Flash simply started working again.
>
> Hoping that helps someone,
> Patrick
>
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Thank you Patrick,
I was wondering what happened and hadn't had time to dig into it yet this
morning.

Shane

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Re: Moving mdadm raid volume to new OS install

[Shane Johnson]

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Sam Martin  wrote:

> Hi Pascal,
>
> I'm not sure what top-posting is?
> I hope this isn't it!
>
> You mean test whether i can bring the raid vol up by booting into 64bit
> debian from usb?
>
> i did a mdadm -e on one of the disks in the array
>
> root@HTPC-NAS:~# mdadm -E /dev/sdc1
> /dev/sdc1:
>   Magic : a92b4efc
> Version : 1.2
> Feature Map : 0x0
>  Array UUID : 25a729b1:71f5193b:6abe8ba9:21e698f5
>Name : HTPC-NAS:0  (local to host HTPC-NAS)
>   Creation Time : Thu Dec 20 12:25:56 2012
>  Raid Level : raid1
>Raid Devices : 2
>
>  Avail Dev Size : 5860268032 (2794.39 GiB 3000.46 GB)
>  Array Size : 2930133824 (2794.39 GiB 3000.46 GB)
>   Used Dev Size : 5860267648 (2794.39 GiB 3000.46 GB)
> Data Offset : 262144 sectors
>Super Offset : 8 sectors
>   State : clean
> Device UUID : fe1998ea:8535a654:31083985:d8c560c1
>
> Update Time : Thu Feb  7 09:01:38 2013
>Checksum : ad4320a8 - correct
>  Events : 51
>
>
>Device Role : Active device 1
>Array State : AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing)
>
>
> I think the 1.2 means it's a no go in terms of running the disk
> independently of the raid vol.
>
> Thanks
> Sam
>
>
> On Sunday, January 27, 2013 11:10:01 PM UTC, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> > Sam Martin a ï¿œcrit :
> >
> > > Thanks for reply Pascal.
> >
> >
> >
> > Please don't top-post.
> >
> >
> >
> > > How would I know?
> >
> >
> >
> > mdadm -E /dev/ (e.g. /dev/sdc1)
> >
> > mdadm -D /dev/ (e.g. /dev/md0)
> >
> > cat /proc/mdstat
> >
> >
> >
> > > I've just posted a question to original response, do you happen to
> know the answer?
> >
> >
> >
> > There are two questions.
> >
> > I already replied to the first one. I don't know about the second one,
> >
> > but I see no reason why the RAID array would not work with a 64-bit
> >
> > system. If unsure just try it with a 64-bit live system.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Your output from mdadm -e on that disk show that it is raid level one
which is a mirror so you can run with one disk failed, but there is no
redundancy anymore.

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Re: Moving mdadm raid volume to new OS install

[Shane Johnson]

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Sam Martin  wrote:

> could it be used without mdadm? i think the suggestion was that if it went
> wrong the disk could still be used as the "raid" stuff was on the end of
> the disk?
>
> that right?
>
>
> On 7 February 2013 22:33, Shane Johnson wrote:
>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Sam Martin  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Pascal,
>>>
>>> I'm not sure what top-posting is?
>>> I hope this isn't it!
>>>
>>> You mean test whether i can bring the raid vol up by booting into 64bit
>>> debian from usb?
>>>
>>> i did a mdadm -e on one of the disks in the array
>>>
>>> root@HTPC-NAS:~# mdadm -E /dev/sdc1
>>> /dev/sdc1:
>>>   Magic : a92b4efc
>>> Version : 1.2
>>> Feature Map : 0x0
>>>  Array UUID : 25a729b1:71f5193b:6abe8ba9:21e698f5
>>>Name : HTPC-NAS:0  (local to host HTPC-NAS)
>>>   Creation Time : Thu Dec 20 12:25:56 2012
>>>  Raid Level : raid1
>>>Raid Devices : 2
>>>
>>>  Avail Dev Size : 5860268032 (2794.39 GiB 3000.46 GB)
>>>  Array Size : 2930133824 (2794.39 GiB 3000.46 GB)
>>>   Used Dev Size : 5860267648 (2794.39 GiB 3000.46 GB)
>>> Data Offset : 262144 sectors
>>>Super Offset : 8 sectors
>>>   State : clean
>>> Device UUID : fe1998ea:8535a654:31083985:d8c560c1
>>>
>>> Update Time : Thu Feb  7 09:01:38 2013
>>>Checksum : ad4320a8 - correct
>>>  Events : 51
>>>
>>>
>>>Device Role : Active device 1
>>>Array State : AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing)
>>>
>>>
>>> I think the 1.2 means it's a no go in terms of running the disk
>>> independently of the raid vol.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Sam
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sunday, January 27, 2013 11:10:01 PM UTC, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>>> > Sam Martin a ï¿œcrit :
>>> >
>>> > > Thanks for reply Pascal.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Please don't top-post.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > > How would I know?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > mdadm -E /dev/ (e.g. /dev/sdc1)
>>> >
>>> > mdadm -D /dev/ (e.g. /dev/md0)
>>> >
>>> > cat /proc/mdstat
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > > I've just posted a question to original response, do you happen to
>>> know the answer?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > There are two questions.
>>> >
>>> > I already replied to the first one. I don't know about the second one,
>>> >
>>> > but I see no reason why the RAID array would not work with a 64-bit
>>> >
>>> > system. If unsure just try it with a 64-bit live system.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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>>> Your output from mdadm -e on that disk show that it is raid level one
>> which is a mirror so you can run with one disk failed, but there is no
>> redundancy anymore.
>>
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>>
>>
>>
> Sorry, I don't think so.  From my understanding, it is still a member of
the raid and would need the mdadm in order to present the volume to the os
to see the partition info,  Although, I don't know about pulling data of
with some sort of disk forensics.


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Re: Moving mdadm raid volume to new OS install

[Shane Johnson]

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Sam Martin  wrote:

> do you know whether i could move a raid1 vol from 32bit dist to 64bit dist?
>
>
>
>
> On 7 February 2013 23:32, Shane Johnson wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Sam Martin  wrote:
>>
>>> could it be used without mdadm? i think the suggestion was that if it
>>> went wrong the disk could still be used as the "raid" stuff was on the end
>>> of the disk?
>>>
>>> that right?
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7 February 2013 22:33, Shane Johnson wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Sam Martin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Pascal,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure what top-posting is?
>>>>> I hope this isn't it!
>>>>>
>>>>> You mean test whether i can bring the raid vol up by booting into
>>>>> 64bit debian from usb?
>>>>>
>>>>> i did a mdadm -e on one of the disks in the array
>>>>>
>>>>> root@HTPC-NAS:~# mdadm -E /dev/sdc1
>>>>> /dev/sdc1:
>>>>>   Magic : a92b4efc
>>>>> Version : 1.2
>>>>> Feature Map : 0x0
>>>>>  Array UUID : 25a729b1:71f5193b:6abe8ba9:21e698f5
>>>>>Name : HTPC-NAS:0  (local to host HTPC-NAS)
>>>>>   Creation Time : Thu Dec 20 12:25:56 2012
>>>>>  Raid Level : raid1
>>>>>Raid Devices : 2
>>>>>
>>>>>  Avail Dev Size : 5860268032 (2794.39 GiB 3000.46 GB)
>>>>>  Array Size : 2930133824 (2794.39 GiB 3000.46 GB)
>>>>>   Used Dev Size : 5860267648 (2794.39 GiB 3000.46 GB)
>>>>> Data Offset : 262144 sectors
>>>>>Super Offset : 8 sectors
>>>>>   State : clean
>>>>> Device UUID : fe1998ea:8535a654:31083985:d8c560c1
>>>>>
>>>>> Update Time : Thu Feb  7 09:01:38 2013
>>>>>Checksum : ad4320a8 - correct
>>>>>  Events : 51
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Device Role : Active device 1
>>>>>Array State : AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I think the 1.2 means it's a no go in terms of running the disk
>>>>> independently of the raid vol.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Sam
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sunday, January 27, 2013 11:10:01 PM UTC, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>>>>> > Sam Martin a ï¿œcrit :
>>>>> >
>>>>> > > Thanks for reply Pascal.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Please don't top-post.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > > How would I know?
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > mdadm -E /dev/ (e.g. /dev/sdc1)
>>>>> >
>>>>> > mdadm -D /dev/ (e.g. /dev/md0)
>>>>> >
>>>>> > cat /proc/mdstat
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > > I've just posted a question to original response, do you happen to
>>>>> know the answer?
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > There are two questions.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I already replied to the first one. I don't know about the second
>>>>> one,
>>>>> >
>>>>> > but I see no reason why the RAID array would not work with a 64-bit
>>>>> >
>>>>> > system. If unsure just try it with a 64-bit live system.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > --
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>>>>> >
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>>>>>
>>>>> Your output from mdadm -e on that disk show that it is raid level one
>>>> which is a mirror so you can run with one disk failed, but there is no
>>>> redundancy anymore.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Shane D. Johnson
>>>> IT Administrator
>>>> Rasmussen Equipment
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Sorry, I don't think so.  From my understanding, it is still a member of
>> the raid and would need the mdadm in order to present the volume to the os
>> to see the partition info,  Although, I don't know about pulling data of
>> with some sort of disk forensics.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Shane D. Johnson
>> IT Administrator
>> Rasmussen Equipment
>>
>>
>>
> Please use reply all to keep on the list for future reference and the
enlightenment of as many people as possible.

Yes, mdadm will rebuild it as long as it supports the version that created
the volume.

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Re: Moving mdadm raid volume to new OS install

[Shane Johnson]

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Sam Martin  wrote:

> brilliant, not rebuild though, you mean remount / assemble?
>
>
> On 7 February 2013 23:50, Shane Johnson wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Sam Martin  wrote:
>>
>>> do you know whether i could move a raid1 vol from 32bit dist to 64bit
>>> dist?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7 February 2013 23:32, Shane Johnson wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Sam Martin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> could it be used without mdadm? i think the suggestion was that if it
>>>>> went wrong the disk could still be used as the "raid" stuff was on the end
>>>>> of the disk?
>>>>>
>>>>> that right?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7 February 2013 22:33, Shane Johnson 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Sam Martin wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Pascal,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm not sure what top-posting is?
>>>>>>> I hope this isn't it!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You mean test whether i can bring the raid vol up by booting into
>>>>>>> 64bit debian from usb?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> i did a mdadm -e on one of the disks in the array
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> root@HTPC-NAS:~# mdadm -E /dev/sdc1
>>>>>>> /dev/sdc1:
>>>>>>>   Magic : a92b4efc
>>>>>>> Version : 1.2
>>>>>>> Feature Map : 0x0
>>>>>>>  Array UUID : 25a729b1:71f5193b:6abe8ba9:21e698f5
>>>>>>>Name : HTPC-NAS:0  (local to host HTPC-NAS)
>>>>>>>   Creation Time : Thu Dec 20 12:25:56 2012
>>>>>>>  Raid Level : raid1
>>>>>>>Raid Devices : 2
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Avail Dev Size : 5860268032 (2794.39 GiB 3000.46 GB)
>>>>>>>  Array Size : 2930133824 (2794.39 GiB 3000.46 GB)
>>>>>>>   Used Dev Size : 5860267648 (2794.39 GiB 3000.46 GB)
>>>>>>> Data Offset : 262144 sectors
>>>>>>>Super Offset : 8 sectors
>>>>>>>   State : clean
>>>>>>> Device UUID : fe1998ea:8535a654:31083985:d8c560c1
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Update Time : Thu Feb  7 09:01:38 2013
>>>>>>>Checksum : ad4320a8 - correct
>>>>>>>  Events : 51
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Device Role : Active device 1
>>>>>>>Array State : AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think the 1.2 means it's a no go in terms of running the disk
>>>>>>> independently of the raid vol.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>> Sam
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sunday, January 27, 2013 11:10:01 PM UTC, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>>>>>>> > Sam Martin a ï¿œcrit :
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > > Thanks for reply Pascal.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Please don't top-post.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > > How would I know?
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > mdadm -E /dev/ (e.g. /dev/sdc1)
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > mdadm -D /dev/ (e.g. /dev/md0)
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > cat /proc/mdstat
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > > I've just posted a question to original response, do you happen
>>>>>>> to know the answer?
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > There are two questions.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > I already replied to the first one. I don't know about the second
>>>>>>> one,
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > but I see no reason why the RAID array would not work with a 64-bit
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > system. If unsure just try it with a 64-bit live system.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >
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>>>>>>> >
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>>>>>>> >
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Your output from mdadm -e on that disk show that it is raid level
>>>>>> one which is a mirror so you can run with one disk failed, but there is 
>>>>>> no
>>>>>> redundancy anymore.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Shane D. Johnson
>>>>>> IT Administrator
>>>>>> Rasmussen Equipment
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry, I don't think so.  From my understanding, it is still a member
>>>> of the raid and would need the mdadm in order to present the volume to the
>>>> os to see the partition info,  Although, I don't know about pulling data of
>>>> with some sort of disk forensics.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Shane D. Johnson
>>>> IT Administrator
>>>> Rasmussen Equipment
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Please use reply all to keep on the list for future reference and the
>> enlightenment of as many people as possible.
>>
>> Yes, mdadm will rebuild it as long as it supports the version that
>> created the volume.
>>
>> --
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>> IT Administrator
>> Rasmussen Equipment
>>
>>
>>
>
Yes - reassamble is correct.  thanks for the correction.

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Re: Moving mdadm raid volume to new OS install

[Shane Johnson]

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Sam Martin  wrote:

> thanks shane. sorry, just one last thing.
>
> my mdadm.config doesn't contain reference to any devices. is this because
> it's stored on the raid members?
>
> thanks again,
> sam
>
>
> On 8 February 2013 00:10, Shane Johnson wrote:
>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Sam Martin  wrote:
>>
>>> brilliant, not rebuild though, you mean remount / assemble?
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7 February 2013 23:50, Shane Johnson wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Sam Martin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> do you know whether i could move a raid1 vol from 32bit dist to 64bit
>>>>> dist?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7 February 2013 23:32, Shane Johnson 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Sam Martin wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> could it be used without mdadm? i think the suggestion was that if
>>>>>>> it went wrong the disk could still be used as the "raid" stuff was on 
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> end of the disk?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> that right?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 7 February 2013 22:33, Shane Johnson 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Sam Martin 
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Pascal,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm not sure what top-posting is?
>>>>>>>>> I hope this isn't it!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> You mean test whether i can bring the raid vol up by booting into
>>>>>>>>> 64bit debian from usb?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> i did a mdadm -e on one of the disks in the array
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> root@HTPC-NAS:~# mdadm -E /dev/sdc1
>>>>>>>>> /dev/sdc1:
>>>>>>>>>   Magic : a92b4efc
>>>>>>>>> Version : 1.2
>>>>>>>>> Feature Map : 0x0
>>>>>>>>>  Array UUID : 25a729b1:71f5193b:6abe8ba9:21e698f5
>>>>>>>>>Name : HTPC-NAS:0  (local to host HTPC-NAS)
>>>>>>>>>   Creation Time : Thu Dec 20 12:25:56 2012
>>>>>>>>>  Raid Level : raid1
>>>>>>>>>Raid Devices : 2
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>  Avail Dev Size : 5860268032 (2794.39 GiB 3000.46 GB)
>>>>>>>>>  Array Size : 2930133824 (2794.39 GiB 3000.46 GB)
>>>>>>>>>   Used Dev Size : 5860267648 (2794.39 GiB 3000.46 GB)
>>>>>>>>> Data Offset : 262144 sectors
>>>>>>>>>Super Offset : 8 sectors
>>>>>>>>>   State : clean
>>>>>>>>> Device UUID : fe1998ea:8535a654:31083985:d8c560c1
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Update Time : Thu Feb  7 09:01:38 2013
>>>>>>>>>Checksum : ad4320a8 - correct
>>>>>>>>>  Events : 51
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Device Role : Active device 1
>>>>>>>>>Array State : AA ('A' == active, '.' == missing)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I think the 1.2 means it's a no go in terms of running the disk
>>>>>>>>> independently of the raid vol.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>>> Sam
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sunday, January 27, 2013 11:10:01 PM UTC, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>>>>>>>>> > Sam Martin a ï¿œcrit :
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > > Thanks for reply Pascal.
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >
>>

Re: Moving mdadm raid volume to new OS install

[Shane Johnson]

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Bob Proulx  wrote:

> Shane Johnson wrote:
> > Sam Martin wrote:
> > >>
> ...174 lines snipped...
>
> It would be super awesome if you would trim the previously quoted
> material to just the parts you are responding to before mailing.  Thanks.
>
> Sorry about that - will do from now on.


> > From my experience you have to manually put it in there.  Going from
> > memory, I believe that *mdadm -E --scan > /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf *should
> do
>


> The mdadm man page describes the command in the examples section.
>
>   man mdadm



> I would not use a '>' to truncate and rewrite the file.  Since there
>
are other things in that file I think it is best to merge the two by
> hand.  The man page documents needing the DEVICE directive for
> example.  But along with it are these that would be lost:
>
> Thank you for catching that, I thought I had put >> in for append.
 Probably, also why what I read suggested manual manipulation.  Obviously
it's really easy to do > and wipe out a file when you meant >>.


>   Better to write the output
> to a temporary file location and then merge them in by hand.
>
> Good Suggestion.


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Re: Snapshot Program

[Shane Johnson]

On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Joao Luis Meloni Assirati <
assir...@nonada.if.usp.br> wrote:

> > On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 04:21:47PM +, Hélder Pinheiro wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> Is there any program to do a kind of snapshots of my debian
> >> installation?
> >> Something that I can restore through CLI
>


> After you made the modifications, if you want to restore the previous
> state, just delete the modified logical volumes and rename the snapshots
> so they take place of the original logical volumes.
> João Luis
>
>
I thought when you wanted to incorporate the changes(data stored in
snapshot) into the original volume you had to merge them(lvconvert
--merge).  Is this incorrect?
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Re: I wish to advocate linux

[Shane Johnson]

There is also another perspective here, Google and Mozilla are providing a
option for those that don't want to bother with loading, installing, and
maintaining an OS.  Chromebooks and the like might make all OS's for
the enthusiast.

Shane


On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Rob Owens  wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 10:50:18PM +, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
> > >
> > > An OS that is difficult to install is not a friendly OS. People
> understand this.
> >
> > True. And most people understand it so well that they will not even
> > attempt to install an OS - they get the computers with the OS
> > pre-installed. Surely it does not get easier than this!  We may well
> > disagree with their (possibly uninformed) choice of OS, but from their
> > point of view, it is "easier".
> >
> I say False.  Difficult to install perhaps means it has an unfriendly
> installer.  Most people who can't install Debian probably couldn't
> install Windows either, and as Karl pointed out, most people don't even
> try.
>
> The OP who wants to recommend Linux will probably assist with the
> installations, I imagine.
>
> -Rob
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Re: Installation failed - again - why am I not surprised

[Shane Johnson]

Mark,
There is a specific method to install to USB.  Please see :

http://wiki.debian.org/BootUsb

Otherwise, you can use the instructions included here :

http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual

To install to a HD.  (There are many different options.)

Please be aware that (to my knowledge) those who respond on this list do so
on a volunteer basis.  Please be pleasant and courteous.

Thank you
Shane



On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Mark Filipak
wrote:

> Do you want to help?
> If no, stop reading now (I don't need more heckling).
>
> What I did:
> 1 - Booted Windows.
> 1.1 - Copied the Debian-Gnome Live ISO to an 8-GB USB.
> 1.2 - Shut down Windows.
> 2 - Booted Debian-Gnome from 8-GB USB - success!
> 2.1 - Shut down Debian-Gnome.
> 3 - Booted Windows.
> 3.1 - Copied the Debian-LXDE Live ISO to a 1-GB USB.
> 3.2 - Shut down Windows.
> 4 - Booted Debian-LXDE from 1-GB USB - success!
>
> 4.1 - Shut down Debian-LXDE.
> - Objective: Install Debian-LXDE to 8-GB USB -
> 5 - Removed hard disk (just to be safe).
> 6 - Booted Debian-LXDE on 1-GB USB.
> 6.1 - Attempted install to 8-GB USB (overwrite Debian-Gnome already on it).
> 6.2 - Install failed!
> 6.3 - My Guess: The 8-GB USB is being automounted.
> 6.9 - Shut down Debian-LXDE.
> 7 - Reinserted hard disk.
> 8 - Booted Windows
> 8.1 - Wiped out existing 8-GB USB partition.
> 8.2 - Shut down Windows.
> 9 - Removed hard disk.
> 10 - Booted Debian-LXDE on 1-GB USB.
> 10.1 - Attempted install to 8-GB USB (should have no existing partitions).
> 10.2 - Install failed!
> 10.3 - Confirmed: Debian-LXDE automounted the existing 8-GB USB - NO
> PARTITION! WTF!
> 10.4 - Unmounted the 8-GB USB.
> 10.5 - Attempted install to the 8-GB USB.
> 10.6 - Install failed!
> 10.7 - Tried to mount 8-GB USB (test).
> 10.8 - "Error mounting: mount: wrongfs type, bad option, bad Superblock on
> /dev/sdb2. Missing codepage or helper program, or other error. In some
> cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so." - WTF!
> 10.9 - Shut down Debian-LXDE.
> 11 - Reinserted my hard disk.
> 12 - Booted Windows
> 12.1 - Created a single, FAT-32 partition on 8-GB USB.
> 12.2 - Shut down Windows.
> 13 - Removed hard disk.
> 14 - Booted Debian-LXDE on 1-GB USB.
> 14.1 - Created 2.5-GB /, 0.5-GB swap, and 5.0-GB /windows (FAT-32).
> 14.2 - Attempted install to the 8-GB USB (newly partitioned).
> 14.3 - Install succeeded!
> 14.4 - Automatic GRUB install failed!
> 14.5 - Attempted to install LILO.
> 14.6 - LILO  install failed!
>
> Okay, what went wrong:
> Automounting got in the way.
> Installer did not unmount the filesystems on the target drive.
> Automounting got fooled by erased partition.
> Mount error message too cryptic - too generic (does not tell what actually
> happened).
> GRUB & LILO install failures unexplained - no help.
>
> Any/all help appreciated except from Lisi Reisz.
>
> Ciao - Mark.
>
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Re: Installation failed

[Shane Johnson]

Thank you, Shane. I did use 'dd' to write the Debian Live ISOs to USBs and
> that did work (though the documentation for 'dd' was wrong). A gentleman on
> the debian-live list helped me.
>
> What didn't work was this: When I attempted to install from one (booted)
> USB (running Debian-LXDE) to another USB, after much fiddling, I managed to
> get the install to copy over the operating system (took over 1/2 hour), but
> then it failed trying to write GRUB or LILO.
>

Mark,
I don't the particulars of this, but what I do know is that Thumbdrives are
seen different by the MB, BIOS, and thus the OS.  That is why they have the
specific instructions for writing to USB and a basic install won't work and
why Grub/ Lilo have issues writing to the MBR.  I haven't tried installing
to a thumbdrive or USB harddrive with Debian, but the one time I did try
Knoppix I had to get a Utility from HP to convert the thumbdrive.  That was
ages ago as well and any memory I have regarding the reasons why, has been
buried.
I would recommend if you want to truly try Debian and play with it, install
it to another HD or use the partitioning in the installer to split your
existing drive so you can dual boot both Windows and Linux.  I wish you the
best of luck.

Shane

Re: RAID1 all bootable

[Shane Johnson]

Francesco,
If your RAID is mdadm based, I would use a live CD and then chroot into
your installed OS. Once in, I would use grub-install /dev/sd? to add the
MBR info to the mirror.  Once you are back up and running  you can use
mdadm to remove the defective disk and if  desired add a new one to the
array.

Shane


On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Francesco Pietra wrote:

> Hi:
> With a raid1 amd64 wheezy, one of the two HDs got broken.
> Unfortunately, I had added grub to sda only, which is just the one
> broken. So that, when it is replaced with a fresh HD, the OS is not
> found. Inverting the SATA cables of course does not help (Operative
> System Not Found). In a previous similar circumstance, I was lucky
> that the broken HD was the one without gru.
>
> Is any way to recover? perhaps through Knoppix? I know how to look
> into undamaged RAID1 with Knoppix.
>
> Also, when making a fresh RAID1 from scratch, where to find a Debian
> description  of how to make both sda and sdb bootable? (which should
> be included by default, in my opinion)
>
> Thanks
> francesco pietra
>
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Re: Installation failed

[Shane Johnson]

Mark,
The easiest way I am aware of (not used) for that is Knoppix to USB.  If I
remember right it comes as a utility on the CDrom.  Also see Miles
comments.

Shane


On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Mark Filipak wrote:

> On 2013/3/1 2:25 PM, Shane Johnson wrote:
>
>> ...I had to get a Utility from HP to convert the thumbdrive.
>>
>
> Not needed in this case. The target USB drive did not come with U3. (The
> 1-GB USB drive did come with U3, but I removed that years ago.)
>
>  I would recommend if you want to truly try Debian and play with it
>>
>
> Actually, I want to use Debian (or really, any Linux) for Internetworking
> (browsing and email). Then I can remove networking from Windows - I don't
> trust Windows on the Internet.
>
>  install
>> it to another HD or use the partitioning in the installer to split your
>> existing drive so you can dual boot both Windows and Linux.  I wish you
>> the
>> best of luck.
>>
>
> I don't dare fiddle with my hard disk. It's a Dell laptop that has WinXP
> preinstalled without a maintenance partition and I don't have a backup CD.
> If the current WinXP gets trashed, I'm hosed. I got my current laptop
> (used) when my good-old Toshiba died. In case you're wondering, I do have a
> license, but Dell refuses to honor it or to send a CD, even if I pay them.
> The Dell laptop is top-of-the-line: Precision M90 of about 2008 vintage. Of
> course, I'll never buy a Dell again, not even used.
>
> I'm afraid it's install Linux on a USB thumb drive or nothing. There is
> one alternative, but it gets a little complicated...
>
> The Debian Live USB is acting like a CD. That's fine, I can boot from it.
> But I can't configure it (different wallpaper, for example) and I can't
> install anything (Icedove, for example). Now, if I could install Icedove
> before the USB gets written I could probably establish a roaming identity
> that can actually reside on the Windows hard disk. Do you know of any way
> to do that?
>
> Thanks & Ciao - Mark.
>
>


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Re: Installation failed

[Shane Johnson]

Miles, you are not helping. Kindly stop contributing to this thread.
>
>
>
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Mark,
Miles is trying to help, as we all are.  I don't know what Miles said to
upset you but please remember you are presenting us with a situation and we
in like are responding trying to help you understand your problems so they
can be resolved.  Asking someone that is voluntarily providing assistance
to stop because you don't like how he answered in inappropriate on your
part.

At this point I (and I am sure others on here ) would recommend you do your
research and learn the differences between Windows and Linux and then go
find the documentation you need and follow it.  From my experience, most
issues with Linux can be answered by a Google search of error messages you
are receiving and some time invested in research of the situation.
We would love to help you Mark, but we can't do it for you.  You are going
to have to do your part and invest some time &/ money and then try it
again.  When you run into please feel free to ask questions.  But first and
foremost be nice.

I wish you the best of luck and encourage you to not give up.  I am
confident that once you get it going, and can see the power of Linux, you
will be impressed.  I have been using it for over 6 years now and I am
barely cutting teeth on what it can do.

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Re: Install failed - let's start again, without bogus assumptions, please.

[Shane Johnson]

Ok since we're starting over, some questions.


On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Mark Filipak wrote:

> If anyone is still there, I do want help. I've spent all day at this.
>
> Ground rules:
> 1 - If you can't help, please don't try.

2 - Please don't assume I haven't read how to install Debian. I have. It's
> no big deal.
>

What about other documentation - have you read the information linked
previously on creating a persistent partition?


> 3 - My computer boots from USB - no problem. I'm booting Debian Live from
> USB. So, please don't tell me how hard it is or how the BIOS must support
> it or how I'm too stupid, too lazy, or too arrogant to understand that.
>

What version of Live are you booting to?  (Version # or code name please.)

4 - Please don't assume I'm Windows-lazy or Windows-stupid. Windows-NT 3.5
> was probably the finest OS ever written when David Cutler was done with it.
> Then Bill Gates ruined it by creating Direct-X to improve entertainment
> media performance (thereby bypassing the Intel call-gate mechanism, thereby
> destroying Intel's 4-level protection model). This directly lead to
> rootkits and to my hate of Microsoft. Of course, adding port listeners to
> support RPC-enabled remote desktop utilities (which gave viruses access to
> the rootkits) closed the deal.

5 - Please, if it's been years since you've tried to install to USB, kindly
> refrain from complaining and let other people help me.
> 6 - I have a particular need that will not be met by doing a more standard
> installation, so if you can't help, please don't suggest that I create a
> more standard installation of Debian.
> 7 - My objective is not be become a Linux enthusiast.
> 8 - Please don't suggest that I don't know how to, or that am too lazy to
> use Google to search for answers.
>
> My objective is to create a bootable USB flash drive, or a bootable USB
> hard drive that I can then use to run Iceweasel & Icedove, period. That's
> all I want to do with Linux. Oh, a partition that can be accessed by both
> Linux and Windows is needed for downloads and email profiles. The Windows
> system will not have networking installed.
>

If this is your only requirement, I would recommend Knoppix.  It is an
excellent distribution that can be run from the CD/DVD or loaded to your
USB devices.  I would recommend having a separate partition on whatever
device you install to, or on a thumbdrive if you decide to run from CD/DVD,
for the persistent partition as well.  It can load and access and save
whatever info you need to your NTFS partition or FAT partitions.


> My capabilities:
> Virtual Machines - I've created and used both VirtualBox and VMware Player
> virtual machines. If I could run Firefox & Thunderbird in a WinXP client
> without also having to install networking in the WinXP host, I'd do it in a
> second and wouldn't need Linux.
> Unix - I used Unix. I've installed and used Solaris. I've designed
> Sun-compatible single-board computers.
> Apache - I've installed, configured, and maintained complex,
> multiple-domain Apache servers.
>
> My problem:
> During the Debian installation (to USB thumb drive or USB hard drive),
> when it goes to install GRUB, it fails.
>

To help further with this, we will need clarification on the error you are
getting from the grub install.  There are many reasons it can fail and
without specifics, we can't assist.


>
> What can you suggest I do? I will try anything.
>
> Thanks - Mark.
>
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Re: Install failed - let's start again, without bogus assumptions, please.

[Shane Johnson]

Only thing I can think of I think Ubuntu has one but I don't know if it's
actually a installer or just lets your run the Distro live in Windows.

Shane


On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 9:33 PM, Mark Filipak wrote:

> On 2013/3/1 10:51 PM, Mark Filipak wrote:
>
>> On 2013/3/1 10:39 PM, Mark Filipak wrote:
>>
>>> On 2013/3/1 10:03 PM, green wrote:
>>>
>>>> Shane Johnson wrote at 2013-03-01 20:53 -0600:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Mark Filipak <
>>>>> markfilipak.li...@gmail.com>**wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> During the Debian installation (to USB thumb drive or USB hard drive),
>>>>>> when it goes to install GRUB, it fails.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> To help further with this, we will need clarification on the error you
>>>>> are
>>>>> getting from the grub install.  There are many reasons it can fail and
>>>>> without specifics, we can't assist.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Assuming you are using the standard Debian installer in text mode, you
>>>> may want to check for more details about the failure by pressing
>>>> Alt+F4 (I think it is 4, rather than 2 or 3) immediately after the
>>>> installer gives the error (Alt+F1 returns you to the installer).
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'm running the Debian installer that's built into a Debian Live ISO
>>> image that's been raw written (dd) to a USB flash drive. Thus, I'm not
>>> running it from a command line. I boot the USB flash drive and click on the
>>> desktop icon identified as the Debian Installer. I do not do any
>>> prepartitioning or preformatting except upon retry after a failure. When I
>>> retry after a failure, the live OS automounts the target's existing
>>> partitions (that had been created during the previous try). I found that
>>> unmounting those existing partitions doesn't work. I have to run the
>>> installer, delete the partitions, then reboot, then rerun the installer.
>>>
>>> I have no idea what problem the GRUB installer encounters. I have no
>>> opportunity to press Alt+F4 as the installer automatically runs full-screen
>>> and I can't get back to the LXDE desktop until I back out of the installer
>>> and quit.
>>>
>>> Hmmm... Perhaps I can press Alt+F4 when the error occurs. I wasn't
>>> instructed to do that, and I don't know what Alt+F4 does since I'm not a
>>> Linux user, but I can try it. I'll quit Windows, reboot to USB, and try
>>> it stay tuned... I'll be right back.
>>>
>>
>> I'm back. Things have changed. When I booted Debian Live, it wouldn't
>> recognize the USB hard drive when I plugged it in. I quit, rebooted
>> Windows, and looked at it with Disk Manager. The USB hard drive is there
>> with all its partitions. I'll boot back to Debian Live and try again, but
>> I'd say that something Debian has broken. We'll see, eh?
>> Stay tuned. I'll be right back.
>>
>
> Shane,
>
> I'm back. When the GRUB install failed I pressed Alt+F4. The Debian
> Installer disappeared and I was immediately back to the LWDE desktop. I
> tried Alt+F4 there and nothing happened.
>
> Is there a Debian installer that runs in Windows?
>
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Re: RAID1 all bootable

[Shane Johnson]

On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Lennart Sorensen <
lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:


> >
> > Thanks a lot for your generous help. I (we) learned a lot from you.
>
> Are you running with raid1 on raw sda and sdb or are you creating
> partitions and running raid on the partitions (which to me is the normal
> thing to do)?
>
> If you are running raid on the raw device, then grub-install would have to
> be on /dev/md0 or whatever your raid device is.  If you have partitions,
> then it would be on /dev/sda and /dev/sdb.
>
> If you have no partitions, then doing grub-install /dev/sdb probably
> broke the raid.  It's such an unusual and weird setup to not use
> partitions that most people simply assume you have partitions and any
> advice you get will make that assumption.  Somewhat makes it a dangerous
> setup to use for that reason.
>
> --
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> Lennnart,
Thank you for that information.  And sorry to everyone else for any wrong
information I gave out.  In everything I read I didn't know grub2 would
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Re: RAID1 all bootable

[Shane Johnson]

As far as I can remember, I already posted for this system
>
> root@.:/home/francesco# cat /proc/mdstat
> Personalities : [raid1]
> md1 : active raid1 sda2[0] sdb2[1]
>   487759680 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]
>
> md0 : active raid1 sda1[0] sdb1[1]
>   191296 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]
>
> unused devices: 
> root@.:/home/francesco#
>
> francesco@.:~$ df -h
> FilesystemSize  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> rootfs938M  185M  705M  21% /
> udev   10M 0   10M   0% /dev
> tmpfs 807M  628K  807M   1% /run
> /dev/mapper/vg1-root  938M  185M  705M  21% /
> tmpfs 5.0M 0  5.0M   0% /run/lock
> tmpfs 1.6G   84K  1.6G   1% /run/shm
> /dev/md0  176M   19M  148M  11% /boot
> /dev/mapper/vg1-home  395G  284G   91G  76% /home
> /dev/mapper/vg1-opt   9.2G  1.5G  7.3G  17% /opt
> /dev/mapper/vg1-tmp   2.8G   69M  2.6G   3% /tmp
> /dev/mapper/vg1-usr28G  4.3G   22G  17% /usr
> /dev/mapper/vg1-var   9.2G  840M  7.9G  10% /var
> francesco@.:~$
>
>
> the "deadly command' "grub-install /dev/sdb"  was run with the system
> started as above.
>
> Thanks
> francesco pietra
> 

Francesco,
The df -h shows us what is mounted but not if the drives are partitioned or
not.  Can you do fdisk -l  and send us the output of that?
Also, you replied directly to me without the mailing list.  I have included
it in the CC so that everyone can share in the knowledge.  Please make sure
 you always reply to the list.(Reply-all works real good for this.)

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Re: has your squeeze ever crashed?

[Shane Johnson]

> Linux is stable and flash player isn't Linux, flash player development for
>> Linux already is dropped, there will be no future versions for Linux. If
>> people want Microsoft/Apple, regarding to Apple flash player is a bad
>> example ;), they should use Microsft/Apple. Linux is an OS for itself, not
>> a Replacement-OS for other OS. It's a misconception.
>>
>> If you need flash player, then Linux isn't a good choice for your needs.
>>
>>
>>  I'm fairly certain Adobe is still developing Flash Player for Linux and
> has no plans to stop. I just got an update on Arch maybe a week ago. Please
> cite this assertion with some official announcement from Adobe. Otherwise
> you're just making that up.
> 

Direct from Adobe's Flashplayer download page :
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?no_redirect

"*NOTE*: Adobe Flash Player 11.2 will be the last version to target Linux
as a supported platform. Adobe will continue to provide security backports
to Flash Player 11.2 for Linux."


Shane

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Re: Wheezy amd64 XFCE how to burn Blu-Ray (BD-R )discs?

[Shane Johnson]

> Thanks for the replies.  :-)
>
>
> I'm looking for something simple that's integrated with GUI/desktop OOTB.
>  Something like Brasero.  But, Wheezy amd64 XFCE Brasero doesn't seem to
> support burning of Blu-Ray discs (?).
>
>
> apt-cache search doesn't seem to offer any Blu-Ray burning applications:
>
> 2013-03-13 15:53:05 dpchrist@desktop ~
> $ apt-cache search blu | grep ray
> amora-applet - use a bluetooth device as X remote control (systray
> applet)
>
>
> I don't get it -- affordable Blu-Ray burners have been out for well over a
> year.  Burning Blu-Ray is a desktop killer app.  Debian *should* have it.
>  Where is it?
>


>From the k3b site :
http://www.k3b.org/

They have supported Blu-ray burning since 2.0 and I am running wheezy which
runs 2.0.2 and I don't have any problems burning any type of media.

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Re: Console showing control characters for input on console keyboard

[Shane Johnson]

> I think we'll just have to live with a reset via reboot whenever the
> > option becomes available, while not removing the PS/2 connections again.
>


Would a PS2 to USB adapter get you through till reboot?


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Re: update of clamav fails - bad variable errors

[Shane Johnson]

On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 12:20 PM, francis picabia  wrote:

> 
> The following packages will be upgraded:
>   clamav-daemon
> The following partially installed packages will be configured:
>   clamav clamav-base
>


It looks like you have a previous installation that didn't finish.  I would
purge and reinstall.

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Re: update of clamav fails - bad variable errors

[Shane Johnson]

On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 12:47 PM, francis picabia  wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Shane Johnson
>  wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 12:20 PM, francis picabia 
> wrote:
> >>
> >> 
> >> The following packages will be upgraded:
> >>   clamav-daemon
> >> The following partially installed packages will be configured:
> >>   clamav clamav-base
> >
> > 
> >
> > It looks like you have a previous installation that didn't finish.  I
> would
> > purge and reinstall.
> >
> > Thanks
>
> This system runs SMTP for about 5000 users.  I think you can
> understand why I'm looking for some insight into why the upgrade
> is failing.
>
> Right now the system is running.  If I purged and reinstalled,
> and afterward clamav is still barfing on config variables or something,
> I have a service which is down.
>


Sorry I should have gone into more depth and  been clearer.
>From my experience you have a few options.
>From what I can discern, The error is from ClamAV not finding the correct
location for the update that freshclam needs for the update.  You can try
to do run

freshclam

from the command line and see if that will get the right settings in  your
conf file.  If that runs you should be able to run

aptitude install -f

and it should be able to finalize the install and you should be good.
If that doesn't work, you can run

aptitude purge clamav freshclam

to remove all traces of the program and then the normal

aptitude install clamav

to re-install it and hopefully have the correct location for the update
files.
I'm going from memory here, but when I resolved this issue on my old
squeeze system (Running all wheezy now) I believe those where the steps I
had to take to remedy this problem.

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Re: update of clamav fails - bad variable errors

[Shane Johnson]

This time it worked with no complaints.

Glad to hear  you got it working.

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USB/IP

[Shane Johnson]

I was hoping someone on the list might be able to help with roadblock
that I've run up against.
I am trying to set up a Terminal Server and am stuck with using
Microsoft because of IE.
One of the things that's being a pain for me is getting a Panini
scanner to be able to be on a users desk and for the Terminal Server
to be able to access it.  Panini doesn't support this and the Terminal
Server client itself won't pass the scanner through to the server.
While digging around, I found the usbip project.  What I have run up
against with it is that it doesn't have a 64-bit driver for Windows
With development pretty much stalled on it, I was hoping there was
some other way that anyone knew of that would allow this user to
access the scanner from the server.

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Re: GRUB2 error

[Shane Johnson]

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Gary Roach  wrote:
> On 05/21/2013 04:24 PM, Gary Roach wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> My wife let her Debian machine get over 450 packages behind before I caught
> it. What a mess. The last problem is that when booting up the Welcome to
> Grub notice appears and then:
> error:file not found
> Entering rescue mode
> grubrescue>
>
> If I run "ls" I find that the root directory should be (hd0,msdos1) and that
> grub is under the /boot directory. Therefore I run:
> set prefix="(hd0,msdos1)/boot/grub"  
> set root="(hd0,msdos1)"  
> insmod normal  
> normal   


Gary,
I don't know if this matters or not but some of the output above made
me curious.  What file system are you using?  Is your /etc/fstab
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iscsitarget in Jessie

[Shane Johnson]

I am hoping someone can help with this,

I am trying to get iscsitarget working in my Jessie install.  When I
try to do the install of iscsitarget and iscsitarget-dkms it complains
about missing linux-headers-3.2-0-xxx when 3.9 kernel is installed.

Any ideas on how to proceed?  Can I build it manually?

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Re: KVM virtual machines and storage.

[Shane Johnson]

On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Christofer C. Bell
 wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Alan Chandler
>  wrote:
>> I currently run a necessary Windows 7 (Home Premium) installation in a
>> VirtualBox virtual machine on my Debian Unstable desktop.  Its OK, but I
>> have had the occasional glitch when Debian tries to upgrade by kernel
>> version and for one reason or another the VirtualBox kernel module hasn't
>> kept up.
>>
>> I would like to migrate to a KVM setup, where the required module is in the
>> mainline kernel.  I feel that would be safer longer term.
>>
>> One problem, which I haven't satisfactorily solved so far, is backing up the
>> files on the disk in that virtual machine.  The best I can do is back up the
>> entire file that represents the disk.  However the vast majority of that
>> disk is not changing on a regular basis and at 120GB of the image in use, it
>> takes a lot of resource to back it up.  I would much prefer some sort of
>> approach that allows me to copy only the recent changes to a rolling
>> backup/archive store I have set up for my normal (linux) desktop .
>
> Since the guest is running Windows 7, have you considered just using
> Windows Backup (it comes with Windows) and having it backup your files
> "over the network" either through Samba or using a VBox shared folder
> to your host's hard disk?   A Samba route would also work for KVM.  I
> don't know if KVM can do shared folders the way VBox does.
>
>> The other area that is currently puzzling me is the migration process.  At
>> the moment the "disk image" that windows 7 is working with contains a
>> hardware environment that is created by Virtual Box.  If I move to KVM I
>> presume that some of the devices will not be the same.  Does Windows manage
>> with these changes, or would I be better creating an environment from
>> scratch (including re-installing all my key applications)
>
> Windows 7 should "reconfigure itself" on its own for the "new machine"
> -- but you may need to re-activate it with Microsoft once done (a 5
> minute process over the phone).
>
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Does Samba require you to  back of the security of Win7 down to the
point where it doesn't require Kerebos?  If I remember correctly all
that will be resolved once Samba 4 gets released.

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Re: Using the find command

[Shane Johnson]

Alan,
from what I can see, it's just supposed to delete files and not touch
directories, any files name utmp or innd.pid.  the ! prefixing the
tests negates the test to pull the opposite.  By using xtype it's just
handling links differently.  This command shouldn't be deleting your
udev directory. (the ! -xtype d is the part that singles the
directories out).



On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Alan Chandler
 wrote:
> I am trying to debug why my system fails during bootup with udev failing.  I
> think its related to debian bug #677097
>
> mountall-bootclean.sh cleans the run directory. This program sources
> /lib/init/bootclean.sh
>
> Inside there is a function clean_all
>
> At one point it does
>
>    clean /run "! -xtype d ! -name utmp ! -name innd.pid" || ES=1
>    clean /run/lock "! -type d" || ES=1
>    clean /run/shm "! -type d" || ES=1
>
> which looks as though (with the "! - xtype d...") that its trying not to
> recurse down the subdirectories of /run (otherwise why follow the clean /run
> with clean /run/lock)
>
> the clean routine ends up passing its parameter to find
>
> what in effect is happening is its cd to /run
> then calls find
>
> find . "! -xtype d ! -name utmp ! -name innd.pid" -delete
>
> I tried running
> find . "! -xtype d ! -name utmp ! -name innd.pid"
>
> which is the same command without the -delete action - so I am assuming it
> "prints" the names instead
>
> What happens it that
>
> a) it lists all the files in all subdirectories
> b) it finishes up with a line which says find: `! -xtype d ! -name utmp !
> -name innd.pid': No such file or directory
>
> I guess this is what is ultimately wrong - since it deletes the /run/udev
> directory which udev is using.
>
>
> However I can't find any real documentation on find which explains why it
> outputs that error message.  Can any gurus out there explain
>
>
>
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Re: Filezilla a security risk

[Shane Johnson]

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 9:13 AM, francis picabia  wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 5:37 AM, Andrei POPESCU
>  wrote:
>> On Mi, 27 iun 12, 20:58:39, francis picabia wrote:
>>>
>>> We have to do what ever possible to reduce the size of the target to
>>> the hacker.   In this case we advise users to uninstall Filezilla
>>> and use something else.  Not all Windows users of FTP tools are IT savvy.
>>> They need warnings and guidance frequently.  I passed this on so
>>> others can reduce their threat potential.
>>
>> You are missing the point :)
>>
>> In a situation where the doors (here Windows :p) are left wide open,
>> instead of closing and securing them you are trying to hide the
>> valuables under the carpet.
>>
>> Even if you put them in a safe (encrypt with some master password) the
>> villains have it easy to walk into the house and install spy cameras
>> everywhere so they can peak at your combination or simply just steal the
>> entire safe and brute-force it later.
>
> For you, there is special advice.  Never communicate with your Windows users.
> It can't possibly impact Linux.
>
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Please remember that FTP by nature is insecure.  All it would take is
for someone to packet sniff the connection and they would have the
user name and password to the account as they are transmitted in plain
text.

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Problem with Disk test

[Shane Johnson]

I was wondering if someone could maybe shed some light on a problem I
am having.  I have build a Debian Squeeze server using debootstrap
with and without backports.  When I run badblocks from the installed
system I keep getting errors but when I run it from the Live CD
nothing.  Could I have missed a package in my install?  Any other
ideas on what's happening?  (This is the only system out of 5 that
this is happening on.  All the others where built the same way. )

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help with xserver-xorg-video-ast

[Shane Johnson]

hello everyone,
I am hoping someone can help me.  I am running Wheezy and got a driver from
Aspeed for their on-board video driver.  Loaded it and it worked until I
installed xen-qemu-dm-4.0 and now when I try to re-install is says
glibc-2.13 is required when 2.14 is installed.  I contacted Aspeeds tech
support and they suggested I compile from source.  I got the source package
and run autoconf and get a error that xorg-macros needs to be installed.  I
located it in xutils-dev and installed that package but it is still giving
me a error about xorg-macros.  I have run autoconf -v to try and find out
if it is expecting the libraries somewhere and I just need to link to them
but it doesn't give me any idea on where.
Question 1 - is there a easier way to do this?
Question 2 - anyone have any idea on what I need to do to compile this
driver?

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Re: help with xserver-xorg-video-ast

[Shane Johnson]

 Keith,
That was my plan but I can't find where the autoconf file is trying to
locate the macros at?  I located /usr/share/aclocal/xorg-macros.m4 but I
can't find where the link is supposed to be.  Any ideas?

Thanks
Shane

On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 1:37 AM, Keith McKenzie  wrote:

>
>
> On 9 July 2012 23:24, Shane Johnson  wrote:
>
>> hello everyone,
>> I am hoping someone can help me.  I am running Wheezy and got a driver
>> from Aspeed for their on-board video driver.  Loaded it and it worked until
>> I installed xen-qemu-dm-4.0 and now when I try to re-install is says
>> glibc-2.13 is required when 2.14 is installed.  I contacted Aspeeds tech
>> support and they suggested I compile from source.  I got the source package
>> and run autoconf and get a error that xorg-macros needs to be installed.  I
>> located it in xutils-dev and installed that package but it is still giving
>> me a error about xorg-macros.  I have run autoconf -v to try and find out
>> if it is expecting the libraries somewhere and I just need to link to them
>> but it doesn't give me any idea on where.
>> Question 1 - is there a easier way to do this?
>> Question 2 - anyone have any idea on what I need to do to compile this
>> driver?
>>
>>
> Re Question 1 - in the past I have used a soft link in such situations;
> may work for you.
>
>
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Re: Problems of Second writing of MBR with GRUB

[Shane Johnson]

The os-prober program will find the different OS's on the separate
partitions or Volumes and add them to grub.cfg when you run the update-grub
command or the OS runs it.  I have yet to see it not find them and add
them(it usually adds ones you don't necessarily don't want like restore
partitions.)  Worst case scenario is you would have to add them to the grub
config files in /etc/grub.d

Shane

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 8:32 PM, L V Gandhi  wrote:

> I have already installed windows xp and squeezei386 with grub in MBR.
> I would like install squeeze amd64 in other partition for multi boot.
> If I install grub in MBR while installing squeezeamd64, then how do I
> boot squeezei386 as its boot info is  not in its partition boot
> sector.
> How should I go about to boot all the three OSes.
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Re: Problems of Second writing of MBR with GRUB

[Shane Johnson]

Please make sure to reply-all on your responses so they hit the list.  I
have included it in the CC for this message.

Thanks
Shane


On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 9:33 PM, vykuntam srinivas <
vykuntamsrini...@gmail.com> wrote:

> this may help you:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
>
> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Shane Johnson  > wrote:
>
>> The os-prober program will find the different OS's on the separate
>> partitions or Volumes and add them to grub.cfg when you run the update-grub
>> command or the OS runs it.  I have yet to see it not find them and add
>> them(it usually adds ones you don't necessarily don't want like restore
>> partitions.)  Worst case scenario is you would have to add them to the grub
>> config files in /etc/grub.d
>>
>> Shane
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 8:32 PM, L V Gandhi  wrote:
>>
>>> I have already installed windows xp and squeezei386 with grub in MBR.
>>> I would like install squeeze amd64 in other partition for multi boot.
>>> If I install grub in MBR while installing squeezeamd64, then how do I
>>> boot squeezei386 as its boot info is  not in its partition boot
>>> sector.
>>> How should I go about to boot all the three OSes.
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Re: Will upcoming Debian 7 release default to XFCE for the CD media?

[Shane Johnson]

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 11:56 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:

> On Mi, 08 aug 12, 17:45:40, Camaleón wrote:
> >
> > I tagged as OT because the scope (chit-chat) is out of the technical
> > issues expected here.
>
> Come on...
>
> > And it concerns Jessie, not Wheezy (please, don't scare me! ;-) )
>
> Why do you think it doesn't concern Wheezy?
>
> Kind regards,
> Andrei
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>From what I've read from here :
http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=tasksel/tasksel.git;a=commit;h=2a962cc65cdba010177f27e8824ba10d9a799a08

and here:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE1NTk

It looks to be wheezy.
Shane

Re: Dual-Monitor help

[Shane Johnson]

Nelson,
Did you install the driver package?  Either xserver-xorg-video-nouveau or
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia (open and closed driver respectively) from apt or
download and installed from Nvidia's site?

Shane

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Nelson Green wrote:

>
> > Nelson Green wrote:
> > > I have a Dell Precision T5500 with dual video cards, and I would
> > > like to have one large screen spread across the two monitors.
> >
> > I usually do this with a single graphics card.  So my suggestion might
> > not be useful to you.  But...
> >
> > > I am not sure where to start. One thing I have tried to do is to see
> > > what xrandr gives me, and I don't completely understand the output
> > > of that. I have included that output, and a copy of Xorg.0.log
> > > below.
> > >
> > > At this point I would welcome any suggestions as to what to try next.
> >
> > I would start with lxrandr.  Because even me being a staunch CLI
> > advocate it is sometimes easier to click the mouse.  This is simply an
> > graphical interface to xrandr.
> >
> >   # apt-get install lxrandr
> >
> >   $ lxrandr
>
> Unfortunately, lxrandr only shows the single monitor. Another issue I
> have is nothing from xrandr nor lxrandr shows an output interface. If
> I could get that information I might at least have a place to start. As it
> is, the only indications that the two cards are even known to the system
> are the Xorg log, and the output of dmesg. Other than that nothing
> seems to be aware of the second video card and/or monitor.
>
> BTW, I also realized I forgot to mention that I am using the Xfce
> Desktop. I doubt that makes any difference, but figured I should at
> least mention it for completeness.
>
> I appreciate the reply.
> Patrick
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Re: Dual-Monitor help

[Shane Johnson]

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Nelson Green wrote:

>
>
> > > Nelson,
> > > Did you install the driver package? Either xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> > > or xserver-xorg-video-nvidia (open and closed driver respectively) from
> > > apt or download and installed from Nvidia's site?
> > >
> > > Shane
> >
> > I sure did:
> > $ dpkg -l | grep nouveau | cut -d " " -f 3
> > libdrm-nouveau1
> > xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
>
> Oops, forgot to include:
> $ lsmod | grep nouveau
> nouveau   581600  2
> ttm48312  1 nouveau
> drm_kms_helper 22707  1 nouveau
> drm   160013  3 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
> i2c_algo_bit   12713  1 nouveau
> mxm_wmi12433  1 nouveau
> video  17415  1 nouveau
> i2c_core   19218  5
> nouveau,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_i801
> button 12817  1 nouveau
> wmi13051  3 nouveau,mxm_wmi,dell_wmi
>
> >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Nelson Green
> > > mailto:nelsongree...@hotmail.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Nelson Green wrote:
> > > > > I have a Dell Precision T5500 with dual video cards, and I would
> > > > > like to have one large screen spread across the two monitors.
> > > >
> > > > I usually do this with a single graphics card. So my suggestion might
> > > > not be useful to you. But...
> > > >
> > > > > I am not sure where to start. One thing I have tried to do is to
> see
> > > > > what xrandr gives me, and I don't completely understand the output
> > > > > of that. I have included that output, and a copy of Xorg.0.log
> > > > > below.
> > > > >
> > > > > At this point I would welcome any suggestions as to what to try
> next.
> > > >
> > > > I would start with lxrandr. Because even me being a staunch CLI
> > > > advocate it is sometimes easier to click the mouse. This is simply an
> > > > graphical interface to xrandr.
> > > >
> > > > # apt-get install lxrandr
> > > >
> > > > $ lxrandr
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, lxrandr only shows the single monitor. Another issue I
> > > have is nothing from xrandr nor lxrandr shows an output interface. If
> > > I could get that information I might at least have a place to start.
> As it
> > > is, the only indications that the two cards are even known to the
> system
> > > are the Xorg log, and the output of dmesg. Other than that nothing
> > > seems to be aware of the second video card and/or monitor.
> > >
> > > BTW, I also realized I forgot to mention that I am using the Xfce
> > > Desktop. I doubt that makes any difference, but figured I should at
> > > least mention it for completeness.
> > >
> > > I appreciate the reply.
> > > Patrick
> > >
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Nelson,
Do you have a xorg.conf file or do you let X sort it all out itself?  I
noticed from your xrandr posting, that only one resolution is  defined so
maybe it's hard coded.  I run without a conf file X seems to pull
everything correctly for my hardware.  I am still kinda green at this
myself, just trying to help with some ideas.

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Re: How do I get rid of the "launchpad" in XFCE?

[Shane Johnson]

If you go to either the mouse icon or right click on your desktop, Then go
to applications then settings and then panel, you will find what your
looking for there.

Shane


On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Stephen Powell  wrote:

> On Thu, 05 Dec 2013 17:05:22 -0500 (EST), Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> >
> > Right-click on it, select 'Panel' and then the minus-sign at the top
> > will remove it.  What I prefer is to have it minimized when it doesn't
> > have focus; then maximized windows do maximize.  That you can do by
> > checking the 'Automatically show and hide the panel' box.
>
> Hmm.  Well, when I right-click on it, I get a pop-up menu with a title
> of "launcher".  So maybe this thing is called the launcher.  But there
> does not appear to be any way of controlling the settings for something
> called "launcher".  When I click on the minus sign, I get a warning
> dialog box that says that if I remove it, it will be permanently lost.
> I don't like the idea of making irrevocable changes.  I want to be able
> to change things back the way they were if my change produces unexpected
> results.
>
> As for "Automatically show and hide the panel", I can't find where to set
> this.  Besides, it seems to me that that will get rid of the thing across
> the top of the screen, not the thing along the bottom of the screen.
> I want the thing across the top of the screen to stay there.  I want the
> thing along the bottom of the screen to go away.  But I want to be able to
> reinstate it later if the change produces unexpected results.
>
> Could you please give me more specific, step-by-step instructions for
> how to accomplish this?
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Re: Jesse install images?

[Shane Johnson]

Nope, It's a little more difficult, but you can do a bootstrap install
following these instructions adapted to Debian.

Ubuntu Debootstrap
instructions

Shane


On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Jon N  wrote:

> I have a new computer that needs (AFAIK) the kernel version 3.10 or
> better to support my ethernet (Qualcomm Atheros AR8171).  I was hoping
> I could do this with a small download, like the net insttall ISO, but
> so far I haven't been able to find one.  Are by only choices to
> install Jesse to download multiple CD or 1 DVD file?
>
> Thanks,
> Jon
>
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Re: Jesse install images?

[Shane Johnson]

Sorry I also should have stated that you can use either a Live CD or a
Rescue CD.

Shane


On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Shane Johnson
wrote:

> Nope, It's a little more difficult, but you can do a bootstrap install
> following these instructions adapted to Debian.
>
> Ubuntu Debootstrap 
> instructions<https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/installation-guide/amd64/linux-upgrade.html>
>
> Shane
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Jon N  wrote:
>
>> I have a new computer that needs (AFAIK) the kernel version 3.10 or
>> better to support my ethernet (Qualcomm Atheros AR8171).  I was hoping
>> I could do this with a small download, like the net insttall ISO, but
>> so far I haven't been able to find one.  Are by only choices to
>> install Jesse to download multiple CD or 1 DVD file?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jon
>>
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Re: Possible to add an LVM to existing Wheezy box

[Shane Johnson]

Ron,
Yes is possible, but there will be some data migration and configuration
changes.
Some more information would be helpful as well.  Does the existing data
contain the OS?  What are you trying to achieve by moving the data?


On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Ron Leach  wrote:

> Is it possible to create an LVM on a machine that's already running Wheezy
> but without an LVM?
>
> I've looked at
>   https://wiki.debian.org/LVM
> and the howto which the wiki refers to,
>   http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/initdisks.html
> but these seem, to me, to be meant for an initial install or, at minimum,
> for empty disks or partitions.  Whereas I wanted to create an LVM from
> combining an existing 1.7TB partition (preserving its data) with a new,
> empty, 2TB disk, so as to have a 3.7TB logical volume that already contains
> the 1.7TB's worth of data.
>
> If it is possible, the step I don't understand is how to create an LVM
> physical volume of the existing 1.7TB partition, without destroying the
> data already on that partition.  The howto suggests that pvcreate should be
> used but won't that damage the data and filesystem on that partition?
>
> Apologies if my question isn't clear.  Basically,
> (i) can I make an LVM based on an existing partition while preserving its
> data and, if so,
> (ii) how do I avoid damaging the data on that partition?
>
> regards, Ron
>
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Re: Possible to add an LVM to existing Wheezy box

[Shane Johnson]

Ron,
Yes it is possible.  Depending on how involved you want to get with this
project there are a couple of ways to proceed.
To preserve the data, you're going to need to need equivalent space to move
the data to.  You can't just convert a normal ext4 partition to run on LVM.
 If you're planning on adding the other 2TB disk anyways now would be the
best time as far as ease goes.  This is due to you can just make the LVM
with the new disk then clone the data to the new partition in the LVM.
 Then once you are comfortable that all your data is in place you would
delete the original partition extend the LVM and file system to include
what you just deleted.
If the new 2TB disk is out of reach you're going to have to find somehow to
get that data off the disk before you make it a LVM other wise the pvcreate
will overwrite the partition table and you'll be having all kinds of
headaches to get it back.  Let us know if you need more information or
ideas.

Shane


On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Howard  wrote:

> On 31/12/2013 16:44, Shane Johnson wrote:
>
>> Some more information would be helpful as well.  Does the existing data
>> contain the OS?  What are you trying to achieve by moving the data?
>>
>>
> More info: existing partition
>
> The existing partition would be from our 'filesystem backup' machine,
> which runs an earlier version of Debian.   It runs on a 2TB disk with
> several partitions; mostly OS, but one partition of 1.7TB purely for
> filesystem backup data.  All partitions (except /boot and swap) are
> formatted as XFS.  That backup machine is becoming unreliable, and I want
> to take the 2TB disk from it and install it in a different, new, Wheezy box
> which will then takeover the 'backup' role on our network.  We won't use
> the OS partitions on that disk, we'll only use the 1.7TB data partition.
>  The data partition contains several years' worth of incremental backups,
> and provides us with the possibility to recover inadvertently deleted or
> changed files, even if deletion is not noticed for some considerable time.
>  It also provides the historical context of what data was available to us
> during our projects, which can be important.  This backup data now occupies
> virtually all of its 1.7TB partition, which is the reason for wanting to
> move to a larger filesystem space.
>
> More info: the OS
>
> The existing backup machine's OS will not be used when the disk is
> inserted into the new Wheezy box.  The new box is already running Wheezy
> from a 250GB disk.  The motherboard has connectivity for 3 more drives; my
> hope, if it were possible, would be to introduce the backup machine's disk
> as one of those, and a brand new 2TB disk as another. The Wheezy box will
> then have 3 disks:
> sda - 250GB, D7 OS
> sdb - 2TB, but only sdb6 (1.7TB) used, part of LVM
> sdc - 2TB, part of LVM
>
> In short, I want to preserve our backup facility by removing it from a
> possibly unreliable box, expanding the space available for backup
> increments, and replacing the backup machine with the new box.
>
> I understand your question - I should, perhaps, have explained in the
> first instance that I didn't need to preserve the OS, only a data
> partition.  Do you still think what I want to do is possible? Eduardo's
> suggestion of creating a new empty LVM might work, otherwise.
>
>
> regards, Ron
>
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Re: Confused about dist-upgrade

[Shane Johnson]

Bob,
It was my understanding that dist-upgrade was only needed to resolve issues
that couldn't be resolved by upgrade.  I have moved from wheezy to jessie
with a simple aptitude update and didn't need the dist-upgrade.  If this is
incorrect I would love to know cause I ran into some issues with my latest
attempt and am still playing with it trying to resolve the issues.

Thank you
Shane


On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Bob Bernstein wrote:

>
> A thread about dist-upgrade has me confused. In my experience I have only
> ever run 'apt-get dist-upgrade' when I wanted to move from one release to
> the next, say, from squeeze to wheezy.
>
> Similarly, if I wanted to insure I had the latest versions of packages
> already installed (and any/all security fixes) I have run 'apt-get update'
> followed immediately by 'apt-get upgrade.'
>
> But the thread currently underway about dist-upgrade suggests that users
> are running it rather routinely, and not at all necessarily to move from
> one release to the next.
>
> Can someone please point out what I am missing?
>
> Thanks,
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Samba 4

[Shane Johnson]

I have been working on this for 3 days now and need some assistance please.


Somewhere, I am running into a disconnect between documentations.  I have
used the resources on wiki.samba.org to try and set up just a simple file
share.  I don't  need it to be a PDC or a BDC or do printer shares.  I have
also tried google and the references I could find there and still am stuck.
 All the Debian info I can find relates to Samba3.  Therefore, If anyone
know how to do this or can point me to a reference that they know works
that would be greatly appreciated.

I am running Jessie-amd64 and trying to set up just a file share.  I want
it to authenticate against my domain controller ( Member server )  about
half the commands from the samba wiki say no such program and I have joined
the server to the domain but can't do anything beyond that.   I have
installed samba4 from the repositories.  I guess my next step would be to
compile from source if I can't get the programs from the repositories to
work.

Please help.

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Debian Wheezy w/ Xen incorrect memory

[Shane Johnson]

Hello,
I just installed Wheezy on my laptop using debootstrap to test Xen
advancements from Squeeze.  Everything seems to be working great, except
the memory is reported incorrectly under the Xen enabled OS.  Normal boot
reports correct memory.  Included below are the details I think are
pertinent, if you need more information, please let me know.
Thanks for your help with this.

Shane


---
uname -a:
Linux sdj-lt 3.2.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Sun Apr 15 16:47:38 UTC 2012 x86_64
GNU/Linux
---
free (Normal Debian boot):
 total   used   free sharedbuffers cached
Mem:   5590240 1529525437288  0  10928  57548
-/+ buffers/cache:  844765505764
Swap:  4194300  04194300
---
free(Xen enabled):
 total   used   free sharedbuffers cached
Mem:   3788868 4372243351644  0  21760 258504
-/+ buffers/cache: 1569603631908
Swap:  4194300  04194300
---
/boot/grub/grub.cfg:(portions pertaining to Debian)
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
submenu "Xen 4.1-amd64" {
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Xen 4.1-amd64 and Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64'
--class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os --class xen {
 insmod lvm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
 set root='(vg-os)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0601ad5f-3e78-4b6e-a06c-3f0af7519905
 echo 'Loading Xen 4.1-amd64 ...'
multiboot /boot/xen-4.1-amd64.gz placeholder
 echo 'Loading Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 ...'
module /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-2-amd64 placeholder root=/dev/mapper/vg-os ro
 quiet
 echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
module /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-2-amd64
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Xen 4.1-amd64 and Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64
(recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os
--class xen {
insmod lvm
 insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(vg-os)'
 search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root
0601ad5f-3e78-4b6e-a06c-3f0af7519905
echo 'Loading Xen 4.1-amd64 ...'
 multiboot /boot/xen-4.1-amd64.gz placeholder
echo 'Loading Linux 3.2.0-2-amd64 ...'
 module /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-2-amd64 placeholder root=/dev/mapper/vg-os ro
single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
 module /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-2-amd64
}
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
---

Re: Problem with Alsa and HDMI audio output

[Shane Johnson]

Jose,
Did you make sure your users are part of the audio group?

Shane

On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 9:27 AM, José Luis Segura Lucas
wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I have a computer with a HDMI output. If I use the default audio output
> (3.5" jack) it works fine, but when I try to use the HDMI one, I have some
> problems.
>
> I tried to configure it using the pulseaudio GUI, I can't get it working.
> If I use a program that allows to select which audio output use (mplayer
> for example), I select the hdmi output and works fine.
>
> I tried using a .asoundrc file, but pulseaudio seems to ignore it...
>
> Any idea? Thanks in advance
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Re: *URGENT* plz need help system not booting after "lvresize" command

[Shane Johnson]

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote:

> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 10:49 PM, Shane Johnson
>  wrote:
> > Muhammad,
> > I think we are going to need some mere information please.  You mentioned
> > that this is on a raid, correct.  Is your lvm on top of the raid?  Which
> > level of raid?
>
> i am using RAID 1
>
>   Where is your /boot mounted or / if boot isn't on it's own
> > partition.
>
> i have two drives 320 GB
>
> boot 1 GB and /  (rest of the drive) are on md0 and md 2\
> sawp md1 (4gb)
>
> i have 1 800 GB drive
>
> RAID 1  but other drive was absent i was planing to add the other
> drive in array in few days but unfortunately this things happen
>
> > Things I have done in the past, is use a Live CD for same
>
> can you please give me the path of debian live CD iso. actually i was
> trying to boot my system with clonzilla live CD lets see if debian can
> help.
>
> > version and arch of Debian you are on and if necessary install mdadm and
> > lvm2 so that I could try and reconstruct what I had before.  Luckily for
> me,
> > I was one test systems when I buggered things up too much.  It sounds
> like
> > you are on a live system- that makes things harder.  Best of the Worst
> case
> > scenarios from my limited experience would be having to restore from
>
> > backups. If you don't have good backups its the worst of the worst and
> you
> > could end up doing a complete restore from scratch).
> >
> > On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan 
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> at least there should be a way to reach the command prompt. is there
> >> any way to ignore this error and reach the command prompt so i can
> >> just copy the necessary data.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >>
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The path to the CD downloads is http://www.debian.org/CD/ Pick you poison
on how you want to download it.

If I am understanding your situation correctly, you have 3 disks.  2 320GB
disks are mirrored for md0 and then  you have your LVM on top of that.
 Then  you have disk 3 as swap (md1).

Where you had the mirror active when you where trying to resize the
corruption would probably be on both disks.

I would use the live cd and look at each one separately and see if the
filesystems on both are the new size or the old.  If you have one that is
ok, you can use mdadm to drop the bad disk from the raid then add it back
later after you system boots from the good disk so that it becomes the
mirror of the good drive.  Otherwise you are going to have to try and use
the live cd to try and get to your data.  Reconstruct your system then put
back the data you can.  If you aren't using mdadm for your raid and just
using LVM then you will access the fstab on the system and point it to the
mirrored drive if it is still good.

Good luck Mohammud.

Shane

Re: Flashplayer on Debian Squeeze.

[Shane Johnson]

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Rob Owens  wrote:

> On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 02:36:35PM +0100, Lisi wrote:
> > Hi, all!
> >
> > I have been trying to get Flashplayer going on my husband's computer.
>  When
> > the advice on this list and the Debian website failed (as below), i just
> > deinstalled the lot and downloaded from the Adobe site.  According to the
> > site, the latest version available for Linux is 11, but I seem to have
> > downloaded 10. :-(
> >
> > I am going spare on this.  Has anyone got any ideas?
> >
> > I know that I have not given much information on what I have done, since
> I had
> > decided just to start again and download from the Adobe website.  But I
> have
> > worked though all the recent advice on this list and also that on the
> > relevant page in the Debian wiki.
> >
> > I would happily start again from the beginning.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Lisi
> >
> > root@Hercules:/home/peter# update-flashplugin-nonfree --install
> > ERROR: wget failed to download
> >
> http://people.debian.org/~bartm/flashplugin-nonfree/fp10.sha512.i386.pgp.asc
> > More information might be available at:
> >http://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer
> > root@Hercules:/home/peter#
> >
> I use flashplayer-mozilla from the debian-multimedia repository.  It
> updates with apt, so you don't need to run a command like
> update-flashplugin-nonfree.
>
> -Rob
>
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Rob,
Do you ever run into problems with it not playing with certain sites?  I
tried others (not that one though) and ran into it not playing movies on
some sites.

Thanks
Shane

Re: Swap space not used

[Shane Johnson]

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Johan Grönqvist
wrote:

> 2012-05-02 13:12, Sian Mountbatten skrev:
>
>  Your swap partition is, very likely, too large. As a rule, your swap
>> partition should be the same size as your RAM. Do you have 40GB RAM?
>>
>
> Linux can handle well above 40 GB of swap. I would be surprised if "swap
> partition too large" was the reason. My swap is larger than that.
>
> I am always a bot surprised by advice like the ones in this thread. I have
> heard and seen this many times.
>
> I am aware that for web-browsing, and other similar activities, using swap
> is almost always bad, as it slows the system down.
>
> I typically run programs and scripts without having a good estimate of
> their future memory usage, and my computer usage is frequently RAM-bound,
> so I try to guess how much I can do within the memory I have available.
>
> It is not uncommon for me to misjudge the need by a factor of 2 or 3, and
> in those cases, I have programs being killed left and right unless I have
> enough swap-space.
>
> I would say that being careful with swap-space is important when one has
> too small a hard drive, but I have plenty of drives space these days. Not
> having my jobs killed is more important to me than saving a few tens of GB
> of extra space.
>
> I have just above 40 GB on my current desktop, and when I had influence
> over a computer with 64GB RAM, it had quite a bit of swap space.
>
> Mem: 64558M total,24822M used,39735M free,  324M buffers
> Swap:   184323M total,   25M used,   184298M free,24238M cached
>
> Regards
>
> Johan
>
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The only time I have seen swap not used when it is active is when it wasn't
needed.  If you can see your swap active using the free command or swapon
-s , and it's not getting used, but you keep crashing, what I usually see
is bad memory.  From my experience memtest would be my next step.

Shane

Re: Only 3.6gb of 64gb RAM recognized by 64bit squeeze

[Shane Johnson]

Might also help to make sure your bios is recognizing all of the memory.
 If not  you might need to check the limitations of the MB or see if there
is a bios update that will make the system see all the memory.

Shane

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Camaleón  wrote:

> On Wed, 09 May 2012 11:19:10 +0200, Seyyed Mohtadin Hashemi wrote:
>
> > Before anybody starts arguing that I don't have 64-bit, this is uname -r
> > and uname -m:
> > root@n03:~# uname -r
> > 2.6.32-3-amd64
> > root@n03:~# uname -m
> > x86_64
>
> Well put, facts are what matters :-)
>
> > As the subject suggest I have a box that does not utilize the available
> > RAM installed. I noticed that only 3.6gb RAM was recognized when I got
> > segmentation faults during a simulation. The funny thing is that when I
> > remove dims so that only 48gb RAM is available then it works fine, I did
> > a 'lshw -C memory' and it shows all the dims at the correct spot (the
> > output is attached). BIOS and memtest show and successfully test all
> > 64gb.
>
> (...)
>
> Ensure that all of the RAM modules are identical and have been approved/
> tested by your motherboard's manufacturer.
>
> You can also try to load a LiveCD of your choice (e.g., SystemRescueCD)
> and check from there, just to discard/confirm this is something Debian-
> specific.
>
> Greetings,
>
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Re: how to practice.

[Shane Johnson]

For me when I use it enough it sticks.  But there is a old quote someone
told me that I don't know the source of, but it really helped me - it goes
along the lines of "Why should I memorize something I don't need when I can
just go read it from a book when I do need it."

For me, I take that to mean learn everything you can, but for the stuff
that doesn't stick, know where to find it.

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 6:54 AM, shawn wilson  wrote:

> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Muhammad Yousuf Khan 
> wrote:
> > Ok I have been working in IT network field since 7 years and just one and
> > half year back i have started exploring Linux and I believe, someone
> said to
> > me lately that if you start loving black and white terminal then you will
> > never look back to Windows GUI.
>
> b/w terminals are lame, most terminals support (at least) 256 colors,
> so use them - i like a bright blue prompt with [user@host : pwd]
> (actually, sometimes each field is a different color if i feel like
> playing). and a bright yellow cursor. i like my black background
> though.
>
> > I literally can experience this thing at the
> > stage I am standing with Linux. As I consider myself a newbie in Linux
> but
> > according to my previous experience if i don’t practice I will forget
> things
> > very easy (as there are tons of commands to remember which I will forget
> > with less or 0 practice).
>
> so, install it as your desktop environment, use it for your servers,
> use it as low cost or backup routers (i'd go bsd for this but...).
>
> > so i am here to ask all the old Pros that how you
> > guys manage to remember all the commands and practice all the previous
> work.
>
> i remember the basics really. the rest will come as you have a problem
> you bang your head against for a day and then find there is a command
> that solves it - you don't really forget after that. seriously,
> (besides built-in bash or zsh commands) i probably use ls, echo, cat,
> file, vim, chown, chmod, nmap, lsof, iptables, ssh (ssh-keygen etc
> too), screen (trying tmux), perl, gdb, gcc, make, service, apt-get,
> yum, chkconfig, git, find, xargs, grep.
>
> what's that, about 20 commands? i even included project specific
> commands (and forgot others for managing vms etc) for dealing with
> code and network stuff.
>
> > Since after the deployment of some Linux services there is only the log
> > which i have to see for further errors. So how it is possible to keep in
> my
> > mind all the old stuff and along with that I can move forward with the
> new
> > goals.
>
> actually, you really shouldn't have to review logs much (see
> graylog2 or splunk if you feel like paying). and really, i'm going
> through the opposite change as you - i'm trying to get into doing more
> things with code on windows and can't remember simple stuff like netsh
> commands and the like for basic config (because i hadn't done much
> with windows for ~3 years).
>
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Re: LSI MegaRAID SAS 9240-4i hangs system at boot

[Shane Johnson]

Over current problems from what I have seen are hardware problems - I would
make sure the intel expander doesn't need a external power source and if it
does that it is functioning properly.  After that I would look to see if
something isn't shorting out a USB port.

Shane


On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Ramon Hofer  wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I finally got my LSI 9240-4i and the Intel SAS expander.
>
> Unfortunately it prevents the system from booting. I only got this
> message on the screen:
>
> megasas: INIT adapter done
> hub 4-1:1.0 over-current condition on port 7
> hub 4-1:1.0 over-current condition on port 8
>
> I also got the over-current messages when the LSI card is removed. Here's
> the output of lsusb:
>
> Bus 004 Device 003: ID 046d:c517 Logitech, Inc. LX710 Cordless Desktop
> Laser
> Bus 004 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>
> Nevertheless I think the module for the card should be loaded but then it
> somehow hangs.
>
> And after a while there are more messages which I don't understand. I
> have taken a picture:
> http://666kb.com/i/c3wf606sc1qkcvgoc.jpg
>
> Then there are lots of messages like this:
>
> INFO: task modprobe:123 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
> "echo 0..." disables this message
>
> Instead of modprobe:123 also modprobe:124, 125, 126, 127, 135, 137 and
> kworker/u:1:164, 165 are listed.
>
> I can enter the BIOS of the card just fine. It detect the disks and by
> defaults sets jbod option for them. This is fine because I want to use
> linux RAID.
>
> May this problem be the same:
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/raid/msg30359.html
> Should I try a firmware upgrade?
>
> This card was recommended to me by the list:
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/05/msg00104.html
>
> I hope I can get some hints here :-)
>
>
> Best regards
> Ramon
>
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glibc2-14

[Shane Johnson]

I have just run into a issue where the driver for a ASPEED video card
worked in wheezy, and now is complaining about glibc not being at 2.14.
 When I look to see the version installed, it is 2.13.  Does anyone know if
there was a reversion or how I might go about resolving this?

Thanks

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Re: LVM, Resize failed (most mlikely user error)

[Shane Johnson]

On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 9:17 AM,   wrote:
> Dear Guys,
>
> I had the (wonderful?!) idea to resize my LVM.  The result is, that I can not 
> access my /home anymore :-(.
>
> Environment:
> HP Mini, 160GB HDD
> 2 partitions (sda1, ext2, 254.99M, bootflag and sda2, 159784.29M)
> LVM initial setup:
> - root 300M
> - home 136G
> - var 2.8G
> - usr 4.6G
>
> During a dist upgrade, my /var went full and I started to do the following 
> with the lvm commands:
> reduce /home to 100G,
> increase /var by +5G,
> increase /usr by +6G, and
> increase /root by 600M.
>
> After that the whole thing went mad.
>
> During boot it stops during fsck for /home with error 4 ("filesystem 
> (according to superblock) is 36210688 blocks  The physical size of the device 
> is 26249216" and "superblock or partition table is corrupt").  I can enter my 
> root password and run a manual fsck with the same result.  If I do not abort 
> I get "Error reading block 26279938 (invalid argument) while getting next 
> inode from scan.  Ignore error?"
>
> My idea is to use the partition table to "fix" the lvm (i. e. return to the 
> initial state).  Is this possible and how to do it?
>
> If you need any further information, I will provide asap.
>
> Thank you for your kind help.
>
>
>
> Best regards
>
>
> Andreas
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Andreas,
When you shrink a logical volume  your first need to use your file
system tools (if they have them) to reduce the file system then use
the LVM tools to reduce the logical volume.  As always it's best to do
a back up of your data before you do anything.  At this point, if the
/home partition wan't full, you might be able to reduce the file
system and get it to boot again.

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Re: Need advice on cloning Debian server

[Shane Johnson]

I haven't actually done it, but you should be able to boot to a live
CD initialize the raid and LVM and then add a removable  HD to the VG.
 Create new LV's the same size as  your existing ones but make sure
you create them on the removable PV then use dd or similar to clone
the LV's.  Once cloned you can vgsplit to make the removable drive
it's own VG that  you can then make inactive with vgchange then remove
and move to the new hardware.  Once on the new hardware you vgmerge to
make it all one VG  then pvmove the LV's from the removable drive to
the new hardware. Once that is done you can vgreduce to remove the
external HD from the VG and then pvremove to remove the LVM info from
the external.  if your system can't be down that long, you might be
able to snapshot from the live cd then reboot the old system and then
do the cloning and transferring based from the snapshot.  Again -
sorry but I haven't done this to a running OS just to virtual machines
so this is a lot of theory.  Another option, (that I have absolutely
no experience with,) is doing the same thing over a SAN.  Another
thing that you will want to pay particular attention to is making sure
fstab and grub2 are configured properly for the new system.  I am sure
where you have a working system you already know this, but for those
who find this and want to put LVM on top of a raid with Grub2, make
sure you create the raid with the .9 version of the metadata or Grub2
won't work with it.

Hope this helps
Shane

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Camaleón  wrote:
> On Tue, 29 May 2012 12:35:40 +0800, Joe Aquilina wrote:
>
>> I am relatively new to Linux/Debian and need some advice on "cloning" a
>> Debian system.
>
> Then I'd ask for someone with more experience can help you with this
> because cloning a full system on different hardware with the setup you
> describe is not an easy task. Seriously.
>
>> At work we have a Debian file server, running Squeeze, which needs to be
>> cloned to new hardware and then the old machine will be retired. It is a
>> file server for a small office, has 4 smallish SATA drives and is setup
>> with RAID 5 and LVM.
>
> (...)
>
> I used in the past Clonezilla (LiveCD) to achieve the same but with a
> simpler setup (non-raided, non-lvm system), so the main things to care
> about would be the LVM volume, the raid layout (I think Clonezilla does
> not support mdadm, you will have to manually configure the raid) and also
> the boot loader.
>
> Rsync, as you mention, can be also an option but I can't comment on this
> because I have no previous experience in cloning with that tool.
>
> Greetings,
>
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