Re: how to format

Makes sense, ntfs package needs to be installed on debian system before that can happen. Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) . On Sat, 29 Oct 2022, K0LNY_Glenn wrote: > Yeah, whe

Re: how to format

parted has helped me format drives in the past too. It should work on debian too. In archlinux I did: lsblk Then checked id of new drive on system. If it's sdb parted -a optimal /dev/sdb Then I did: unit mib Then I did: print That shows what if anything is already on the disk. If the type of dis

Re: how to format

Yeah, when I couldn't get it to work, I searched it on-line, and it gave examples, and no extensions work, they are all like typing mkfs alone. >From what I have read, I should be able to do: sudo mkfs.ntfs /dev/sdc1 And I tried another sort I read on-line: sudo mkfs -t ntfs /dev/sdc1 But nothing

Re: how to format

mkfs isn't a command. mkfs is a prefix. If yu want to put an ext4 partition on a drive you use mkfs.ext4. You might check for that command and check for the other mkfs commands as well. Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in

Re: how to format

I should add that sudo mkfs is a bad command, with the needed parameters. So if mkfs is not in my Debian, how might I install it? Thanks - Original Message - From: "K0LNY_Glenn" To: Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2022 5:54 PM Subject: how to format Hi, I have a 64 GB thumb drive I plugged

how to format

Hi, I have a 64 GB thumb drive I plugged into my Debian Bullseye, CLI, no GUI. In the old days I used parted to format drives, and fdisk does not seem to have that feature. How does one format a drive in the CLI? Thanks. Glenn

Re: Debian and Orca installation Question

Hi, 2022-10-29 22:46 GMT+02:00, Samuel Thibault : > Hello, > > Egon, le sam. 29 oct. 2022 20:03:33 +0200, a ecrit: >> better if I install it from "debian-11.5.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso" image? > > When installing from that image, I do get Orca starting automatically. > What can I do if both Orca and Speak

Re: Debian and Orca installation Question

Egon, le sam. 29 oct. 2022 20:03:33 +0200, a ecrit: > How can I install the system to avoid these problems? > Can I install the system from "debian-live-11.3.0-amd64-mate.iso" It seems that the debian live images have dropped the bits that make orca auto-started. Samuel

Re: Debian and Orca installation Question

Hello, Egon, le sam. 29 oct. 2022 20:03:33 +0200, a ecrit: > better if I install it from "debian-11.5.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso" image? When installing from that image, I do get Orca starting automatically. Samuel

Re: Debian and Orca installation Question

Hi, 2022-10-29 20:07 GMT+02:00, Jordan Livesey : > just use the netinstall iso files, they give you a minimal mate desktop > with gimp and libreoffice but everything else you are free to use and > customise in turms of what else you want, plus, orca comes as standard, if > your pc requires non fre

Re: Debian and Orca installation Question

just use the netinstall iso files, they give you a minimal mate desktop with gimp and libreoffice but everything else you are free to use and customise in turms of what else you want, plus, orca comes as standard, if your pc requires non free firmware, go grab one of those images On Sat, Oct 29, 2

Debian and Orca installation Question

Hi All, How can I install Debian without "auto start of Orca" problem? I installed Debian with "Speech support" option from the actual Debian standard first DVD many years ago. I installed the Mate desktop environment. Orca did not start automatically but the console-based speaking software did.