Re: xorriso and SIGTERM/SIGINT handler

Hi, Max Nikulin wrote: > Are there obstacles making implementation of proper SIGINT and > SIGTERM signals handler prohibitively difficult? Ctrl+C is a common part of > UI familiar to the most of users. There are should be serious reasons if it > is necessary to teach them to touch an application s

Re: Documentation for KVM/QEMU?

On 6 Nov 2023 01:58 -0500, from noloa...@gmail.com (Jeffrey Walton): > QEMU/KVM is mostly like Virtual Box. If you know Virtual Box, then you > have most of what you need for QEMU/KVM. I agree. Although _some_ terminology differs, and naturally things are organized somewhat differently in the UI,

Re: How to use dmsetuup?

Hi, David Christensen wrote: > Are there tools other than xorriso(1) that can create a compatible checksum? > Read the checksum? Not yet. The data format is documented in https://dev.lovelyhq.com/libburnia/libisofs/raw/branch/master/doc/checksums.txt For the general concept of AAIP attributes

Re: Installing on Radxa Rock Pi 4B using SD-card-images

On Mon, Nov 06, 2023 at 09:32:05AM +0800, jeremy ardley wrote: > > On 6/11/23 06:26, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > I think you've hit the curse of almost all ARM single board computers. > > Almost all are small production runs / out of East Asia somewhere as > > "prototypes"** with a board support

Re: Debian support for ARM SBCs (was: Installing on Radxa Rock Pi 4B using SD-card-images)

On Sun, Nov 05, 2023 at 06:39:46PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > The way round this is to build u-boot or reverse-enginer the settings then > > do the same for a kernel, dtb and then debootstrap Debian yourself > > - that's exactly the sort of thing that folk do to get their boards > > "suppor

Re: Documentation for KVM/QEMU? [Re: How to get VMware Player going on Debian 12 bookworm]

On Mon, Nov 6, 2023 at 1:36 AM Rick Thomas wrote: > > Can anyone recommend good documentation on KVM/QEMU that would allow me to > get up to speed on it quickly? I don't know if or where good documentation exists. Sorry about that. QEMU/KVM is mostly like Virtual Box. If you know Virtual Box, t

Re: how to find libreoffice is built for architecture

Am 06.11.2023 um 06:42:41 Uhr schrieb జిందం వాఐి: > * example_ libreoffice-writer 7.6.3~rc1-2 > is not available for architectures_ > armhf, mips64el, s390x [ 1 ] > * how to find if libreoffice-writer 7.6.3 > is available for above missing > architectures > > [ 1 ] https://packages.debian.org/exp

xorriso and SIGTERM/SIGINT handler (was: Re: How to use dmsetuup?)

On 05/11/2023 15:04, Thomas Schmitt wrote: If you want to abort earlier, do not press Ctrl+C but rather do touch /var/opt/xorriso/do_abort_check_media I do not have an optical drive around for last years, so feel free to ignore my question. Are there obstacles making implementation of prope

Re: How to get VMware Player going on Debian 12 bookworm

PPS: If VMware isn't a good choice, would there be a better VM supervisor I could use? If so, can you point me to a set of instructions for it? * these are MY personal opnions from experience [ almost decade ago ] [ may not be correct or relevant ] * my laptop with amd processor [ low end model

Documentation for KVM/QEMU? [Re: How to get VMware Player going on Debian 12 bookworm]

Can anyone recommend good documentation on KVM/QEMU that would allow me to get up to speed on it quickly? Thanks! Rick On Sun, Nov 5, 2023, at 4:33 AM, Michael Kjörling wrote: > On 5 Nov 2023 10:56 +0100, from andr...@xss.co.at (Andreas Haumer): >>> PPS: If VMware isn't a good choice, would the

Re: Installing on Radxa Rock Pi 4B using SD-card-images

On 6/11/23 06:26, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: I think you've hit the curse of almost all ARM single board computers. Almost all are small production runs / out of East Asia somewhere as "prototypes"** with a board support package (BSP) that's probably just the manufacturer's kernel, u-boot and d

how to find libreoffice is built for architecture

* example_ libreoffice-writer 7.6.3~rc1-2 is not available for architectures_ armhf, mips64el, s390x [ 1 ] * how to find if libreoffice-writer 7.6.3 is available for above missing architectures [ 1 ] https://packages.debian.org/experimental/libreoffice-writer -- regards, జిందం వాఐి [ jindam, van

Re: Installing on Radxa Rock Pi 4B using SD-card-images

On 11/5/23 17:26, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 12:22:36PM -0400, Daniel Gnoutcheff wrote: The best answer is if the board has been supported for a while by Armbian then that is probably a better choice than a less well supported/documented manufacturer specific build of Debia

Debian support for ARM SBCs (was: Installing on Radxa Rock Pi 4B using SD-card-images)

> The way round this is to build u-boot or reverse-enginer the settings then > do the same for a kernel, dtb and then debootstrap Debian yourself > - that's exactly the sort of thing that folk do to get their boards > "supported in Debian" - folk like vagrantc and gwolf. > Painful isn't in it - t

Re: How to use dmsetuup?

On 11/5/23 14:16, Thomas Schmitt wrote: David Christensen wrote: Adding checksum file(s) to the contents burned to disc is an important step that should not be omitted I let xorriso compute and store the checksums in a non-file block range at the end of the ISO filesystem. Each file gets an AA

Re: Installing on Radxa Rock Pi 4B using SD-card-images

On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 12:22:36PM -0400, Daniel Gnoutcheff wrote: > > The best answer is if the board has been supported for a while by > > Armbian then that is probably a better choice than a less well > > supported/documented manufacturer specific build of Debian. > > Oh, I should clarify. By

Re: How to use dmsetuup?

On 11/5/23 12:46, debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: David Christensen wrote: On 11/5/23 01:04, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Lesson learnt: Never overwrite the two youngest backups. I try to use the term "backup" to mean a data copying process whereby older data is overwritten by newer data. I tr

Re: How to use dmsetuup?

Hi, David Christensen wrote: > Adding checksum file(s) to the contents burned to disc is an important step > that should not be omitted I let xorriso compute and store the checksums in a non-file block range at the end of the ISO filesystem. Each file gets an AAIP attribute which points to an MD5

Re: How do I connect my new wifi router (Mi Router 4C)?

On Sun, Nov 05, 2023 at 06:48:47AM +, Tixy wrote: > On Sat, 2023-11-04 at 20:08 +0100, Martin wrote: > [...] > > BTW putting above script into /etc/nftables.conf (at the bottom of file) > > did not ever worked - I had always to run that file manualy as root. > > Command 'nft list ruleset' only

Re: How do I connect my new wifi router (Mi Router 4C)?

On Sun, Nov 05, 2023 at 10:26:17AM +0200, Anssi Saari wrote: > Anyways, a typical masquerade rule would specify the source network and > an outgoing interface. For example, I have in my Linux router: > > ip saddr 10.0.2.0/24 oifname "enp1s0" masquerade > > so for you that would become > > ip sad

Re: How to use dmsetuup?

David Christensen wrote: > On 11/5/23 01:04, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > Lesson learnt: Never overwrite the two youngest backups. > > I try to use the term "backup" to mean a data copying process whereby > older data is overwritten by newer data. > > I try to use the term "archive' to mean a d

Re: How to use dmsetuup?

On 11/5/23 01:04, Thomas Schmitt wrote: David Christensen wrote: I have been burning archive DVD-R discs for ~14 years and storing them in a drawer (e.g. darkness). I checked the oldest just now and it reads okay. That's my experience too. Okay. I check by MD5 which are stored on the m

Re: Anybody familiar with dd (copy)?

Hello, Am 05.11.2023 um 12:19 schrieb Schwibinger Michael: Good morning Thank You. Can this help: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/39504/best-way-to-copy-all-files-ignoring-errors,,hotmail I do not know. ... I put in a DVD and try to copy the data to HD mc is saying: Cannot cop

Re: How do I connect my new wifi router (Mi Router 4C)?

On 05/11/2023 13:48, Tixy wrote: On Sat, 2023-11-04 at 20:08 +0100, Martin wrote: [...] BTW putting above script into /etc/nftables.conf (at the bottom of file) did not ever worked - I had always to run that file manualy as root. Command 'nft list ruleset' only then showed this table. I have no

Re: How to use dmsetuup?

On 11/5/23 05:28, David Christensen wrote: On 11/5/23 01:47, gene heskett wrote: On 11/5/23 01:46, David Christensen wrote: I am worried that you are going to make a mistake and suffer a data disaster (partial or total).  That is why I suggested that you give the Asus a rest and build a backup

AW: Anybody familiar with dd (copy)?

Good morning Thank You. Can this help: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/39504/best-way-to-copy-all-files-ignoring-errors,,hotmail [https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/apple/Img/apple-touch-i...@2.png?v=b514451ec60c]

Re: mirror for debian 10

On Sun, Nov 05, 2023 at 04:51:22AM +, Russell L. Harris wrote: > I need to install Debian on a old machine (1700 Mhz Celeron). I > copied the installer image to USB stick and the installation appeared > to go properly until I tried without success to find a Debian mirror > which hosts Debian 1

Re: How to get VMware Player going on Debian 12 bookworm

On 5 Nov 2023 10:56 +0100, from andr...@xss.co.at (Andreas Haumer): >> PPS: If VMware isn't a good choice, would there be a better VM >> supervisor I could use? If so, can you point me to a set of >> instructions for it? > > To answer just these questions only: take a look at kvm/qemu and > the v

Re: How to get VMware Player going on Debian 12 bookworm

Am 05.11.2023 um 01:04:27 Uhr schrieb Rick Thomas: > But I can't seem to get vmware player to start up. What am I doing > wrong? Start it in a terminal and look for error messages.

Re: How to use dmsetuup?

On 11/5/23 01:47, gene heskett wrote: On 11/5/23 01:46, David Christensen wrote: I am worried that you are going to make a mistake and suffer a data disaster (partial or total).  That is why I suggested that you give the Asus a rest and build a backup server now. I'm also into 3d printers,

Re: How to get VMware Player going on Debian 12 bookworm

Hi! Am 05.11.23 um 10:04 schrieb Rick Thomas: [...] PPS: If VMware isn't a good choice, would there be a better VM supervisor I could use? If so, can you point me to a set of instructions for it? To answer just these questions only: take a look at kvm/qemu and the virt-manager GUI. See ht

Re: How to use dmsetuup?

On 11/5/23 01:46, David Christensen wrote: On 11/4/23 21:05, gene heskett wrote: On 11/4/23 23:15, David Christensen wrote: On 11/4/23 17:55, gene heskett wrote: FWIW the rw's I have and that continue to work, are Sony DVD+RW, well over 5 years old now. I understand there is a DVD-RW but I've

Re: How do I connect my new wifi router (Mi Router 4C)?

Martin writes: > #!/usr/sbin/nft -f > > table ip masqrule {} > flush table ip masqrule > table ip masqrule { > chain postrouting { > type nat hook postrouting priority srcnat; policy accept; > ip saddr 192.168.231.3/24 ip daddr != 192.168.231.3/24 masquerade > } > } > > When I execute

How to get VMware Player going on Debian 12 bookworm

The title says it all, I hope. I've tried installing vmware player on my Bookworm according to the instructions from https://techviewleo.com/install-vmware-on-debian/ But I can't seem to get vmware player to start up. What am I doing wrong? Is there a better location to look for instruct

Re: How to use dmsetuup?

Hi, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I have 3 100 disk spindles of dvd's bought years ago, that are > > no longer recognized in any of the 4 or 5 dvd writers I have, but one box > > of rewritables about the same age, stored n a light tight cardboard box, > > will likely outlast me. Unwritten write-once me

Re: mirror for debian 10

On Sun, Nov 05, 2023 at 08:07:06AM +0100, Marco M. wrote: Am 05.11.2023 um 06:32:10 Uhr schrieb Russell L. Harris: I was under the impression that Debian 12 would not work on older machines. Am I mistaken? It requires a i686 cpu (Pentium Pro or newer) despite the i386 in the packaging system

Re: mirror for debian 10

Am 05.11.2023 um 06:32:10 Uhr schrieb Russell L. Harris: > I was under the impression that Debian 12 would not work on older > machines. Am I mistaken? It requires a i686 cpu (Pentium Pro or newer) despite the i386 in the packaging system due to compatibility reasons. You Celeron 1.7 GHz will sa