Re: Availability of "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" for OFFLINE use

Am 19.09.2024 um 16:16 schrieb Richard Owlett: > Is the AMD64 version of "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" available > as a single file How about doing your homework? > perplexity.ai: > > Is the AMD64 version of "Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide" available as a > single file? > (...) > >

Re: Lost internet access on Trixie this morning.

Am 16.09.2024 um 20:27 schrieb Kent West: > > On 9/16/24 12:59 PM, Frank McCormick wrote: >> I am faced with a strange problem. I have no internet access on Trixie >> on  one of two partitions on my ssd. >> I was attempting to solve a problem I am having with Vivaldi by >> installing Seahorse.  Ap

Re: OT: Question to shell script

Am 06.09.2024 um 12:25 schrieb Hans: > Dear list, > > I am stuck with a little problem and know no one, whom I can ask. So I allow > me to ask here. > > I have several directories, and in each directory there is a shell script, > which MUST be started within and from its path. > > Now I wan

rasdaemon mishaps? what can i do?

introduced changes, and such.) So far... DdB

Re: Replying to a conversation (Thread)

Am 24.08.2024 um 23:36 schrieb Joe B: > Hello, > > IF i see a thread i want to jump into to help out how can i be part of > the conversation? as of right now i'm just putting the debian-user > list email and the RE with the subject and replying that way. > > I noticed on the list there is a messa

do we have KDE expertise among us?

t the right way? That's it for today, any comment/hint/suggestion warmly welcome, DdB

Re: Newbie install - Live DVD for 32 bit system

Am 21.08.2024 um 13:52 schrieb James Freer: > i tried > using debian-12.5-i386-DVD-1.iso This is an installation image (the first of a whole set). What you want is a live iso such as for example: debian-live-12.6.0-i386-xfce.iso unfortunately, i could only dig up https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimag

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

nto other iso images, but, makes it more complicated, more arguments, more margin for error. signing off for the week-end DdB

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

nto other iso images, but, makes it more complicated, more arguments, more margin for error. signing off for the week-end DdB

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

Am 02.08.2024 um 18:48 schrieb Anssi Saari: > Richard Owlett writes: > >> I was hoping I could somehow tell grub to run an installer's ISO image. >> I think the posted links will lead me adequately. > > I have actually tried that. The ISO image needs a little special support > so that after the

Re: OPERATOR ERROR ---- Re: Planned path

Am 02.08.2024 um 13:20 schrieb Richard Owlett: > They report "GNU GRUB version 2.02~beta3-5" Hey, that is good news! Apart from reading up on grub2 , you can also interrupt the boot menu and select a stanza, then press e to read it and event

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

and make it possible to reformat a drive, if need be. But there may not be a need. instead of me phantasising about your options, it would be much more to the point, if you were telling us, what you have now, and where you want to go. Or just ask, when you feel like it (same as before) :-) GL, DdB

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

Am 01.08.2024 um 21:11 schrieb Richard Owlett: > I've never had occasion to use Grub's command line. Good time to learn. > The existing install is so old it has Grub 1.??? rather than 2.??? . > Should that make any practical difference to manual install? > > Not sure about gpt vs mbr. I have whate

Re: Planned path - was [Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive]

Am 01.08.2024 um 17:33 schrieb Richard Owlett: > In the phrase "to boot the installer using grub stanza (or manually)", > just what does "(or manually)" refer to? I am using all of the options listed below depending on circumstances. If you are clear about using your hd to store an installer iso,

Re: Installing current i386 Debian on OLD syst W/O CD/DVD drive

manual is a bit short, but you can ask me, if you need. Look up A 2.4 here: https://d-i.debian.org/manual/en.amd64/apas02.html best regards, DdB

Re: Failed to boot on linux-image-4.19.0-27-cloud-amd64 under Xen 4.7

Am 25.07.2024 um 06:52 schrieb Sam Lander: > Rackspace Xen 4.7 linux-image-4.19.0-26-cloud-amd64 works, > linux-image-4.19.0-27-cloud-amd64 does not work. FWIW: I do not use the *clowd* kernels, but the regular ones in my VM's: > uname -a > Linux SuperServer 4.19.0-27-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.316

Re: cant login if --- (Filesystem / Use 100%)

pid to run into the "no space left on device" error messages, as the installer (anaconda?) does not seem to do a good job at that junkture. But the error messages coming up were misleading, to say the least, just as some suggestions - even from the gnome guys - may not have considered the real source of this problem. (?) GL with fixing it. DdB

Re: info

suffice to let you know/hint about the tasksel command? DdB

why reliable linux hasn't gained more market share?

ter for years to come, as he fails to show ownership of his decisions. He really just surfes the web and uses email at times, but ... his thinking about how computers _should_ work feels somewhat out of sync with reality. just my 2 cents, DdB

Re: VirtualBox (VB) and Windows on Debian

box. One thing though: Back in the days, i was using commodity hardware, limiting the things, i could do. My current box has plenty of RAM, processing power and disk space, so even running several VMs simultaneously doesnt cause any headache. Just my "worthless" experience... ;-) DdB

How to get the *.deb file?

, why there seems to be none or hint me to a workaround? DdB

Re: Why can't i get gnome extensions installed on bookwork?

Am 27.06.2024 um 19:59 schrieb Dan Ritter: > - GNOME doesn't want to support the extensions. > - Firefox doesn't want to support the extensions. > - Debian doesn't want to support the extensions but provides > the package > - the person who wrote the GNOME exte

Why can't i get gnome extensions installed on bookwork?

gnome extensions, but it claims, that would not be case. What am i missing? DdB

Re: Maximum size .bash_aliases file

experiencing right now. Wouldn't it be feasible to separate some of its volume out into normal bash files? Just my 2 cents DdB

Re: advanced scripting problems - or wrong approach?

Am 02.06.2024 um 02:41 schrieb DdB: > Will share my findings, once i made more progress... Here is what i've got before utilizing it: > datakanja@PBuster-NFox:/mnt/tmp$ cat test > #!/bin/bash -e > # testing usefulness of coprocess to control host and backup machine from a

Re: advanced scripting problems - or wrong approach?

n, i did verify it being correct and got overwhelmed with good feelings, as it allows me to learn and experiment some more, heading in the direction of possibly solving my initial problem. Will share my findings, once i made more progress... With appreciation, respect, admiration and love. DdB

Re: [Solved]: What DE to replace GNOME with?

stimate the difficulties associated with their usage. DdB

Re: advanced scripting problems - or wrong approach?

Am 01.06.2024 um 09:20 schrieb DdB: > Hello, > I get it: you wouldnt trust my scripts. Thats fine with me. But my experience is quite different: Software, i prefer using is such, that i keep control. And because backup means different things to different people, i did not bother to explain

advanced scripting problems - or wrong approach?

ited, done i get the output from ls, but then the thing is hanging indefinitely, apparently not reaching the exit line. :( Anyone who can share his experience to advance my experimenting? DdB

[Solved]: What DE to replace GNOME with?

Am 31.05.2024 um 12:57 schrieb DdB: > Hello, > > while being on old-old-stable still (buster) and preparing for an > upgrade to bookworm, i noticed, that GNOME once again lost compatibility > to my preferred extensions, giving me a hard choice to either go on with > my outdated

What DE to replace GNOME with?

;t know, what i should do. DdB

Re: realpath quoting

linux, i am using rename (perl based) to change spaces (in filenames) into something else, or such... HTH, DdB

Re: realpath quoting

if i get it right ... Several years back, when i had to import huge amounts of files from an outdated windows system, i found convmv to be somewhat helpful, as it is able to adjust character sets in filenames only, without touching their content. gl, DdB

Re: realpath quoting

Am 03.05.2024 um 00:59 schrieb jeremy ardley: > I have a need  to get the full path of a file that has spaces in its > name to use as a program argument > > e.g. > > jeremy@client:~$ ls -l name\ with\ spaces > -rw-r--r-- 1 jeremy jeremy 0 May  3 06:51 'name with spaces' > jeremy@client:~$ realpat

Re: Debian does not load zfs automatically at boot and strange messages displayed on the screen...

Am 30.04.2024 um 16:48 schrieb Mario Marietto: > Probably this is not the proper method to do it ? Done it in vm's and on bare metal many times. Never ran into your kind of problems. :-( Here is the guide, i suggest: https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/Getting%20Started/Debian/index.html#instal

SOLVED (was: Re: using mbuffer: what am i doing wrong?)

Am 11.04.2024 um 15:49 schrieb Marc SCHAEFER: > Hello, > > On Tue, Apr 09, 2024 at 03:13:01PM +0200, DdB wrote: >> from my research, the abbreviated takeaway is: > > I never used mbuffer, I use buffer combined with netcat-traditional: > ># receiver (TCP server

Re: using mbuffer: what am i doing wrong?

ow as desired. Great relief and a good lesson: not to install net-tools, but iproute2 instead. :-) Have a nice day! DdB

using mbuffer: what am i doing wrong?

t point, i decided, i would appreciate some hint from people more experienced than i am. What am i doing wrong? DdB

Re: Why LVM (was: HDD long-term data storage with ensured integrity)

a bit too > magical/hidden for my taste, so they sometimes change when I don't want > them to and vice versa). Even GPT brings you the chance to name hings (like part_label), only it does not force you. But i have been using that for 10+ years as a routine. DdB

Re: making Debian secure by default

best we can without falling asleep. Just my 2 cents DdB

SOLVED (was: Re: help needed to get a bookworm install to succeed)

actice. But apart from losing some of my illusions the hard way, all is well. A big thank you to all the crowd offering suggestions and encouragement. so long, DdB

Re: help needed to get a bookworm install to succeed

nd ideas and just have to wait for a friend of mine to overcome my physical handicap to see some progress. :-) Tx 2 everyone DdB

help needed to get a bookworm install to succeed

s. i would like to use the installer, as debootstrapping would necessitate alot more knowledge than mine. Suggestions are welcome :-) DdB

Re: partition reporting full, but not

Am 19.02.2024 um 04:20 schrieb Keith Bainbridge: > I am convinced that the missing space is used by btrfs snapshot process. First off: I am not a btrfs user (and will never be, i might add). I am using zfs since many years, and - although i read an awful lot of documentation beforehand, and played

Re: Copy from Firefox and paste into Terminal with Vim

Am 06.02.2024 um 00:14 schrieb David Christensen: > Comments or suggestions? This may be unrelated, but ... I can copy/paste using the mouse, or - if i use the keyboard - i need to copy paste using CTRL-Shift-C and CTRL-Shift-V (when in the terminal emulator like gnome-terminal or terminator)

Re: Request about Boot Repair Disk

Am 27.01.2024 um 19:03 schrieb fran...@libero.it: > (it is a long report) This is interesting ... BUT i lack the required experience: Neither do i use Windows nor a notebook, but i would guess, that the last paragraph from your report contains the root cause of your problem: > Please do not fo

Re: How to compare contents of two folders against third one?

> filesystems and who knows what else. In that case, i suggest to have a look at fdupes. I am using it for the same purpose with success since long time. cheers, DdB

Re: Unattended upgrade of grub failed

Am 08.10.2023 um 12:46 schrieb DdB: > OMG, this looks wrong to me. Errata: I apologize for spreading nonsense. My mistake was, that, although most of my vm's are actually using UEFI, the one, i was testing was NOT. Sorry for my confusion. Disregard my earlier statements ...

Re: Unattended upgrade of grub failed

Am 08.10.2023 um 11:33 schrieb Marco M.: > Specifying a block device for boot loader installation is only needed > for BIOS boot and not for UEFI boot, so in case of an UEFI system, > grub-pc isn't needed. > OMG, this looks wrong to me. So i went to check in practice, using a virtual machine, tha

Re: Unattended upgrade of grub failed

deed install themselves automatically. That is why i suggest updating interactively this one time for grub and relateds to succeed... HTH, DdB

Re: Need help with PGP signature verification

estions/1297670/how-do-i-check-gpg-signature-given-only-the-fingerprint-and-key-id which also contains security related warnings and hints. HTH, DdB

Re: Letting Windows go: scanning

ood luck with your endeavor. DdB

Re: [a bit OT] Automate a (G o o g l e) search from a list of strings

ce, i would maybe use wget to search one site, eventually modify the output with awk, and parallelize it all for several websites by the means of GNU parallel, expecting to create a one-liner for it. just my 2 cents DdB

Re: Using the bash shell: determine if the root user used 'sudo -i'

not "/root", > then this was not executed with "sudo -i" > assert "echo $HOME" /root "nicht mit sudo -i aufgerufen" > assert pwd /root "nicht mit sudo -i aufgerufen" hope, this will give you a clue ;-) DdB

Re: Fwd: Problem verifying iso file

Am 24.06.2023 um 00:09 schrieb Thomas George: > I tried md5sum SHA512SUMS.txt debian-12.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso > > The outputs do not match Seriously? i would have tried sha512sum -c ShA512SUMS.txt in the folder, where the iso can be found. gl next time DdB

Re: VirtualBox key is store in deprecated legacy keyring

Am 20.06.2023 um 04:58 schrieb Rick Thomas: > PS: As an aside, it appears that the VirtualBox developers at Oracle waited > until Bookworm was officially released before they started working on getting > a bookworm version of their software, so I'm still using the Bullseye version > -- which se

Re: package managers problem

will most certainly be neglected. FWIW, i chose to let you know anyway. DdB

Re: Please help with not booting from USB so to install Debian

Am 08.06.2023 um 20:36 schrieb Rodolfo Medina: > I want to install Debian on a new machine but don't manage to boot from USB > stick. (I can do so regularly with another machine, so the USB stick is ok > and > so is the Debian netinst I burned onto it.) At the boot I press F9 and a menu > appear

Re: how to change boot screen image?

Am 09.06.2023 um 09:05 schrieb hlyg: > > On 6/9/23 09:01, DdB wrote: >> >> STFW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAi2UfUkp_A >>   + >> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/349234/how-to-show-kernel-boot-messages-by-modifying-grub-config-files >> >>

Re: how to change boot screen image?

Am 09.06.2023 um 01:45 schrieb hlyg: > i've installed deb11 for i386 from live lxde CD > > i want to change boot screen image > > i browse /boot/grub, can't get clue > > lxde has many menus to change appearance, but i can't find menu to > change boot screen > > btw is it possible to show kernel

Re: UUIDS (addenum)

Am 28.05.2023 um 01:37 schrieb mick.crane: > (...) > and gives intramfs prompt. > Am I supposed to be able to sort it out from there? > like how? > mick oh the initramfs prompt... that is not the place to fix it easily. much easier to stop while booting grub (like asking for the menuitem, you are

Re: UUIDS

Am 28.05.2023 um 01:37 schrieb mick.crane: > I'm sure it used to be that you could swap linux discs between PCs and > it would sort itself out but I try swapping disks about and booting and > they complain > "Cannot find UUID..lots of identifying numbers" > and gives intramfs prompt. > Am I suppose

Re: GPT backup table, was Re: virtualisation

Am 26.05.2023 um 11:47 schrieb Thomas Schmitt: > (...) > (And as mick.crane already noticed, it is a bit awkward to create an > extended partiton 2 only to fill it nearly up with logical partition 5. > I wonder what entity decided to do so.) > About one year ago, i was helping some neighbor at se

Re: os-prober Just a Rant

working grub.cfg. Maybe i should not call os-prober broken (or grub, for that matter) but people working on it certainly do not consider the wide range of workflows making use of grub's features, but i consider it insufficient for my needs big time. FWIW - you are not alone. DdB

Re: What does "freeze" mean in Debian?

Am 25.05.2023 um 10:06 schrieb Hans: > Hi folks, > > just a little thing, I am somehow confused about. > > I read that debian/testing is now in state "freeze" as the next release is > shortly to come. > > As I running "bookworm" now, I am wondering, that debian/testing (aka > bookworm), still

Re: Ok so Now which backup should I use

s carried out since. And i am happy with the choice. You might take a look as well: https://www.fsarchiver.org/ just my 2 cents, DdB

Re: sudoers question

s, this entails? Would you hand out a loaded weapon to a child? (I certainly did not.) just saying ... good luck DdB

shame on me (was: Re: No fool like an old fool (debian installation probs))

Am 02.05.2023 um 05:50 schrieb David Wright: > On Tue 02 May 2023 at 02:21:20 (+0200), DdB wrote: >> Am 01.05.2023 um 21:38 schrieb David Wright: >>> And PARTLABELs aren't interfered with even by the installer. >> >> This at least i can contradict for a fact. &g

Re: No fool like an old fool (debian installation probs)

x27;s AND the PARTUUIDS were changed, which was a huge surprise. Just knowing about this, i can deal with the situation, but i think, this is based on a false understanding of how a persistent identification should be dealt with. my 2 cents DdB

Re: No fool like an old fool (debian installation probs)

erns, somthing i am trying to understand and consider. Just keep in mind, that if a problem arises, i might not be able too deal with, i will be cut off from everything, no paper based calendar even exists. So i am careful. DdB

Re: No fool like an old fool (debian installation probs)

Am 01.05.2023 um 10:33 schrieb Michel Verdier: > Le 1 mai 2023 DdB a écrit : > >> Any suggestions/questions/hints from the power-users in here? >> ... would be wildly appreciated ... > > When installing you have to stop on your first problem. The others could > be c

No fool like an old fool (debian installation probs)

Am 01.05.2023 um 10:23 schrieb Michel Verdier: > Le 1 mai 2023 DdB a écrit : > >> But omitting GNOME from the list lead to a system failing to boot with >> tons of messages stating the absense of all kind of gnome parts. > > To install without gnome I select the task

No fool like an old fool (debian installation probs)

am accessing the net fom a VPN? - I don't think so. Any suggestions/questions/hints from the power-users in here? ... would be wildly appreciated ... DdB

Re: Looking for inspiration/advice/best practices on system upgrade

Am 25.04.2023 um 15:43 schrieb David Wright: > On Tue 25 Apr 2023 at 09:11:23 (+0200), DdB wrote: (...) > > The problem lies with the user accounts 101–999 (and releated groups), > which are system accounts created in a somewhat random manner as > packages are installed on each sys

Re: Looking for inspiration/advice/best practices on system upgrade

Am 25.04.2023 um 02:18 schrieb David Christensen: > I have a SOHO network with FreeBSD servers and Debian, Windows, macOS, > and iOS clients.  The hardware is anywhere from new to 16 years old. > Where possible, I install a 2.5" SATA 6 Gbps trayless mobile racks in > the computers and use 2.5" SATA

Looking for inspiration/advice/best practices on system upgrade

ing out the file permission issue, followed by attempting the upgrade in a vm first. Thanks again for the linked article, which will come in handily. Cheers, DdB

Looking for inspiration/advice/best practices on system upgrade

Thank you for providing your take on this. Am 24.04.2023 um 19:46 schrieb Dan Ritter: > Upgrade buster to bullseye, reboot, upgrade to bookworm. > > Solve the final set of problems, not all the intermediates which > may have been fixed. interesting consideration there. :-) > (...) If you have own

Looking for inspiration/advice/best practices on system upgrade

g such a professional solution going way too far. I can be patient, but i would like to find the most reasonable path to get a more up-to-date system soon. Would anyone with more experience, than i have, give me their point-of-view/recommendations as food-for-thought, please? Thank you in advance DdB

Re: efi problem

Am 22.04.2023 um 21:01 schrieb mick.crane: > Any idea what the correct manifestation  would  be to get the PC to boot > the debian installer CD? Without checking your CPU and general hardware, it would be dangerous to speculate as of what you need. But to give at least one hint to you, i'll copy f

Re: efi problem

sible, but not exactly trivial. Learning is involved and desirable. Have fun DdB

Re: gitification (was Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?

attributes audit is involved. I can understand if somebody is >> pushing you toward git. At the same time I see nothing bad in tracking >> config files in git. >> >> If you are looking for a backup tool that keeps metadata then it is >> better to ask it explicitly to to get suggestions like rdiff-backup. Just saying: I do very much appreciate your post. Thank you for that. DdB

Re: /etc/fstab question (problem)?

You got your plan mapped out. and i agree, except for one little detail: see below. - Am 19.04.2023 um 22:06 schrieb Default User: >> I think, it is the case when reboot is safer. Open file descriptors >> remain on the original partition. However I do not expect that single >> user mode or booting

Re: tmp on tmpfs

onfig is still in my fstab and the system behaves fine since. Just got to confess, that i am still on debian buster (=old-old-stable very soon). just saying DdB -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEumgd33HMGU/Wk4ZRe3aiXLdoWD0FAmQ/lFoACgkQe3aiXLdo WD0Y3g/9Gb4bFB+JkO0OUrKLKS9a6jEjMaSYmy

/etc/fstab question (problem)?

Am 18.04.2023 um 16:59 schrieb Default User: > Hey, I have a strange situation! Wow! Am I misunderstanding something? You seem to be well in control of your system, thus i am i bit surprised as of the simplicity of your question. If it was me, i would just find out, where exactly tmp resides now,

Re: Which Diff tool could I use for visually comparing two text files where Word Wrap is possible?

Am 01.04.2023 um 05:37 schrieb Susmita/Rajib: > Dear Mr. DdB: > I fondly remember my interaction with you some time during May 2022. > Perhaps you have overlooked that I needed text wrapping for diff. I > have checked the synaptic screenshot for meld, have installed and > tried

Re: Which Diff tool could I use for visually comparing two text files where Word Wrap is possible?

Am 31.03.2023 um 18:13 schrieb Susmita/Rajib: > My dear illustrious leaders and senior debian-user list-members, > > I tried diffuse, but it appears to me that it suffers from a > limitation so far as my need is concerned. It compares files by lines > and line numbers, so I can't use word-wrap to

Re: youtube-dl → yt-dlp, was Re: OT: Detecting ISP throttling (was: Re: Potentially OT. Videos lagging & buffering in any browser but Google Chrome.)

Am 31.03.2023 um 00:28 schrieb l0f...@tuta.io: > How do you get that URL? Via your browser resource/code inspector? Hi, i had been asking not having to answer that question, because i myself do not really understand, how it works. I stumbled across an explanation while skimming through open issue

Re: youtube-dl → yt-dlp, was Re: OT: Detecting ISP throttling (was: Re: Potentially OT. Videos lagging & buffering in any browser but Google Chrome.)

Am 30.03.2023 um 20:20 schrieb Bret Busby: > On 31/3/23 02:08, David Wright wrote: >> On Fri 31 Mar 2023 at 01:41:04 (+0800), Bret Busby wrote: >>> On 31/3/23 00:40, David Wright wrote: On Thu 30 Mar 2023 at 19:31:21 (+0800), Bret Busby wrote: > I had previously been able to use youtu

Re: should CLI have a nice UI today?

e difficulties/impossibility to create a GUI with identical powers. Even if i am assisting some neighbor at using their linux computer, i find myself losing my patience at times and just opening up a terminal window to execute some job faster than pointing and clicking could provide. I LOVE my command line! just my 2 cents DdB

artifiial intelligence (was: Re: question about net address)

Wow! Great hint there! I just tested it in a couple of areas and found it to be quite useful, by far more up-to-date and i did enjoy the experience. Thank you for sharing it. Am 19.03.2023 um 12:01 schrieb Yassine Chaouche: > In contrast, > a tool like perplexity.ai is an answer-questionning tool.

Re: Whole-disk RAID and GPT/UEFI

ns, and then read the doc (in your script) and execute it. That is what i do (because i keep forgetting things faster and faster ;-)) And usually, the script gets better over time after several runs ... Sorry, that i have no better suggestion. Good luck DdB

Re: Whole-disk RAID and GPT/UEFI

Am 22.02.2023 um 16:30 schrieb Nicolas George: > Is there something I have missed? I cannot say yes or no. But, of the top of my head, i know, that gdisk does support a strange thing called hybrid between MBR and GPT, where a clean GPT formatted drive contains (instead of a protective MBR) an MBR

Re: Test ECC memory

Am 20.02.2023 um 23:48 schrieb krys...@ibse.cz: > I am sorry, it was little missleading - not that they can not support them, > but there is no official document that would state so. The only official > specsheet I saw that explicitely mentions ECC support is this one: > https://www.amd.com/en/p

Re: Test ECC memory

d not report any faults (which ofc would be several layers above ecc) either in 3 years, which did help in falling asleep. ;-) Anyone experiencing some wind in his sails while sailing along similar paths? ... Would be welcome ... DdB

Re: Partitioning an SSD?

Am 16.02.2023 um 13:30 schrieb DdB: > Unfortunately, the > data set related to this, i could gather personally is not large > enough to be telling. https://www.servethehome.com/ssd-alignment-quickly-benchmark-ssd/

Re: Partitioning an SSD?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Am 16.02.2023 um 13:00 schrieb The Wanderer: > This being the very first time I can remember having encountered > even the suggestion that there's no need to be concerned about > erase-block sizes when dealing with SSDs et cetera, I hope it's > under

Re: Partitioning an SSD?

Am 16.02.2023 um 09:31 schrieb Felix Miata: > None of the 25 or so SSDs/NVMEs I have have 4k sectors. e.g. Wow, they must be rather old, then. ;-) I know, i am not the only one ... https://serverfault.com/questions/1113068/how-to-find-page-size-of-my-ssd

Re: Partitioning an SSD?

Am 16.02.2023 um 08:22 schrieb Felix Miata: > What physical boundaries do SSDs have to report? All I know about that are > exposed > are sector size and sector count. I have yet to find one where > logical/physical > were not 512B/512B. That is what i meant: nowadays SSD's at least are AF Advanc

Re: Partitioning an SSD?

Am 16.02.2023 um 07:44 schrieb DdB: > I do use (NVMe-) SSD, and i did partition it. > I did it to make sure, pages/partitions start on PHYSICAL boundaries, > not the logical ones reported to satisfy Windooze. Not every model > reports correct hardware parameters to the OS. >

Re: Partitioning an SSD?

Am 15.02.2023 um 23:58 schrieb PMA: > Dear Debian, > > I'm preparing to install Debian 11.5.0 on a new computer. > Its drives are SSDs, not the HDDs I've been accustomed > to and have always fastidiously *partitioned*. > > With my file groupings already well differentiated c/o > directory-tree la

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