Re: Portable Debian?

2016-06-02 Thread Glenn English
> On 2016-05-11, emetib wrote: >> I know this is a little off topic, yet I wrote this a while back >> because of script kiddies messing with ssh on my server at the time. Use ssh key logins and a packet filter to allow only certain IP(s)/user(s) to access your server(s)? -- Glenn English

Re: Portable Debian?

2016-06-02 Thread Oliver Briscbois
On 2016-05-11, emetib wrote: >I know this is a little off topic, yet I wrote this a while back >because of script kiddies messing with ssh on my server at the time. Thanks for that. Oliver

Re: Portable Debian?

2016-05-11 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 11 May 2016 23:30:52 emetib wrote: > I know this is a little off topic, yet I wrote this a while back because of > script kiddies messing with ssh on my server at the time. > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1voXlQpos4uI0qhndcIunBew1mmQbwTPl07xG5JF >8bNM/edit?usp=drive_web It checks

Re: Portable Debian?

2016-05-11 Thread emetib
I know this is a little off topic, yet I wrote this a while back because of script kiddies messing with ssh on my server at the time. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1voXlQpos4uI0qhndcIunBew1mmQbwTPl07xG5JF8bNM/edit?usp=drive_web It checks your auth.log for people trying to get in that don't b

Re: Portable Debian?

2016-05-11 Thread Steve Matzura
On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 23:00:53 +0100, Lisi wrote: >Did you discover the Adriane version? Now available as an alternative boot on >the mainstream disk. It is specifically for the blind and partially sighted, >and has things like Daisy Player there, as well as screen readers and speech. >Adriane

Re: Portable Debian?

2016-04-27 Thread David Christensen
On 04/27/2016 02:10 PM, Joe wrote: On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:43:08 -0400 Steve Matzura wrote: Do you still think I should go the mech drive route and not put it on a USB key? I've been happy with the drive, but as I said, I'm looking for a SSD replacement soon. I've found typical USB sticks to

Re: Portable Debian?

2016-04-27 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 27 April 2016 20:43:08 Steve Matzura wrote: > Either I'm smarter than I think (LOL), or you're psychic. I looked at > Knoppix earlier this morning. I didn't know about the throwaway aspect > of it, though, Did you discover the Adriane version? Now available as an alternative boot on

Re: Portable Debian?

2016-04-27 Thread Joe
On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 15:43:08 -0400 Steve Matzura wrote: > Joe: > > On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 19:05:26 +0100, you wrote: > > >The most versatile system that I know of is Debian-based Knoppix, but > >the development effort goes into hardware detection and driving, with > >the result that it is not main

Re: Portable Debian?

2016-04-27 Thread Steve Matzura
Joe: On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 19:05:26 +0100, you wrote: >The most versatile system that I know of is Debian-based Knoppix, but >the development effort goes into hardware detection and driving, with >the result that it is not maintainable. It is installable to a hard >drive, but you throw it away and

Re: Portable Debian?

2016-04-27 Thread Joe
On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:44:31 -0400 Steve Matzura wrote: > On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 20:22:48 +0100, Joe wrote: > > >I've found that a minimal installation, then dpkg --get-selections > >and --set-selections and a bit of judicious /etc copying, to be a > >fairly painless way to get a clean near-copy of

Re: Portable Debian?

2016-04-27 Thread Steve Matzura
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 19:04:40 -0700, David Christensen wrote: >Alternatively, make your own Debian Live images (hybrid ISO -- can put >on optical discs or USB drives): > > https://www.debian.org/devel/debian-live/ Good solution. It solves the drivers problem for sure.

Re: Portable Debian?

2016-04-27 Thread Steve Matzura
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 20:22:48 +0100, Joe wrote: >I've found that a minimal installation, then dpkg --get-selections and >--set-selections and a bit of judicious /etc copying, to be a fairly >painless way to get a clean near-copy of an existing installation. I >migrated a server, I think lenny or sq

Re: Portable Debian?

2016-04-25 Thread David Christensen
On 04/25/2016 03:21 AM, Steve Matzura wrote: My system that I built late last year/early this year is running great, except for the occasional overrun of inbound ssh from such addresses as 59.*.*.*, 213.*.*.* and others, but that's only because I have not put any blockers in place, either on my h

Re: Portable Debian?

2016-04-25 Thread Joe
On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:07:09 -0400 Steve Matzura wrote: > Joe: > > On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 15:17:08 +0100, you wrote: > > >I run ssh on a non-standard port, and my router redirects to 22 of > >my server, alternatively ssh itself will listen wherever you tell it > >to. > > That's probably what I

Re: Portable Debian?

2016-04-25 Thread Steve Matzura
Joe: On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 15:17:08 +0100, you wrote: >I run ssh on a non-standard port, and my router redirects to 22 of my >server, alternatively ssh itself will listen wherever you tell it to. That's probably what I should be doing. As you say, it keeps the logs clean and the riff-raff at bay.

Re: Portable Debian?

2016-04-25 Thread Joe
On 25/04/2016 11:21, Steve Matzura wrote: My system that I built late last year/early this year is running great, except for the occasional overrun of inbound ssh from such addresses as 59.*.*.*, 213.*.*.* and others, but that's only because I have not put any blockers in place, either on my home

Portable Debian?

2016-04-25 Thread Steve Matzura
My system that I built late last year/early this year is running great, except for the occasional overrun of inbound ssh from such addresses as 59.*.*.*, 213.*.*.* and others, but that's only because I have not put any blockers in place, either on my home gateway device or my Debian system, but tha

Re: portable Debian

2010-02-18 Thread Rob Owens
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 03:59:13PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > I've found that deleting 75-persistent-net-generator.rules takes care of > > the network devices. > > Yes, but you should expect this file to re-appear at the next package > upgrade, which is why I opted for an "rm" in /etc/rc.loc

Re: portable Debian

2010-02-17 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-02-17 21:59 +0100, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> I've found that deleting 75-persistent-net-generator.rules takes care of >> the network devices. > > Yes, but you should expect this file to re-appear at the next package > upgrade, which is why I opted for an "rm" in /etc/rc.local. Another opti

Re: portable Debian

2010-02-17 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I've found that deleting 75-persistent-net-generator.rules takes care of > the network devices. Yes, but you should expect this file to re-appear at the next package upgrade, which is why I opted for an "rm" in /etc/rc.local. Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@li

Re: portable Debian

2010-02-16 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,15.Feb.10, 23:47:44, Chris Jones wrote: > What I did on my machine with a BIOS that will never recognize USB > devices, was boot off of the hard drive grub and then point grub2 to the > USB device from the shell that's accessible by hitting 'c' on the grub > boot menu. > > With current ve

Re: portable Debian

2010-02-16 Thread Mark Allums
On 2/15/2010 10:36 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote: Some "live" distributions have "USB environments" (I call them) which allow you to create a bootable image complete with a good-sized /home/ space for data on a USB thumb drive. An example is Knoppix (http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/), which has a uti

Re: portable Debian

2010-02-16 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> A good place to test your system is the local consumer >> electronics store. > Closed a couple of years ago, CompUSA that is. > I still have a Best Buy not too far from me, but I'm not sure they would > be agreeable beyond a quick boot, which would be okay if everything > works, but not ideal if

Re: portable Debian

2010-02-16 Thread Rob Owens
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:47:44PM -0500, Chris Jones wrote: > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:36:23AM EST, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > - Some udev rules try to give unique and *stable* names to devices by > > simply remembering the names they used in the past. On a system that > > you move around on

Re: portable Debian

2010-02-15 Thread Chris Jones
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:36:23AM EST, Stefan Monnier wrote: [..] > - getting your BIOS find your kernel: > - some machines can't boot from USB at all. > - others can, but with some restrictions (typically Apple hardware, > so I end up having to setup my flash key with grub-efi-32, >

Re: portable Debian

2010-02-15 Thread Chris Jones
On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:45:22AM EST, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Not that I can confirm my USB stick 'portable debian' would work on a > > wide range of systems. For a number of reasons I was not able to pursue > > this much further than what is described in my notes,

Re: portable Debian

2010-02-15 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Not that I can confirm my USB stick 'portable debian' would work on a > wide range of systems. For a number of reasons I was not able to pursue > this much further than what is described in my notes, one of them being > that I did not have access to a target machine (or ma

Re: portable Debian

2010-02-15 Thread Stefan Monnier
>>> Well, no, what i really want is a portable Debian, so i can, for >>> example, build a web app and show it everywhere without need a web >>> server and just have my own configuration and run it every where > Some "live" distributions have "USB

Re: portable Debian

2010-02-13 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 10:01:58AM -0430, Germana Oliveira wrote: > Rob: Sorry not to trust you!! > > I already read a little bit of Debian Live, so should i follow : > http://live.debian.net/manual/html/ch02s03.html > > so i can install Debian Live in a HDD, or maybe i go for the USB ... > How m

Re: portable Debian

2010-02-13 Thread Mark Allums
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 08:44:59AM EST, Germana Oliveira wrote: Well, no, what i really want is a portable Debian, so i can, for example, build a web app and show it everywhere without need a web server and just have my own configuration and run it every where Some "live" dis

Re: portable Debian

2010-02-13 Thread Chris Jones
ovide general directions. Not that I can confirm my USB stick 'portable debian' would work on a wide range of systems. For a number of reasons I was not able to pursue this much further than what is described in my notes, one of them being that I did not have access to a target machine (or

Re: portable Debian

2010-02-13 Thread Germana Oliveira
eb 13, 2010 at 08:44:59AM EST, Germana Oliveira wrote: > > > Well, no, what i really want is a portable Debian, so i can, for > > example, build a web app and show it everywhere without need a web > > server and just have my own configuration and run it every where > > Is

Re: portable Debian

2010-02-13 Thread Chris Jones
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 08:44:59AM EST, Germana Oliveira wrote: > Well, no, what i really want is a portable Debian, so i can, for > example, build a web app and show it everywhere without need a web > server and just have my own configuration and run it every where Is this wha

Re: portable Debian

2010-02-13 Thread Germana Oliveira
framework? THANKS El sáb, 13-02-2010 a las 09:45 -0500, Rob Owens escribió: > On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 09:14:59AM -0430, Germana Oliveira wrote: > > Well, no, what i really want is a portable Debian, so i can, for > > example, build a web app and show it everywhere without need a

Re: portable Debian

2010-02-13 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 09:14:59AM -0430, Germana Oliveira wrote: > Well, no, what i really want is a portable Debian, so i can, for > example, build a web app and show it everywhere without need a web > server and just have my own configuration and run it every where > Debian L

Re: portable Debian

2010-02-13 Thread Germana Oliveira
Well, no, what i really want is a portable Debian, so i can, for example, build a web app and show it everywhere without need a web server and just have my own configuration and run it every where El mié, 10-02-2010 a las 20:34 -0500, Rob Owens escribió: > I think you want Debian L

Re: portable Debian

2010-02-10 Thread Rob Owens
I think you want Debian Live. http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/ I use it to boot multiple machines from a USB flash drive, but it should work for a USB hard drive as well. -Rob On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 04:20:46PM -0400, Germana Oliveira wrote: > Hi!! > > I want to know if someone have done

Re: portable Debian

2010-02-10 Thread mtp5150
Germana Oliveira wrote: Hi!! I want to know if someone have done this before: I have a external disk, and i install Debian in it from my PC, but when i try to run it from my laptop i just can' t... but i just want to know if somebody have done this and how, should i install it with some espe

Re: portable Debian

2010-02-10 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:20:46 -0400 Germana Oliveira wrote: > Hi!! > > I want to know if someone have done this before: > > I have a external disk, and i install Debian in it from my PC, but when i > try to run it from my laptop i just can' t... but i just want to know if > somebody have done th

Re: portable Debian

2010-02-10 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 04:20:46PM -0400, Germana Oliveira wrote: > Hi!! > > I want to know if someone have done this before: > > I have a external disk, and i install Debian in it from my PC, but when i > try to run it from my laptop i just can' t... but i just want to know if what is the error

portable Debian

2010-02-10 Thread Germana Oliveira
Hi!! I want to know if someone have done this before: I have a external disk, and i install Debian in it from my PC, but when i try to run it from my laptop i just can' t... but i just want to know if somebody have done this and how, should i install it with some especific parameters so it runs f

Re: Portable Debian?

2007-04-05 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 11:10:51PM +, - Tong - wrote: > On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:33:24 -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 10:30:34AM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > >> > Well, for xmas i do something like that as gift for my customers. > >> > I prepare a usb with many tiny linux di

Re: Portable Debian?

2007-04-05 Thread - Tong -
On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:33:24 -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 10:30:34AM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: >> Mirco Piccin wrote: >> > Hi! >> > Well, for xmas i do something like that as gift for my customers. >> > I prepare a usb wit

Re: Portable Debian?

2007-04-05 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: Hi all, I need to create a portable Debian (or derivate) system. My needs are: * install the system on a bootable USB HD * install a system that autoconfigure on different hardware (I don't know in advance which video card or lan card I'll

Re: Portable Debian?

2007-04-05 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Pobega wrote: > On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 10:30:34AM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: >> Mirco Piccin wrote: >>> Hi! >>> Well, for xmas i do something like that as gift for my customers. >>> I prepare a usb with many tiny linux distro bootable via usb and

Re: Portable Debian?

2007-04-05 Thread Michael Pobega
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 10:30:34AM +0200, Joe Hart wrote: > Mirco Piccin wrote: > > Hi! > > Well, for xmas i do something like that as gift for my customers. > > I prepare a usb with many tiny linux distro bootable via usb and with > > grub (to choice

Re: Portable Debian?

2007-04-05 Thread nicolas . flinois
2007/4/5, Mirto Silvio Busico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi all, I need to create a portable Debian (or derivate) system. My needs are: * install the system on a bootable USB HD * install a system that autoconfigure on different hardware (I don't know in advance which video card

Re: Portable Debian?

2007-04-05 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mirco Piccin wrote: > Hi! > Well, for xmas i do something like that as gift for my customers. > I prepare a usb with many tiny linux distro bootable via usb and with > grub (to choice the preferred distro). > > There are a lot of minimal linux distro,

Re: Portable Debian?

2007-04-05 Thread Mirco Piccin
Hi! Well, for xmas i do something like that as gift for my customers. I prepare a usb with many tiny linux distro bootable via usb and with grub (to choice the preferred distro). There are a lot of minimal linux distro, and many are debian based (DamnSmallLinux, Knoppix, for example). I think tha

Re: Portable Debian?

2007-04-05 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mirto Silvio Busico wrote: > Hi all, > I need to create a portable Debian (or derivate) system. > > My needs are: > > * install the system on a bootable USB HD > * install a system that autoconfigure on differ

Portable Debian?

2007-04-05 Thread Mirto Silvio Busico
Hi all, I need to create a portable Debian (or derivate) system. My needs are: * install the system on a bootable USB HD * install a system that autoconfigure on different hardware (I don't know in advance which video card or lan card I'll find when I'll