Re: [DNG] why does mount expect NTFS?

2019-08-10 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 10.08.19 21:51, Hendrik Boom wrote: > So I want to find out what's in /dev/sda4 on my hard drive. The > computer has *never* had Windows on it. So I try to mount it, and am > told: > > april:/farhome/hendrik# mount /dev/sda4 /test > NTFS signature is missing. > Failed to mount '/dev/sda4':

[DNG] why does mount expect NTFS?

2019-08-10 Thread Hendrik Boom
So I want to find out what's in /dev/sda4 on my hard drive. The computer has *never* had Windows on it. So I try to mount it, and am told: april:/farhome/hendrik# mount /dev/sda4 /test NTFS signature is missing. Failed to mount '/dev/sda4': Invalid argument The device '/dev/sda4' doesn't seem

Re: [DNG] But there is a problem, but my report was wrong.

2019-08-10 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 8/10/19 7:36 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 098 098 036Pre-fail Always - 104 Count not zero. Time to replace the disk. Ouch! And more than just a handful. As for moving data off, the crucial partitions are part of a RAID, so the d

Re: [DNG] But there is a problem, but my report was wrong.

2019-08-10 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 03:11:03PM -0400, fsmithred via Dng wrote: > On 8/10/19 2:51 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > Sorry for this post. There is trouble, but the details are all wrong. > > I was upgrading a machine that was differet from the machine I thought > > I was upgrading. Given that, it's n

Re: [DNG] But there is a problem, but my report was wrong.

2019-08-10 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 07:09:36PM -0400, fsmithred wrote: > On 8/10/19 4:32 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 03:11:03PM -0400, fsmithred via Dng wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps that disk is defective and I have to replace it. > > > > > > > > > > If you have smartmontool

Re: [DNG] But there is a problem, but my report was wrong.

2019-08-10 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 8/10/19 4:32 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 03:11:03PM -0400, fsmithred via Dng wrote: Perhaps that disk is defective and I have to replace it. If you have smartmontools installed, you can check: smartctl -a /dev/whatever Im not familiar with these statistice, but

Re: [DNG] The real nessecity to have a Independent Distribution - PRIVACY

2019-08-10 Thread golinux
On 2019-08-10 17:19, s@po wrote: Hello to all Galaxy Devuaners out there, Found an article, I want to share with you( If you don't mind.. ). I think every single Person should read it.. to understand the importance of Privacy. It has some years,( which by that means that in today reality the cas

[DNG] The real nessecity to have a Independent Distribution - PRIVACY

2019-08-10 Thread s
Hello to all Galaxy Devuaners out there, Found an article, I want to share with you( If you don't mind.. ). I think every single Person should read it.. to understand the importance of Privacy. It has some years,( which by that means that in today reality the case is a lot worse.. ). The Contex

Re: [DNG] But there is a problem, but my report was wrong.

2019-08-10 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 03:11:03PM -0400, fsmithred via Dng wrote: > > > > > Perhaps that disk is defective and I have to replace it. > > > > If you have smartmontools installed, you can check: > > smartctl -a /dev/whatever Im not familiar with these statistice, but it Looks bad: 7 Seek_

Re: [DNG] But there is a problem, but my report was wrong.

2019-08-10 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 8/10/19 2:51 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: Sorry for this post. There is trouble, but the details are all wrong. I was upgrading a machine that was differet from the machine I thought I was upgrading. Given that, it's no surprise that it appeared to be upgrading ascii instead of beowulf, or that i

[DNG] I misreported, but still have a problem.

2019-08-10 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 02:41:11PM -0400, fsmithred via Dng wrote: > On 8/9/19 2:16 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > OK. Towards my usual ugrade, I'm told: > > > > grub-install: warning: this GPT partition label contains no BIOS Boot > > Partition; embedding won't be possible. > > grub-install: error

[DNG] But there is a problem, but my report was wrong.

2019-08-10 Thread Hendrik Boom
Sorry for this post. There is trouble, but the details are all wrong. I was upgrading a machine that was differet from the machine I thought I was upgrading. Given that, it's no surprise that it appeared to be upgrading ascii instead of beowulf, or that it had problems with gpt disks -- there

Re: [DNG] trouble with grub-pc during routine upgrade

2019-08-10 Thread fsmithred via Dng
On 8/9/19 2:16 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: OK. Towards my usual ugrade, I'm told: grub-install: warning: this GPT partition label contains no BIOS Boot Partition; embedding won't be possible. grub-install: error: embedding is not possible, but this is required for RAID and LVM install. At this