On Thu, 2023-12-07 at 01:21 +1030, Tim via users wrote:
> Tim:
> > > I have one of those two-bay USB - SATA hard drive gadgets, it has
> > > clone drive function that works all by itself. I've used it a
> > > few
> > > times for relatively pain-free drive cloning.
>
>
> Patrick O'Callaghan:
> >
Tim:
>> I have one of those two-bay USB - SATA hard drive gadgets, it has
>> clone drive function that works all by itself. I've used it a few
>> times for relatively pain-free drive cloning.
Patrick O'Callaghan:
> I have one of those, which I use in a RAID1 configuration for my Borg
> backup. H
On Wed, 2023-12-06 at 17:05 +1030, Tim via users wrote:
> On Tue, 2023-12-05 at 16:44 +, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > I made some effort to anticipate disaster by copying my /, /boot
> > and
> > /boot/efi partitions to a spare drive (and modifying its /etc/fstab
> > appropriately), but it did
On Tue, 2023-12-05 at 16:44 +, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> I made some effort to anticipate disaster by copying my /, /boot and
> /boot/efi partitions to a spare drive (and modifying its /etc/fstab
> appropriately), but it didn't work. No doubt I would have needed to
> update the EFI partition
On Wed, 2023-12-06 at 01:29 +1030, Tim via users wrote:
> On Tue, 2023-12-05 at 13:29 +, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > Crossed my fingers and did it. All good.
>
> Close your fingers and cross your eyes, flash the firmware for a big
> surprise...
>
> Reminds me that I ought to get a spare dr
On Tue, 2023-12-05 at 13:29 +, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> Crossed my fingers and did it. All good.
Close your fingers and cross your eyes, flash the firmware for a big
surprise...
Reminds me that I ought to get a spare drive, I just used my spare one
in something. When it comes to system u
On Sun, 2023-12-03 at 16:13 +, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sun, 2023-12-03 at 14:38 +0100, Ralf Corsépius wrote:
> > Am 03.12.23 um 13:16 schrieb Patrick O'Callaghan:
> > > I have a 2TB Samsung 860 EVO SSD as my main drive. It's working
> > > well,
> > > but Samsung released updated firmwar
On Mon, 2023-12-04 at 12:17 +0100, Heinz Diehl wrote:
> > "Will or may delete all the data"? WTF does that mean?
>
> Exactly that.
"Will or may" is not an intelligible statement. If it definitely will,
than say so. If it's not certain that it will, then say that it may.
Saying both is simply nons
On 03.12.2023, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> "Will or may delete all the data"? WTF does that mean?
Exactly that.
> I do have backups of my data, but what are the chances I'll have to
> reinstall the system if I do this?
Unfortunately, nobody knows..
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On Sun, 2023-12-03 at 14:38 +0100, Ralf Corsépius wrote:
> Samsung offers OS-independent firmware ISOs for their consumer SSDs.
Turns out it's actually a minimalist Linux system, which is hilarious.
> Download the ISO, put it on USB-stick, boot from the stick and
> install the firmware.
I tried
On Sun, 2023-12-03 at 07:22 -0500, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 7:16 AM Patrick O'Callaghan
> wrote:
> >
> > I have a 2TB Samsung 860 EVO SSD as my main drive. It's working
> > well,
> > but Samsung released updated firmware since I got it, and their
> > update
> > tool only wor
On Sun, 2023-12-03 at 14:38 +0100, Ralf Corsépius wrote:
> Am 03.12.23 um 13:16 schrieb Patrick O'Callaghan:
> > I have a 2TB Samsung 860 EVO SSD as my main drive. It's working
> > well,
> > but Samsung released updated firmware since I got it, and their
> > update
> > tool only works under Windows
>
> Any suggestions on how I could update the SSD? (I know, "if it's not
> broken, don't fix it" :-)
>
ventoy => win iso > magician
but check before if the FW fits with your ssd's buildin controller, e.g. for
970 EVO plus the controller has changed => newer FW, but no update for elder
970 EVO
Am 03.12.23 um 13:16 schrieb Patrick O'Callaghan:
I have a 2TB Samsung 860 EVO SSD as my main drive. It's working well,
but Samsung released updated firmware since I got it, and their update
tool only works under Windows.
Samsung offers OS-independent firmware ISOs for their consumer SSDs.
Dow
On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 7:16 AM Patrick O'Callaghan
wrote:
>
> I have a 2TB Samsung 860 EVO SSD as my main drive. It's working well,
> but Samsung released updated firmware since I got it, and their update
> tool only works under Windows.
>
> Any suggestions on how I could update the SSD? (I know,
I have a 2TB Samsung 860 EVO SSD as my main drive. It's working well,
but Samsung released updated firmware since I got it, and their update
tool only works under Windows.
Any suggestions on how I could update the SSD? (I know, "if it's not
broken, don't fix it" :-)
poc
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