On 06/30/2015 03:48 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
The "NL" is not a command. It is simply a piece of text to insert into
the line in place of newlines. (I'm not sure why - you can certainly
hold multiple lines in the hold space.)
My guess is that it's easier to treat every paragraph as one long
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 5:26 PM, Gordon Messmer
wrote:
> So you could dd 512 bytes of /dev/zero to the drive, or use "wipefs -a
> /dev/sdX", then use parted to "mktable gpt" and set up partitions.
That will not work. Parted replaces the PMBR in such a case. So does gdisk.
wipefs -a after parted
On 06/30/2015 04:10 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
However, also based on testing, it seems that if you used GPT for your
>partitions, then BIOS would skip over the drive during the boot process.
No because every GPT creator also creates a PMBR which includes the
MBR boot signature that you're telling
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 5:28 PM, jd1008 wrote:
> I wonder if BIOS manufacturer's are reading this list and taking note :) :)
They have and they say to upgrade to UEFI.
This is a very long thread just to arrive at the conclusion that BIOS
behavior isn't ideal for your use case. The expectation i
On 06/30/2015 04:11 PM, jd1008 wrote:
Since my internal drive is dual boot, I do need to boot an OS that
does not
recognize GPT :(
What OS are you booting that won't read GPT?
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On 06/30/2015 05:33 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 5:26 PM, Gordon Messmer
wrote:
So you could dd 512 bytes of /dev/zero to the drive, or use "wipefs -a
/dev/sdX", then use parted to "mktable gpt" and set up partitions.
That will not work. Parted replaces the PMBR in such a
On 06/30/2015 04:33 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
That will not work. Parted replaces the PMBR in such a case. So does gdisk.
Today I learned too many things. Thanks, Chris. :)
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On 06/30/2015 05:38 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote:
On 06/30/2015 04:11 PM, jd1008 wrote:
Since my internal drive is dual boot, I do need to boot an OS that
does not
recognize GPT :(
What OS are you booting that won't read GPT?
It is an OS that existed before GPT I still use it
because it h
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 5:38 PM, jd1008 wrote:
>
>
> On 06/30/2015 05:33 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 5:26 PM, Gordon Messmer
>> wrote:
>>
>>> So you could dd 512 bytes of /dev/zero to the drive, or use "wipefs -a
>>> /dev/sdX", then use parted to "mktable gpt" and set up
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 5:43 PM, jd1008 wrote:
>> What OS are you booting that won't read GPT?
>
> It is an OS that existed before GPT I still use it
> because it has purchased SW that is too expensive to replace
> with versions for more modern OS.
> `nough said :) :)
>
Full circle. N
On 06/30/2015 05:42 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 5:38 PM, jd1008 wrote:
On 06/30/2015 05:33 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 5:26 PM, Gordon Messmer
wrote:
So you could dd 512 bytes of /dev/zero to the drive, or use "wipefs -a
/dev/sdX", then use parted
Actually, another option is to put the legacy OS into a VM where it
can then inherit some of the features of Linux, including LVM support.
Then you can LVM this external drive instead of partitioning it, and
then make an LV (or two or three or whatever) to use as backing for
the VM, and then those
On 06/30/2015 05:59 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
Actually, another option is to put the legacy OS into a VM where it
can then inherit some of the features of Linux, including LVM support.
Then you can LVM this external drive instead of partitioning it, and
then make an LV (or two or three or whateve
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
> Actually, another option is to put the legacy OS into a VM where it
> can then inherit some of the features of Linux, including LVM support.
> Then you can LVM this external drive instead of partitioning it, and
> then make an LV (or two or th
Everyone,
I finally have enough time to play with my computer and guitar at the
same time. Does anyone have a method of storing a live feed from a
guitar. I have a guitar with an acoustic pickup that I normally use
with a regular amplifier. I now have a usb audio cable from Alesis
LineLink that
On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, jd1008 wrote:
Personally I tend to use a nontexty character for this kind of
placeholder, such as ^G. Less risk of excountering that in the input
text, and therefore less risk of accidentally mangling it.
Eliminate risk.
Replace all strings of e's with another string of e
On 06/30/2015 08:42 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
Everyone,
I finally have enough time to play with my computer and guitar at the
same time. Does anyone have a method of storing a live feed from a
guitar. I have a guitar with an acoustic pickup that I normally use
with a regular amplifier. I
On 30Jun2015 21:02, michael hennebry wrote:
On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, jd1008 wrote:
Personally I tend to use a nontexty character for this kind of
placeholder, such as ^G. Less risk of excountering that in the >>>input
text, and therefore less risk of accidentally mangling it.
Eliminate risk.
Re
On 06/30/2015 06:04 PM, jd1008 wrote:
On 06/30/2015 05:59 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
Actually, another option is to put the legacy OS into a VM where it
can then inherit some of the features of Linux, including LVM support.
Then you can LVM this external drive instead of partitioning it, and
then
On 07/01/15 05:31, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>
> The only changes I made other than that were to get a high contrast theme,
> larger fonts, switch the screen saver to blank and killed the lock function.
Your issue is related to changing the theme.
If I use the default theme of Fed
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