Re: this mornings updates
Oh well, I'll just have to see what's up with my system then, at least it's at work so I get paid to fix it. thanks all On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 15:58 +1100, David Ryder wrote: OK here ..David On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 09:44 +1000, Lisa wrote: Is anyone else getting dpkg segfaulting on the acpi-support update that came through this morning? Hardy 32bit Lisa -- WebLinux - Linux live on the web! http://www.weblinux-live.org -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
ext3 partition on a windows drive common to 32bit and 64bit?
Hi, I have created an ext3 partition on a separate windows drive that I want to make common to both my 32bit and 64bit Hardy 8.04 installations so some files remain 'up to date'. Such as my fax folders, Documents folder etc. Is this a reasonable way to do it without harming either installation? 1. Create mount points in both systems: /3264common 2. Enter in fstabin both systems: UUID=97907bf0-6294-4e08-a14a-97dde3d9982e /3264files ext3 relatime 0 2 3. Change permission and ownership in both to: sudo chown -R myname:myname /3264common sudo chmod -R 755 /3264common 4. Move fax, Documents folders etc to /3264common that I want both systems to use (and change program paths accordingly. On boot to either system, will fstab mount the /3264common without problems? David -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: ext3 partition on a windows drive common to 32bit and 64bit?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:41:42 +1100 David Ryder dava...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Hi, I have created an ext3 partition on a separate windows drive that I want to make common to both my 32bit and 64bit Hardy 8.04 installations so some files remain 'up to date'. Such as my fax folders, Documents folder etc. Is this a reasonable way to do it without harming either installation? 1. Create mount points in both systems: /3264common Strange place to put it, but you can if you want. 2. Enter in fstabin both systems: UUID=97907bf0-6294-4e08-a14a-97dde3d9982e /3264files ext3 relatime 0 2 3. Change permission and ownership in both to: sudo chown -R myname:myname /3264common sudo chmod -R 755 /3264common 4. Move fax, Documents folders etc to /3264common that I want both systems to use (and change program paths accordingly. On boot to either system, will fstab mount the /3264common without problems? test it. enter all the details and run `sudo mount -a`. If theres no error, `ls /3264common` and you should see files. kk David - -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian user / gNewSense contributor http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAklvwTYACgkQhIBzgCf88S4CfgCg5hcUYP2RfIMbffJDdp5g+5Is QUUAn2mwG7gj1s79hYuphGN33nW00mS0 =XgHd -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: ext3 partition on a windows drive common to 32bit and 64bit?
Thanks Matt and Karl. Karl - Strange place to put it, but you can if you want. Where would you put it and why? I would prefer not to have it in /home as it is on a separate physical drive and wanted to make sure /home was not corrupted by a drive error. Thanks -- David On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 09:35 +1030, Karl Goetz wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:41:42 +1100 David Ryder dava...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Hi, I have created an ext3 partition on a separate windows drive that I want to make common to both my 32bit and 64bit Hardy 8.04 installations so some files remain 'up to date'. Such as my fax folders, Documents folder etc. Is this a reasonable way to do it without harming either installation? 1. Create mount points in both systems: /3264common Strange place to put it, but you can if you want. 2. Enter in fstabin both systems: UUID=97907bf0-6294-4e08-a14a-97dde3d9982e /3264files ext3 relatime 0 2 3. Change permission and ownership in both to: sudo chown -R myname:myname /3264common sudo chmod -R 755 /3264common 4. Move fax, Documents folders etc to /3264common that I want both systems to use (and change program paths accordingly. On boot to either system, will fstab mount the /3264common without problems? test it. enter all the details and run `sudo mount -a`. If theres no error, `ls /3264common` and you should see files. kk David - -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian user / gNewSense contributor http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAklvwTYACgkQhIBzgCf88S4CfgCg5hcUYP2RfIMbffJDdp5g+5Is QUUAn2mwG7gj1s79hYuphGN33nW00mS0 =XgHd -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: ext3 partition on a windows drive common to 32bit and 64bit?
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:18:04 +1100 David Ryder dava...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Thanks Matt and Karl. Karl - Strange place to put it, but you can if you want. Where would you put it and why? I would prefer not to have it in /home I'd mount in it to $HOME/shared (or a similar name). Its a logical place for personal files, its under your home, so its easy to browse to. as it is on a separate physical drive and wanted to make sure /home raw drive (/dev/sdb) , partition (/dev/sdc2), loop back filesystem (eg, ramdisks, or .isos), you can mount them arbitrary locations whatever they are. was not corrupted by a drive error. Home can be corrupted wherever it is, your just depending on a different drive. kk Thanks -- David On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 09:35 +1030, Karl Goetz wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:41:42 +1100 David Ryder dava...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Hi, I have created an ext3 partition on a separate windows drive that I want to make common to both my 32bit and 64bit Hardy 8.04 installations so some files remain 'up to date'. Such as my fax folders, Documents folder etc. Is this a reasonable way to do it without harming either installation? 1. Create mount points in both systems: /3264common Strange place to put it, but you can if you want. 2. Enter in fstabin both systems: UUID=97907bf0-6294-4e08-a14a-97dde3d9982e /3264files ext3 relatime 0 2 3. Change permission and ownership in both to: sudo chown -R myname:myname /3264common sudo chmod -R 755 /3264common 4. Move fax, Documents folders etc to /3264common that I want both systems to use (and change program paths accordingly. On boot to either system, will fstab mount the /3264common without problems? test it. enter all the details and run `sudo mount -a`. If theres no error, `ls /3264common` and you should see files. kk David -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian user / gNewSense contributor http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group signature.asc Description: PGP signature -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: ext3 partition on a windows drive common to 32bit and 64bit?
Hi Karl, I follow your logic and, yes, it would make it easier to locate. I also take your point that if the new partition is corrupted it is only that folder and not /home per se. Many thanks for the feedback, much appreciated, Karl and Matt. David On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 11:10 +1030, Karl Goetz wrote: On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:18:04 +1100 David Ryder dava...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Thanks Matt and Karl. Karl - Strange place to put it, but you can if you want. Where would you put it and why? I would prefer not to have it in /home I'd mount in it to $HOME/shared (or a similar name). Its a logical place for personal files, its under your home, so its easy to browse to. as it is on a separate physical drive and wanted to make sure /home raw drive (/dev/sdb) , partition (/dev/sdc2), loop back filesystem (eg, ramdisks, or .isos), you can mount them arbitrary locations whatever they are. was not corrupted by a drive error. Home can be corrupted wherever it is, your just depending on a different drive. kk Thanks -- David On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 09:35 +1030, Karl Goetz wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:41:42 +1100 David Ryder dava...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Hi, I have created an ext3 partition on a separate windows drive that I want to make common to both my 32bit and 64bit Hardy 8.04 installations so some files remain 'up to date'. Such as my fax folders, Documents folder etc. Is this a reasonable way to do it without harming either installation? 1. Create mount points in both systems: /3264common Strange place to put it, but you can if you want. 2. Enter in fstabin both systems: UUID=97907bf0-6294-4e08-a14a-97dde3d9982e /3264files ext3 relatime 0 2 3. Change permission and ownership in both to: sudo chown -R myname:myname /3264common sudo chmod -R 755 /3264common 4. Move fax, Documents folders etc to /3264common that I want both systems to use (and change program paths accordingly. On boot to either system, will fstab mount the /3264common without problems? test it. enter all the details and run `sudo mount -a`. If theres no error, `ls /3264common` and you should see files. kk David -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: c-nile virus
Hello Andrew and Everyone (who likes to use Ubuntu Operating System), cc: to *Ern Williams* (my Dad in Victor Harbor, South Australia ) and cc to: *Ms Tracey Onyett* who works for an Organization called 'Wise Employment Australia' and who has been trying to help me look for a job to do part-time or on a casual basis. and cc: *Alvaro GP* who an amazingly clever computer person good friend, living in Malaga, Spain, in Europe. Hello All, My apologies for typing such a long message. I think I should try to explain why I sent the email (yesterday) about this virus called c-nile. Please pass the word around that in particular to Micro$oft Windows users whom I suggest need to check for this very bad email virus ;-( My Dear Dad who is in his 80s (I get confused about his exact age), he was born in 1926... So you can work out exactly how old he is. Anyway, Dad and Mum live together is a lovely place house in Victor Harbor, South Australia. They have been married for 51 years and are still very much in Love #GREAT BIG SMILE# Dad has an extremely modern computer with Micro$oft Windowz Vista Pro with all the latest Service Packs and virus checkers, and spam checkers, and trojan horse checkers etc etc etc. My Dad (Ern Williams) loves to use his computer for all types of things. For example: playing Mahjongg Tile matching games, web games (of many different types), playing find-a-word puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, viewing funny jokes and seeing beautiful multi-media (of all kinds) of artwork of things like: beautiful artworks (of all kind) and pretty graphics of flowers, landscapes, animals, children etc etc etc. Anyway, I digress (I apologize) - My father (Ern Williams) send me an email warning me that his computer had been affected by this e-mail virus called ' *c-nile*'. It sounds horrible -- it still disgusts and appalls me at the horrible e-mail viruses which these stupid and cruel people create and infect people with !!! Apparently my Dad has now removed the c-nile virus, however he was telling me about it in his email to me... so, as I want to warn other people to remove it. I think that a good anti-virus checker program *SHOULD* be able to remove it!!! I hope it does! I fully admit that I can tend to be *quite naive*!!! :-) I am an amiable person and actually I like it try to encourage people to learn to use their computers and not be worried about their computers playing up. E.g. I like to help people to use their computer in a productive and fun ways!!! *Checking for horrible viruses etc is far from fun!!! but it seems, unfortunately, a necessity of life.* Actually, when I lived in Canberra, ACT, I worked for the Royal Australian Navy, in the Australian Federal Government Dept of Defence (eg the Public Service). I worked there for 23 years and even tho' I became quite sick with Schizophrenia, I still remained employed as a Draftsman (drawing with pen and ink) and also with a wide range of CAD software. I also became a Technical Officer and designed many many Databases and used most of the so-called Micro$oft Office applications. And I designed Websites for the RAN !!! I was also the computer help person for the Directorate of the RAN in which I worked!!! So, I helped people to fix their computers when they didn't like to use them or were having difficulties with them!!! I generally found this to be both difficult and also extremely rewarding to help people understand how to get the most from their computers and not be afraid of using it!!! SMILE In other words, I really enjoyed this because I found it to be greatly rewarding and, although not easy, it was a Good Thing to do ;-))) *Now please don't misunderstand me* *SMILE* Although I have used computers for many years and I have become very productive at using them... I still get very confused at learning Linux and How to do things like dual-boot between different OSes. I'm getting off topic... sorry about that. I am now using *Mint Linux v5.1*with the Gnome desktop environment (I think that the correct term for it). It is performing absolutely rock-solid !!! eg. I'm using *Firefox* as my web-browser and it has all of the latest updates. *I'm extremely happy with it* !!! My pc still has some teething problems... but that's life I guess *SMILE*. My view of life is that the proverbial glass is half-full, not half-empty. Now if only I could figure out how to get my repositories working correctly, then that would be a big help! :-) For some reason my Synaptic Package Manager (that's what its called) was NOT happy... I think that I had typed in the wrong repository server addresses!?!?! ( I'm trying to use the correct terminology... but I'm not too sure of the correct buzz-words and jargon to use -- I still regard myself to be a beginner at Mint Linux ;-) Yours Faithfully and With Much Love, (wishing that your computer works well and doesn't give you head-aches!!!) Pete the Poet from Oz, Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew')
Re: ext3 partition on a windows drive common to 32bit and 64bit?
May I ask the advantage of putting it in /mnt or /media over leaving it in / (in root it doesn't show an icon)? Is it 'better' in the sense of 'nix convention or is there another advantage? I tend toward /home being better but only if I can overcome the icon. Hi Dave, I guess from a functionality perspective, there's not really a lot of difference where you put it. But from a tradition and correctness perspective, /mnt/something or more recently, /media/something would be considered better. You could mount it in /home/something too, per previous posts. I hadn't heard of that before. At initial glance I'm not a fan of the idea as it makes sharing the folder between multiple users a little dirty, and I guess in the unlikely event that you deleted your user account and deleted the home directory, I'm not sure if that would cause all the files on your mounted filesystem to also be deleted. I guess what I'm saying is, my opinion, if you can do /mnt/something and not get the icon, great. Else you might have to keep doing what you're already doing :) Cheers, Callan -- This message was sent using Adam Internet Webmail. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: ext3 partition on a windows drive common to 32bit and 64bit?
Hi Callan, Thanks - I agree with following convention - thanks. Many thanks to all for helping. David On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 15:11 +1030, Callan Davies wrote: May I ask the advantage of putting it in /mnt or /media over leaving it in / (in root it doesn't show an icon)? Is it 'better' in the sense of 'nix convention or is there another advantage? I tend toward /home being better but only if I can overcome the icon. Hi Dave, I guess from a functionality perspective, there's not really a lot of difference where you put it. But from a tradition and correctness perspective, /mnt/something or more recently, /media/something would be considered better. You could mount it in /home/something too, per previous posts. I hadn't heard of that before. At initial glance I'm not a fan of the idea as it makes sharing the folder between multiple users a little dirty, and I guess in the unlikely event that you deleted your user account and deleted the home directory, I'm not sure if that would cause all the files on your mounted filesystem to also be deleted. I guess what I'm saying is, my opinion, if you can do /mnt/something and not get the icon, great. Else you might have to keep doing what you're already doing :) Cheers, Callan -- This message was sent using Adam Internet Webmail. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
