Re: How can I check (and run) if an *.exe is a DOS or a Windows program?

2023-01-07 Thread Charlie Gibbs
On Sat Jan 7 17:34:05 2023 wrote: > On Sat, Jan 07, 2023 at 08:47:09AM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > >> If I remember correctly, dos and windows .com and .exe programs >> all have control-z as their first character. The file command >> may also help. > > No. C

Re: How can I check (and run) if an *.exe is a DOS or a Windows program?

2023-01-07 Thread Miguel A. Vallejo
If I remember correctly, all Windows EXE have an string saying: This program cannot be run in DOS mode. It is displayed when loaded under MS-DOS, so it should be easy to identify an EXE for DOS from an EXE for Windows. To run it, dosbox should work. Greetings

Re: How can I check (and run) if an *.exe is a DOS or a Windows program?

2023-01-07 Thread Georgi Naplatanov
On 1/7/23 13:33, Ottavio Caruso wrote: I have a few DOS/Windows abandonware that I'd like to check but I only want the DOS ones, because Wine on my installation is a total pain. For example: $ file test2/sm416.exe test2/sm416.exe: Zip archive data, made by v2.0, extract using at least

Re: How can I check (and run) if an *.exe is a DOS or a Windows program?

2023-01-07 Thread tomas
On Sat, Jan 07, 2023 at 08:47:09AM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > If I remember correctly, dos and windows .com and .exe programs all have > control-z as their first character. The file command may also help. No. Control-Z (aka 0x1a) was an EOF character under DOS. Files were (som

Re: How can I check (and run) if an *.exe is a DOS or a Windows program?

2023-01-07 Thread tomas
On Sat, Jan 07, 2023 at 02:42:38PM +, Ottavio Caruso wrote: > Am 07/01/2023 um 12:13 schrieb Timothy M Butterworth: > > All .exe files are windows, linux does not use .exe! You can run Windows > > applications on Linux using: WINE, CrossOver Office or Steam Proton. I > >

Re: How can I check (and run) if an *.exe is a DOS or a Windows program?

2023-01-07 Thread Tixy
On Sat, 2023-01-07 at 08:47 -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > If I remember correctly, dos and windows .com and .exe programs all have > control-z as their first character. The file command may also help. If I remember correctly, COM files have no header, the first byte is the first machin

Re: How can I check (and run) if an *.exe is a DOS or a Windows program?

2023-01-07 Thread Hans
, this is known as the "mime header". But I am not sure, how this one can be trusted in the Windows world. In linux, the mime-header is the basics of recognition of the kind of data, there are no endings needed or analyzed. Best regards Hans

Re: How can I check (and run) if an *.exe is a DOS or a Windows program?

2023-01-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
If I remember correctly, dos and windows .com and .exe programs all have control-z as their first character. The file command may also help. Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) .

Re: How can I check (and run) if an *.exe is a DOS or a Windows program?

2023-01-07 Thread DdB
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Am 07.01.2023 um 13:40 schrieb The Wanderer: > On 2023-01-07 at 07:13, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > >> All .exe files are windows, linux does not use .exe! > > While the latter statement is (largely) correct, the former is not.

Re: How can I check (and run) if an *.exe is a DOS or a Windows program?

2023-01-07 Thread The Wanderer
On 2023-01-07 at 07:13, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > All .exe files are windows, linux does not use .exe! While the latter statement is (largely) correct, the former is not. Some .exe files are DOS programs, not Windows programs. The question being asked is how to tell which type a given

Re: How can I check (and run) if an *.exe is a DOS or a Windows program?

2023-01-07 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
All .exe files are windows, linux does not use .exe! You can run Windows applications on Linux using: WINE, CrossOver Office or Steam Proton. I recommend CrossOver Office, I use it to play windows games on Linux. -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https

Re: How can I check (and run) if an *.exe is a DOS or a Windows program?

2023-01-07 Thread Jude DaShiell
Inspect the files with strings and pipe the output to less. Jude "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) .

Re: Request for Debian Subsystem for Windows like

2022-10-29 Thread Kushal Kumaran
On Thu, Oct 27 2022 at 02:11:46 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: > Suman Garai wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I know that this topic is nothing new, that there are software packages & >> games that run on Windows, but there isn't support for Linux. Even >> softwares li

Re: Request for Debian Subsystem for Windows like

2022-10-27 Thread Stefan Monnier
> latest ones. Therefore, I wanted to know why isn't Debian putting efforts > to build something like Windows Subsystem for Linux or Windows Subsystem I think the usual answer is to run Windows in KVM for that. It's a well understood a technically well defined solution to

Re: Request for Debian Subsystem for Windows like

2022-10-27 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 27 Oct 2022 20:54:16 +0200 didier gaumet wrote: > Dan's answer is spot on but I supposed Suman would appreciate more > details :-) > > From my point of view: Let me add to this. Microsoft has an OS, Windows. It also has several application programs, of which Mic

Re: Request for Debian Subsystem for Windows like

2022-10-27 Thread didier gaumet
Hello, Dan's answer is spot on but I supposed Suman would appreciate more details :-) From my point of view: - Microsoft is a company with a considerable amount of money and a sizeable human workforce. And it took them years to propose Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and Wi

Re: Request for Debian Subsystem for Windows like

2022-10-27 Thread Dan Ritter
Suman Garai wrote: > Hello, > > I know that this topic is nothing new, that there are software packages & > games that run on Windows, but there isn't support for Linux. Even > softwares like Wine & PlayOnLinux sometimes falters on supporting the > latest ones.

Re: Request for Debian Subsystem for Windows like

2022-10-27 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
On 10/27/2022 01:41 PM, Suman Garai wrote: Hello, I know that this topic is nothing new, that there are software packages & games that run on Windows, but there isn't support for Linux. Even softwares like Wine & PlayOnLinux sometimes falters on supporting the latest ones.

Re: Request for Debian Subsystem for Windows like

2022-10-27 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 11:11:31PM +0530, Suman Garai wrote: > Hello, > > I know that this topic is nothing new, that there are software packages & > games that run on Windows, but there isn't support for Linux. Even > softwares like Wine & PlayOnLinux sometimes falter

Request for Debian Subsystem for Windows like

2022-10-27 Thread Suman Garai
Hello, I know that this topic is nothing new, that there are software packages & games that run on Windows, but there isn't support for Linux. Even softwares like Wine & PlayOnLinux sometimes falters on supporting the latest ones. Therefore, I wanted to know why isn't Debian

Re: Windows on VMware on Deb 11: safely usable?

2022-09-01 Thread john doe
On 9/1/2022 4:28 PM, Tom Browder wrote: On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 1:26 PM john doe wrote: ... So I will try Debian 11's packages "qemu-kvm" and "aqemu" and install Windows 10" as a test on my current main host, but only if I can remove all if I need to and if it wil

Re: Windows on VMware on Deb 11: safely usable?

2022-09-01 Thread Porter Smith
on, Aug 22, 2022 at 1:26 PM john doe wrote: >> ... >> > > So I will try Debian 11's packages "qemu-kvm" and "aqemu" and install >> > > Windows 10" as a test on my current main host, but only if I can remove >> > > all >> >

Re: Windows on VMware on Deb 11: safely usable?

2022-09-01 Thread Tom Browder
On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 11:19 Махно wrote: > Helli. You need to install these packages. As … Thank you very much! -Tom

Re: Windows on VMware on Deb 11: safely usable?

2022-09-01 Thread Махно
username libvirt-qemu. Also reboot is required. 2022-09-01, kt, 17:29 Tom Browder rašė: > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 1:26 PM john doe wrote: > ... > > > So I will try Debian 11's packages "qemu-kvm" and "aqemu" and install > > > Windows 10" as

Re: Windows on VMware on Deb 11: safely usable?

2022-09-01 Thread Tom Browder
On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 1:26 PM john doe wrote: ... > > So I will try Debian 11's packages "qemu-kvm" and "aqemu" and install > > Windows 10" as a test on my current main host, but only if I can remove all > > if I need to and if it will not interfe

Re: .Net Core program crashes on Linux and not on Windows

2022-09-01 Thread Patrick Kirk
Log 2:14:55 PM:- Starting process. 2:14:56 PM:- Auction run for Kazzak EU. 2:14:58 PM:- Connected realm id for Kazzak EU is 1305. 2:15:01 PM:- The realm data for Kazzak EU namespace is downloaded. 2:15:42 PM:- We have 0 to add and 95789 auctions to update and 1883 expired or sold auctions in the d

Re: .Net Core program crashes on Linux and not on Windows

2022-09-01 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Sep 01, 2022 at 03:47:52PM +0300, Patrick Kirk wrote: > /var/log/messages:Sep 1 12:41:34 debian-s-websites kernel: > [31104249.962672] .NET ThreadPool invoked oom-killer: > gfp_mask=0x6280ca(GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE|__GFP_ZERO), nodemask=(null), > order=0, oom_score_adj=0 > /var/log/messages:S

Re: .Net Core program crashes on Linux and not on Windows

2022-09-01 Thread Patrick Kirk
Hi Dan, Yes I've been coding for a living for 15 years in C#. /var/log/messages:Sep 1 12:41:34 debian-s-websites kernel: [31104249.962672] .NET ThreadPool invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x6280ca(GFP_HIGHUSER_MOVABLE|__GFP_ZERO), nodemask=(null), order=0, oom_score_adj=0 /var/log/messages:Sep 1 1

Re: .Net Core program crashes on Linux and not on Windows

2022-09-01 Thread Dan Ritter
Patrick Kirk wrote: > I have a program that is meant to run on my Debian VPS which is hosted by > Digital Ocean. My access to the server is via Putty. Unfortunately the > program simply stops, silently, after a few minutes. > > My code is littered with try catch statements. The console window sh

.Net Core program crashes on Linux and not on Windows

2022-09-01 Thread Patrick Kirk
Hi all, I have a program that is meant to run on my Debian VPS which is hosted by Digital Ocean. My access to the server is via Putty. Unfortunately the program simply stops, silently, after a few minutes. My code is littered with try catch statements. The console window shows no errors. It just

Re: Windows on VMware on Deb 11: safely usable?

2022-08-22 Thread john doe
On 8/22/2022 2:41 PM, Tom Browder wrote: On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 21:39 step...@gmail.com wrote: On 8/17/22 19:35, Stefan Monnier wrote: Tom Browder [2022-08-17 05:53:05] wrote: I would love to run Windows on a VM on Debian iff I can have it be reliable enough to use with reasonable

Re: Windows on VMware on Deb 11: safely usable?

2022-08-22 Thread Bob Weber
On 8/22/22 08:41, Tom Browder wrote: On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 21:39 step...@gmail.com wrote: On 8/17/22 19:35, Stefan Monnier wrote: > Tom Browder [2022-08-17 05:53:05] wrote: >> I would love to run Windows on a VM on Debian iff I can have it be reliable >> eno

Re: Windows on VMware on Deb 11: safely usable?

2022-08-22 Thread Tom Browder
On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 21:39 step...@gmail.com wrote: > On 8/17/22 19:35, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Tom Browder [2022-08-17 05:53:05] wrote: > >> I would love to run Windows on a VM on Debian iff I can have it be > reliable > >> enough to use with reasonable respo

Re: Windows on VMware on Deb 11: safely usable?

2022-08-18 Thread Jeremy Ardley
On 18/8/22 7:48 pm, Jeremy Nicoll wrote: On Wed, 17 Aug 2022, at 12:38, Jeremy Ardley wrote: As an aside, a Windows host for a client sucks big time. Windows will automatically restart periodically no matter what you do to prevent it. How often does that happen? I only ask because it

Re: Windows on VMware on Deb 11: safely usable?

2022-08-18 Thread Jeremy Nicoll
On Wed, 17 Aug 2022, at 12:38, Jeremy Ardley wrote: > As an aside, a Windows host for a client sucks big time. Windows will > automatically restart periodically no matter what you do to prevent it. How often does that happen? I only ask because it doesn't for my pretty much alw

Re: Windows on VMware on Deb 11: safely usable?

2022-08-17 Thread step...@gmail.com
On 8/17/22 19:35, Stefan Monnier wrote: Tom Browder [2022-08-17 05:53:05] wrote: I would love to run Windows on a VM on Debian iff I can have it be reliable enough to use with reasonable response (no games, just Office 360, IO Drive, H&R Block, and such). I haven't kept up with the VM

Re: Windows on VMware on Deb 11: safely usable?

2022-08-17 Thread Tom Browder
On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 11:32 AM hdv@gmail wrote: > > On 2022-08-17 17:06, Tom Browder wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 09:34 hdv@gmail > <mailto:hdv.ja...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > On 2022-08-17 12:53, Tom Browder wrote: > > > > … >

Re: Windows on VMware on Deb 11: safely usable?

2022-08-17 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 8/17/2022 10:34 AM, hdv@gmail wrote: > On 2022-08-17 12:53, Tom Browder wrote: > > Unfortunately, I have to have a Windows host. I have given up dual > > hosting because of the pain, so I am using a dedicated Win 10 box and a > > Deb laptop. > > > > I wou

Re: Windows on VMware on Deb 11: safely usable?

2022-08-17 Thread hdv@gmail
On 2022-08-17 12:53, Tom Browder wrote: Unfortunately, I have to have a Windows host. I have given up dual hosting because of the pain, so I am using a dedicated Win 10 box and a Deb laptop. I would love to run Windows on a VM on Debian iff I can have it be reliable enough to use with

Re: Windows on VMware on Deb 11: safely usable?

2022-08-17 Thread Chuck Zmudzinski
On 8/17/2022 6:53 AM, Tom Browder wrote: > Unfortunately, I have to have a Windows host. I have given up dual hosting > because of the pain, so I am using a dedicated Win 10 box and a Deb laptop. > > I would love to run Windows on a VM on Debian iff I can have it be reliable > eno

Re: Windows on VMware on Deb 11: safely usable?

2022-08-17 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 6:53 AM Tom Browder wrote: > Unfortunately, I have to have a Windows host. I have given up dual hosting > because of the pain, so I am using a dedicated Win 10 box and a Deb laptop. > > I would love to run Windows on a VM on Debian iff I can have it be >

Re: Windows on VMware on Deb 11: safely usable?

2022-08-17 Thread Tom Browder
On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 06:01 Marco wrote: > Am 17. Aug 2022, um 05:53:05 Uhr schrieb Tom Browder: > > > I would love to run Windows on a VM on Debian iff I can have it be > > reliable enough to use with reasonable response (no games, just > > Office 360, IO Drive,

Re: Windows on VMware on Deb 11: safely usable?

2022-08-17 Thread hdv@gmail
On 2022-08-17 12:53, Tom Browder wrote: Unfortunately, I have to have a Windows host. I have given up dual hosting because of the pain, so I am using a dedicated Win 10 box and a Deb laptop. I would love to run Windows on a VM on Debian iff I can have it be reliable enough to use with

Re: Windows on VMware on Deb 11: safely usable?

2022-08-17 Thread Jeremy Ardley
I have Windows client on Debian and Windows Hosts using Virtualbox. I don't think there is much difference to VMWare for simple client hosting. When the client is fully 'settled in' performance is perfectly adequate. Where it runs into problems is saving state and restoring.

Re: Windows on VMware on Deb 11: safely usable?

2022-08-17 Thread Marco
Am 17. Aug 2022, um 05:53:05 Uhr schrieb Tom Browder: > I would love to run Windows on a VM on Debian iff I can have it be > reliable enough to use with reasonable response (no games, just > Office 360, IO Drive, H&R Block, and such). I haven't kept up with > the VM world but

Windows on VMware on Deb 11: safely usable?

2022-08-17 Thread Tom Browder
Unfortunately, I have to have a Windows host. I have given up dual hosting because of the pain, so I am using a dedicated Win 10 box and a Deb laptop. I would love to run Windows on a VM on Debian iff I can have it be reliable enough to use with reasonable response (no games, just Office 360, IO

Re: How to suppress/handle junction points in CIFS-mounting Windows 7 shares on Linux?

2022-06-28 Thread Yvan Masson
Le 27/06/2022 à 02:20, Daniel Barclay a écrit : When mounting a Windows 7 share on Linux, how *can Windows junction points be suppressed* (or otherwise handled so that one that points up to a containing directory can't cause an endless loop)? For example, the (standard, Windows-cr

How to suppress/handle junction points in CIFS-mounting Windows 7 shares on Linux?

2022-06-26 Thread Daniel Barclay
When mounting a Windows 7 share on Linux, how *can Windows junction points be suppressed* (or otherwise handled so that one that points up to a containing directory can't cause an endless loop)? For example, the (standard, Windows-created) junction point at "C:\Users\someuser\Applica

Re: Dual booting Debian on an Windows machine.

2022-05-03 Thread Anssi Saari
Richard Owlett writes: > I will be setting up a Windows laptop to dual boot Debian. > If the machine has legacy BIOS, no problem as I've done that before. > > If it is a UEFI machine (possibly with secure boot, what should I be > reading. I did this last fall, I may still h

Re: Dual booting Debian on an Windows machine.

2022-05-01 Thread Joe
On Sat, 30 Apr 2022 09:09:19 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: > Thanks for a quick reply. > > On 04/30/2022 07:23 AM, Christian Britz wrote: > > Generally it is easier to install Windows first, then Debian, but of > > course it is possible the other way round. > > M

Re: Dual booting Debian on an Windows machine.

2022-04-30 Thread IL Ka
4.pdf > when it comes to discussions. > > You are right, but OP asked for "newbie instructions" on how to multiboot Debian and Windows. > > Harddrive is GPT-labeled and it has a partition with a special EFI flag. > > It may also be partitioned by an MBR partition t

Re: Dual booting Debian on an Windows machine.

2022-04-30 Thread DdB
Hi, i am using - and recommending - refind <https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/> Am 30.04.2022 um 13:50 schrieb Richard Owlett: > I will be setting up a Windows laptop to dual boot Debian. > If the machine has legacy BIOS, no problem as I've done that before. > > If it is a

Re: Dual booting Debian on an Windows machine.

2022-04-30 Thread Kenneth Parker
On Sat, Apr 30, 2022, 10:54 AM Richard Owlett wrote: > On 04/30/2022 09:01 AM, IL Ka wrote: > > this is possible: you just need to have two .efi files for your OSes: one > > for Windows and one for Linux. > > Use ``efibootmgr`` to manage it. > > If you have secure

Re: Dual booting Debian on an Windows machine.

2022-04-30 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i have to add some technical nitpicking for the archives: IL Ka wrote: > I am not aware of any document, but here is how UEFI boot works https://uefi.org/specifications current is UEFI Specification Version 2.9 (March 2021) https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/UEFI_Spec_2_9_202

Re: Dual booting Debian on an Windows machine.

2022-04-30 Thread IL Ka
paths to .efi files, something like (harddisk_[disk_id[partition_id])/efi/debian/bootx64.efi .efi is a special file that firmware can run. One file is for grub, another is for windows loader. So, you need to have two efi files on this partition (one file for each OS) and add records about them in

Re: Dual booting Debian on an Windows machine.

2022-04-30 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 09:09:19AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Thanks for a quick reply. > > On 04/30/2022 07:23 AM, Christian Britz wrote: > > Generally it is easier to install Windows first, then Debian, but of > > course it is possible the other way round. > > M

Re: Dual booting Debian on an Windows machine.

2022-04-30 Thread Richard Owlett
On 04/30/2022 09:01 AM, IL Ka wrote: this is possible: you just need to have two .efi files for your OSes: one for Windows and one for Linux. Use ``efibootmgr`` to manage it. If you have secure boot enabled, you need shim: https://wiki.debian.org/SecureBoot Following links from there suggests

Re: Dual booting Debian on an Windows machine.

2022-04-30 Thread Richard Owlett
Thanks for a quick reply. On 04/30/2022 07:23 AM, Christian Britz wrote: Generally it is easier to install Windows first, then Debian, but of course it is possible the other way round. My post evidently could have been clearer. My friend's laptop will be purchased with Windows pre-inst

Re: Dual booting Debian on an Windows machine.

2022-04-30 Thread IL Ka
this is possible: you just need to have two .efi files for your OSes: one for Windows and one for Linux. Use ``efibootmgr`` to manage it. If you have secure boot enabled, you need shim: https://wiki.debian.org/SecureBoot On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 3:06 PM Richard Owlett wrote: > I will be sett

Re: Dual booting Debian on an Windows machine.

2022-04-30 Thread Christian Britz
Generally it is easier to install Windows first, then Debian, but of course it is possible the other way round. The Debian boot manager can be configured to respect the Windows installation, the Windows boot manager does not know anything about other operating systems, so you should leave that to

Dual booting Debian on an Windows machine.

2022-04-30 Thread Richard Owlett
I will be setting up a Windows laptop to dual boot Debian. If the machine has legacy BIOS, no problem as I've done that before. If it is a UEFI machine (possibly with secure boot, what should I be reading. TIA

Re: Copy/paste between host and KVM/windows 10 guest??

2022-04-08 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 08.04.2022 14:23, didier gaumet wrote: Le vendredi 08 avril 2022 à 13:48 +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev a écrit : I've had "virtio-win-guest-tools" installed inside Win10 guest does it appear in the list of the Windows installed applications list (Windows parameters menu)?

Re: Copy/paste between host and KVM/windows 10 guest??

2022-04-08 Thread didier gaumet
Le vendredi 08 avril 2022 à 13:48 +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev a écrit : > > I've had "virtio-win-guest-tools" installed inside Win10 guest does it appear in the list of the Windows installed applications list (Windows parameters menu)? I just verified: that's the

Re: Copy/paste between host and KVM/windows 10 guest??

2022-04-08 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 08.04.2022 13:19, didier gaumet wrote: Hello, RHEL/Fedora provide guest (virtio) drivers and agents. I have installed the whole bunch (ISO) into a Win10 KVM guest and the copy/paste is working properly but I think what is required here is only the Spîce guest agent. https://github.com/virtio-

Re: Copy/paste between host and KVM/windows 10 guest??

2022-04-08 Thread didier gaumet
Le jeudi 07 avril 2022 à 18:18 -0500, Dennis Wicks a écrit : > It doesn't work for me and the suggested solutions I have > found are referring to a linux guest. > > TIA for pointers, suggestions, solutions! > Denniis > > Hello, RHEL/Fedora provide guest (virtio) drivers and agents. I have i

Re: Copy/paste between host and KVM/windows 10 guest??

2022-04-07 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
lways used RDP to connect to Windows guest instead of SPICE. By using RDP connection you solve many quality of life issues, like copy\paste, file sharing, smoother GUI performance, etc. I use "Remmina" as a front end, to manage remote desktop connections. -- With kindes

Copy/paste between host and KVM/windows 10 guest??

2022-04-07 Thread Dennis Wicks
It doesn't work for me and the suggested solutions I have found are referring to a linux guest. TIA for pointers, suggestions, solutions! Denniis

Re: Why is debian Live (11.2.0) advancing the time on my windows laptop +5 hours? ...

2022-03-27 Thread Albretch Mueller
ongbird and you > think of "dual boot". To me "dual booting" had always meant: repartitioning drives; an actual Linux installation; messing with Windows fschk; with the GRUB loader; choosing which OS do I want to use during start up; ... What I have been doing is occasiona

Re: Why is debian Live (11.2.0) advancing the time on my windows laptop +5 hours? ...

2022-03-27 Thread David Wright
On Sun 27 Mar 2022 at 18:29:35 (+), Albretch Mueller wrote: > On 3/27/22, songbird wrote: > > set the bios time to be universal and then set up windows > > to use universal time. > > again, assumptions ... > > On 3/27/22, David Wright wrote: > > I

Re: Why is debian Live (11.2.0) advancing the time on my windows laptop +5 hours? ...

2022-03-27 Thread Greg Wooledge
removable device. That's two, "dual". You're booting them both. Thus, dual-booting. You've been given a workaround: reconfigure Windows to use UTC. If you want debian-live to be changed so that it doesn't set the hardware clock on shutdown, contact the debian-live mailing list.

Re: Why is debian Live (11.2.0) advancing the time on my windows laptop +5 hours? ...

2022-03-27 Thread tomas
On Sun, Mar 27, 2022 at 06:29:35PM +, Albretch Mueller wrote: > On 3/27/22, songbird wrote: > > set the bios time to be universal and then set up windows > > to use universal time. > > again, assumptions ... > > On 3/27/22, David Wright wrote: > > I

Re: Why is debian Live (11.2.0) advancing the time on my windows laptop +5 hours? ...

2022-03-27 Thread Albretch Mueller
On 3/27/22, songbird wrote: > set the bios time to be universal and then set up windows > to use universal time. again, assumptions ... On 3/27/22, David Wright wrote: > It looks as if you're dual-booting. No, I am not. Use case: I keep a DL DVD with me as some sort of

Re: Why is debian Live (11.2.0) advancing the time on my windows laptop +5 hours? ...

2022-03-27 Thread David Wright
od of doing that, I start by checking on: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/mswish/ut-rtc.html to review the current state of affairs, and then I google windows utc hardware clock and set the appropriate registry variable du jour. Today, the ref turned up: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-

Re: Why is debian Live (11.2.0) advancing the time on my windows laptop +5 hours? ...

2022-03-27 Thread songbird
Albretch Mueller wrote: > $ uname -a > Linux debian 5.10.0-10-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.84-1 (2021-12-08) > x86_64 GNU/Linux > $ > and how can I avoid that from happening? > lbrtchx set the bios time to be universal and then set up windows to use universal time. and no, i

Re: Why is debian Live (11.2.0) advancing the time on my windows laptop +5 hours? ...

2022-03-27 Thread Albretch Mueller
ch persistent state! >> >> exactly! will this set up "logic" be fixed for the next live systems? > > You might also consider fixing your Windows install. Rumour has it that > Microsoft has seen the light in the meantime ;-) ... assumptions, which might not be the c

Re: Why is debian Live (11.2.0) advancing the time on my windows laptop +5 hours? ...

2022-03-27 Thread tomas
up "logic" be fixed for the next live systems? You might also consider fixing your Windows install. Rumour has it that Microsoft has seen the light in the meantime ;-) Thomas (as always very insightful) mentions timedatectl: this is systemd's way to manage such things. You will have t

Re: Why is debian Live (11.2.0) advancing the time on my windows laptop +5 hours? ...

2022-03-27 Thread Albretch Mueller
On 3/27/22, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > (3) Hardware clock gets adjusted accordingly. > [which] would be > wrong for a live distro: don't touch persistent state! exactly! will this set up "logic" be fixed for the next live systems? lbrtchx

Re: Why is debian Live (11.2.0) advancing the time on my windows laptop +5 hours? ...

2022-03-27 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > Perhaps, but perhaps it shouldn't /set/ the hardware clock. [...] > If my analysis is correct (big if, I know :), step (3) would be > wrong for a live distro: don't touch persistent state! Ideally, yes. But man timedatectl already warns of set-local-rtc 1 and offers

Re: Why is debian Live (11.2.0) advancing the time on my windows laptop +5 hours? ...

2022-03-27 Thread tomas
On Sun, Mar 27, 2022 at 11:22:07AM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Albretch Mueller wrote: > > The use of a live DVD at times is > > necessary, but part of very idea of going live is not altering, having > > to alter the hard- or firmware, right? > > That's a valid point. It should be disc

Re: Why is debian Live (11.2.0) advancing the time on my windows laptop +5 hours? ...

2022-03-27 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Albretch Mueller wrote: > The use of a live DVD at times is > necessary, but part of very idea of going live is not altering, having > to alter the hard- or firmware, right? That's a valid point. It should be discussed on debian-live, i guess. Google shows me that the problem can be avoided

Re: Why is debian Live (11.2.0) advancing the time on my windows laptop +5 hours? ...

2022-03-27 Thread Albretch Mueller
On 3/27/22, David Christensen wrote: > I have a desktop machine (Intel DQ67SW motherboard) with a 2.5" SATA > trayless drive rack that I boot with various OS's on 2.5" SATA SSD's. I > have to remember to enter Setup and adjust the CMOS clock every time I > swit

Re: Why is debian Live (11.2.0) advancing the time on my windows laptop +5 hours? ...

2022-03-26 Thread David Christensen
boot with various OS's on 2.5" SATA SSD's. I have to remember to enter Setup and adjust the CMOS clock every time I switch between a FOSS OS and Windows. David

Why is debian Live (11.2.0) advancing the time on my windows laptop +5 hours? ...

2022-03-26 Thread Albretch Mueller
$ uname -a Linux debian 5.10.0-10-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.84-1 (2021-12-08) x86_64 GNU/Linux $ and how can I avoid that from happening? lbrtchx

Re: Re: Gnome/VirtualBox/Windows copy-paste CR issue.

2022-03-10 Thread Kaz Kylheku
On 10 Mar 2022, Keith Bainbridge wrote: I suggest you install mate-terminal and try from that. Good call; this does not exhibit the issue. Very weird. Gnome Terminal and other programs on Ubuntu don't, either. Anyway, I don't care about copy and paste from anything other than terminals, s

Re: Gnome/VirtualBox/Windows copy-paste CR issue.

2022-03-09 Thread Keith Bainbridge
7;t answer that specifically On Thu, 10 Mar 2022, 09:48 Kaz Kylheku, wrote: > Hi All, > > I have Debian 11 in a VirtualBox, guest to a Windows host. The > guest additions is installed, with bidirectional clipboard enabled. > > When I select text in a Gnome application like Gnome Termi

Gnome/VirtualBox/Windows copy-paste CR issue.

2022-03-09 Thread Kaz Kylheku
Hi All, I have Debian 11 in a VirtualBox, guest to a Windows host. The guest additions is installed, with bidirectional clipboard enabled. When I select text in a Gnome application like Gnome Terminal or Gedit, and then paste it into some guest application, there are extra blank lines. If I

Re: International Space Station adopts Debian Linux, drops Windows & Red Hat into airlock

2022-02-16 Thread Pete Orrall
> > > > We just had this discussion. > > > Subject: ISS is running GNU Linux Debian :) > > Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 21:39:02 +0100 > Great, thanks. I"ll take a look at that thread. -- Pete Orrall p...@cs1x.com www.peteorrall.com "If there isn't a way, I'll make one."

Re: International Space Station adopts Debian Linux, drops Windows & Red Hat into airlock

2022-02-16 Thread Charles Curley
On Wed, 16 Feb 2022 22:57:56 +0800 Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote: > Subject: International Space Station adopts Debian Linux, drops > Windows & Red Hat into airlock We just had this discussion. > Subject: ISS is running GNU Linux Debian :) > Date: Thu, 10 Feb 202

Re: International Space Station adopts Debian Linux, drops Windows & Red Hat into airlock

2022-02-16 Thread Pete Orrall
> > > > Seriusly? > > Published: 13 May 2013 > I saw that too. I'm curious to know what OS(es) are *currently* being used aboard the ISS. Is Debian still used? -- Pete Orrall p...@cs1x.com www.peteorrall.com "If there isn't a way, I'll make one."

Re: International Space Station adopts Debian Linux, drops Windows & Red Hat into airlock

2022-02-16 Thread piorunz
On 16/02/2022 14:57, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote: Good day from Singapore, Just sharing. Seriusly? Published: 13 May 2013 Haha -- With kindest regards, Piotr. ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄

International Space Station adopts Debian Linux, drops Windows & Red Hat into airlock

2022-02-16 Thread Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
Subject: International Space Station adopts Debian Linux, drops Windows & Red Hat into airlock Good day from Singapore, Just sharing. Link to the article: https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/Open-Source-Insider/International-Space-Station-adopts-Debian-Linux-drops-Windows-Red-Hat-into-air

Re: Double boot (Windows & Debian) with UEFI mode

2021-12-06 Thread David Wright
rategy was. > so I finally set it on in the bios Legacy (via F12) and then reinstalled > Debian. > > Now if I turn on, Grub appears with Debian that starts (even if it takes a > while to boot) and if I want to use Windows, at boot, I have to click F12 and > select boot with UE

Re: Double boot (Windows & Debian) with UEFI mode

2021-12-06 Thread David Wright
> > Now if I turn on, Grub appears with Debian that starts (even if it takes a > > while to boot) and if I want to use Windows, at boot, I have to click F12 > > and select boot with UEFI and then Windows 10 starts. > > > > I tried to install os-prober on Debian, but

Re: Double boot (Windows & Debian) with UEFI mode

2021-12-06 Thread Peter Ehlert
use Windows, at boot, I have to click F12 and select boot with UEFI and then Windows 10 starts. that is exactly how I run windows. It works. I tried to install os-prober on Debian, but it is already installed and doing update-grub, but Windows is not shown (Probably because it is inserted in

Re: Double boot (Windows & Debian) with UEFI mode

2021-12-06 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
even if it takes a > while to boot) and if I want to use Windows, at boot, I have to click F12 and > select boot with UEFI and then Windows 10 starts. > > I tried to install os-prober on Debian, but it is already installed and doing > update-grub, but Windows is not shown (Probably beca

Double boot (Windows & Debian) with UEFI mode

2021-12-06 Thread frantal
Hello, unfortunately, nothing David suggested worked, so I finally set it on in the bios Legacy (via F12) and then reinstalled Debian. Now if I turn on, Grub appears with Debian that starts (even if it takes a while to boot) and if I want to use Windows, at boot, I have to click F12 and

Re: Double boot (Windows & Debian) with UEFI mode

2021-12-03 Thread David Wright
; boot When the system is up and running, check and/or reinstall grub with: # grub-install /dev/sda You could then satisfy our curiosity by typing: # ls /sys/firmware/efi but you could also, having installed grub, check the contents listed by: # ls -lR /boot/efi/ It should look som

Re: Double boot (Windows & Debian) with UEFI mode

2021-12-03 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Dec 03, 2021 at 12:22:45PM +0100, fran...@libero.it wrote: > > Hi, > I was unable to install Grub. Via ‘rescue mode’ of installation cd, it > doesn't make me do it; takes me to the partitioning window. Then I did a > reboot which gave me a screenshot > error: file ‘/boot/grub/i386-pc/nor

Double boot (Windows & Debian) with UEFI mode

2021-12-03 Thread frantal
Hi, I was unable to install Grub. Via ‘rescue mode’ of installation cd, it doesn't make me do it; takes me to the partitioning window. Then I did a reboot which gave me a screenshot error: file ‘/boot/grub/i386-pc/normal.mod’ not found. On: grub rescue>ls (hd0) (hd0,gpt8) (hd0,gpt7) (hd0,gpt6

Re: Double boot (Windows & Debian) with UEFI mode

2021-12-02 Thread David Wright
On Thu 02 Dec 2021 at 22:01:29 (+), Joe wrote: > On Thu, 2 Dec 2021 14:29:31 -0600 David Wright wrote: > > > > This thread seems to have gone down a rabbit-hole. > > > > $ aptitude why os-prober > > i grub-common Recommends os-prober (>= 1.33) > > $ > > > > It has stretched the minds of p

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