Re: [PLUG] Experiences with USB "null modem" cables.

2018-06-01 Thread Richard Owlett
On 05/31/2018 09:12 AM, Johnathan Mantey wrote: Richard, Is there a reason you don't use point to point RJ45 ethernet? YEPP ;/ If a PC has USB it almost always has RJ45 ethernet. As you say "*almost*" If neither side has MDIX then RJ45 crossover cables are available to complete the conne

Re: [PLUG] Experiences with USB "null modem" cables.

2018-06-01 Thread Russell Senior
2 of these: https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-1000-Gigabit-Ethernet-Adapter/dp/B00M77HMU0/ 1 of these: https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-RJ45-Cat-6-Ethernet-Patch-Cable-3-Feet-0-9-Meters/dp/B00N2VISLW/ or, if you really want pain and slow file transfers: 2 of these: https://www.amazon.com/Sab

Re: [PLUG] Experiences with USB "null modem" cables.

2018-06-01 Thread Richard Owlett
Who? Me? Masochist? I'll have to wait until this afternoon to read your links. On 06/01/2018 04:44 AM, Russell Senior wrote: 2 of these: https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-1000-Gigabit-Ethernet-Adapter/dp/B00M77HMU0/ 1 of these: https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-RJ45-Cat-6-Ethernet-Patch-Cab

Re: [PLUG] Experiences with USB "null modem" cables.

2018-06-01 Thread Tyrell Jentink
And somehow this thread has avoided the obvious "FTDI vs Prolific" flamewar! Basically, those are the two USB-to-serial chipsets on which all devices on the market are based, and some people swear both are awesome all the time, and other people claim one works better on Linux than the other... Mayb

[PLUG] Cloning a mirror raid

2018-06-01 Thread Scott Howard
I need to clone a mirror raid on a linux box to one drive. Any software suggestions other than clonezilla. Scott Howard ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Experiences with USB "null modem" cables.

2018-06-01 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 1 Jun 2018, Tyrell Jentink wrote: I have actually done file transfers over RS-232 null modem cables, in the distant past... Both computers had native serial, as was the custom for the time... But one had a DSL internet connection, and the other... Well, it spit in the face of the "Comput

Re: [PLUG] Experiences with USB "null modem" cables.

2018-06-01 Thread Galen Seitz
On 06/01/2018 07:06 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: On Fri, 1 Jun 2018, Tyrell Jentink wrote: I have actually done file transfers over RS-232 null modem cables, in the distant past... Both computers had native serial, as was the custom for the time... But one had a DSL internet connection, and the othe

Re: [PLUG] Cloning a mirror raid

2018-06-01 Thread Jim Garrison
On 6/1/2018 6:14 AM, Scott Howard wrote: > I need to clone a mirror raid on a linux box to one drive. Any software > suggestions other than clonezilla. Hardware RAID card or software RAID? Why can't you just use dd? ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux

[PLUG] PLUG June Meeting Announcement: YaCy Distributed/P2P Search Engine

2018-06-01 Thread Michael Dexter
Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement Who: Daniel Hedlund What: YaCy Distributed/P2P Search Engine Where: PSU, 1930 SW 4th Ave. Room FAB 86-01 (Lower Level) When: Thursday, June 7th, 2018 at 7pm Why: The pursuit of technology freedom Stream: http://pdxlinux.org/live YaCy (http

Re: [PLUG] Cloning a mirror raid

2018-06-01 Thread Tomas Kuchta
dd from the raid Dev to /dev/sd? On Fri, Jun 1, 2018, 6:10 AM Scott Howard wrote: > I need to clone a mirror raid on a linux box to one drive. Any software > suggestions other than clonezilla. > > > > Scott Howard > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxl

Re: [PLUG] Cloning a mirror raid

2018-06-01 Thread Russell Senior
or, if you just want the files, then mount it and rsync the files to another filesystem. On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 6:13 PM, Tomas Kuchta wrote: > dd from the raid Dev to /dev/sd? > > > On Fri, Jun 1, 2018, 6:10 AM Scott Howard wrote: > > > I need to clone a mirror raid on a linux box to one drive.

Re: [PLUG] Experiences with USB "null modem" cables.

2018-06-01 Thread Thomas Groman
On Fri, 1 Jun 2018 04:17:06 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: > On 05/31/2018 09:12 AM, Johnathan Mantey wrote: > > Richard, > > Is there a reason you don't use point to point RJ45 ethernet? > > YEPP ;/ > > > If a PC has USB it almost always has RJ45 ethernet. > > As you say "*almost*" > > > I