Re: [PLUG] Trouble installing Ubuntu 22.04 from a USB Drive

2022-07-20 Thread Mark Phillips
Wiping out the lvm with gparted did the trick. The installation went forward as expected. Thanks, Mark On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 3:00 PM Randy Bush wrote: > i am occasionally brutal and `dd in=/dev/zero` over the front of > recalcitrant drives. >

[PLUG] Trouble installing Ubuntu 22.04 from a USB Drive

2022-07-20 Thread Mark Phillips
I have an older System 76 laptop running 18.04 in a lvm across 2 disks (1 TB and 2 TB). I have backed up all the data, and would like to install 22.04 just on the 1 TB SSD, and then replace the 2 TB with a 4 TB and the backed up data (/home/mark). I downloaded 22.04 desktop iso, verified it, insta

Re: [PLUG] Need help backing up my data

2022-07-15 Thread Mark Phillips
t; https://www.bestbuy.com/site/seagate-backup-plus-fast-4tb-external-usb-3-0-portable-hard-drive-black/5127078.p?skuId=5127078 > > Regards, > - Robert > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 1:22 PM Mark Phillips > wrote: > > > Found the problemI got a rotational drive, not ssd

Re: [PLUG] Need help backing up my data

2022-07-15 Thread Mark Phillips
Found the problemI got a rotational drive, not ssd. Mark On Fri, Jul 15, 2022, 12:15 PM Mark Phillips wrote: > Disks benchmarks 1/2 way done. > > Showing > Avg read 2.3 MB/sec > Avg write 1.8 MB/sec > Avg access time 450 msec > > Does this seem slow for a seagate

Re: [PLUG] Need help backing up my data

2022-07-15 Thread Mark Phillips
Disks benchmarks 1/2 way done. Showing Avg read 2.3 MB/sec Avg write 1.8 MB/sec Avg access time 450 msec Does this seem slow for a seagate 4tb USB 3 external drive? Mark On Fri, Jul 15, 2022, 11:53 AM Mark Phillips wrote: > It may be a cockpit error. The USB drive is brand new, and I assu

Re: [PLUG] Need help backing up my data

2022-07-15 Thread Mark Phillips
gt; > Good luck and let us know what you discover. > > Regards, > - Robert > > > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 10:48 AM Michael Ewan > wrote: > > > Are you using a USB3 drive and a USB3 port, the speed of the interface is > > what I would think of first. >

Re: [PLUG] Need help backing up my data

2022-07-15 Thread Mark Phillips
Yes, they are both USB 3.x Mark On Fri, Jul 15, 2022, 9:48 AM Michael Ewan wrote: > Are you using a USB3 drive and a USB3 port, the speed of the interface is > what I would think of first. > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 8:41 AM Mark Phillips > wrote: > > > I have an Ubun

[PLUG] Need help backing up my data

2022-07-15 Thread Mark Phillips
I have an Ubuntu 18.04 system with two drives in an lvm with one logical root partition. I am trying to back up the contents of the drives (ie /) to an external usb drive using rsync. It is taking a really long time. After 26 hours of continuous operation I have only transferred 138 GB out of 2+ TB

Re: [PLUG] running (ancient) .BAS file with linux

2021-07-12 Thread Mark Phillips
If you can read the source file, can you share it or put it on gitlab/github for others to help? Perhaps we can convert it to Python? My Basic is rusty, and it really depends on how long the program is. In HS (several decades ago), I wrote a matchmaking program for our senior prom that crashed the

[PLUG] OT: Looking for FOSS Recommendations for Telephone Speech to Text Devices for the Hard of Hearing

2021-02-22 Thread Mark Phillips
My 90+ year old mother-in-law wears hearing aids, but can not hear a phone call, even with amplification in the headset. I have seen the speech to text phones on Amazon, but the reviews say they can be slow and there is a human operator listening in on the call typing the messages. I was wondering

Re: [PLUG] OT: Looking for some WiFi Networking Advice

2020-10-14 Thread Mark Phillips
I wear one all the timedon't you??? Mark On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 1:47 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 14 Oct 2020, Mark Phillips wrote: > > > Please don't start a discussion on the health effects of wifi radiation. > > Just assume I am so unscientific and sup

Re: [PLUG] OT: Looking for some WiFi Networking Advice

2020-10-14 Thread Mark Phillips
Mike, I have been using 2 APs wired to the switch for many years and always have lots of dropped calls when moving around the house. Hopping from one AP to the next just does not seem to work. I am hoping mesh will solve this problem. I am not a cable installer, and I don't want to bring anyone i

Re: [PLUG] OT: Looking for some WiFi Networking Advice

2020-10-14 Thread Mark Phillips
ere are some tricks you can use to > make this more deterministic. > > So, there's my advice. > > -- > Russell Senior > russ...@personaltelco.net > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 12:11 PM Mark Phillips > wrote: > > > > I need to upgrade my home wifi netwo

[PLUG] OT: Looking for some WiFi Networking Advice

2020-10-14 Thread Mark Phillips
I need to upgrade my home wifi network with a high speed mesh network (primarily for better phone coverage in my house - I make a lot of video calls to the UK). I have Cox Gigablast on my wired network. The issue I am running into is that the "base" unit of the eero units and other vendors' boxes h

Re: [PLUG] OT: Need some help fixing a git issue

2020-09-26 Thread Mark Phillips
Jonathon, Don't worry about it. I managed to tell git to overwrite all my files and lost over a week of changes, so I am dumping git and just using rsync to keep backups of the project directory at an offsite location. Mark On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 4:04 PM Mark Phillips wrote: >

Re: [PLUG] OT: Need some help fixing a git issue

2020-09-26 Thread Mark Phillips
e, about how to accomplish what > you want without restoring what your deleted at your cloud storage. > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 4:39 PM Mark Phillips > wrote: > > > I need some help from an experienced git user to unravel a git issue I am > > having. > > > &

[PLUG] OT: Need some help fixing a git issue

2020-09-25 Thread Mark Phillips
I need some help from an experienced git user to unravel a git issue I am having. I have a local repo and a private remote repo in the cloud (not github). I am the only user. I have been using these two for a couple of years with no issues. However, I inadvertently included some large test files i

Re: [PLUG] LibreOffice Base experience?

2019-01-28 Thread Mark Phillips
I would second the use of django as an option. Not with Sqlite but mysql. A web interface can be used by almost anyone, so passing it on is easy. There are tons of python programmers out there who could help in a pinch. Django is out of the box ready to run with a few tweeks. The built in admin int

Re: [PLUG] Password keeper

2018-09-06 Thread Mark Phillips
I sync the KeePass2 db across multiple computers/OS's (Linux and Android) using Dropbox. I also install a secret key file on each of my devices as an added precaution against someone cracking my Dropbox folder. I also use LastPass and it is the most convenient solution. Mark On Thu, Sep 6, 2018

Re: [PLUG] Introduction - from Niagara Falls NY

2018-06-25 Thread Mark Phillips
Mostly a heating expertjust put the computer outside in July and watch it melt! ;) Mark On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 9:39 AM, Paul Heinlein wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jun 2018, Mark Phillips wrote: > > Here is one in Arizona! >> > > Our system cooling expert? :-) > > &

Re: [PLUG] Introduction - from Niagara Falls NY

2018-06-25 Thread Mark Phillips
Here is one in Arizona! Mark On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 8:08 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jun 2018, Chuck Hast wrote: > > Well, I know that we have 1 in MO (RichardO.) I am in OKC, OK, and now NY, >> wonder where else we have people. >> > > In the past we had members in Toronto, Fort Col

Re: [PLUG] [OT ?] Assisting brother while 1000 miles away

2018-01-07 Thread Mark Phillips
r your lan. Good luck! Mark On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 5:33 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 01/06/2018 08:51 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > >> A few ideas off the top of my head... >> >> * Maybe you could use rdesktop (or some equivalent) to gain access >> to his computer an

Re: [PLUG] [OT ?] Assisting brother while 1000 miles away

2018-01-06 Thread Mark Phillips
A few ideas off the top of my head... * Maybe you could use rdesktop (or some equivalent) to gain access to his computer and show him how to work on it? I did this years ago on older Windows machines from Linux, not sure if you can do it today with newer windows. Google will help you with this. *

Re: [PLUG] Learning programming

2017-12-15 Thread Mark Phillips
Google has extended the #GrowWithGoogle scholarship challenge in partnership with @Udacity until December 31. You can apply here - https://udacity.com/grow-with-google I participated in the beta testing of the beginning Android Google/Udacity online nano course, and it was very well done. Much be