Re: [qubes-users] USB Root Drive Corruption

2016-08-19 Thread Jeremy Rand
johnyju...@sigaint.org: >> This problem persists in 3.2rc2. >> >> (And I get 0 errors on the same USB drive under Tails. When I can find >> the SATA power connector around here somewhere, I'll try moving the drive >> direct onto the SATA bus.) > > I think the problem *may* be that systemd has a

Re: [qubes-users] USB Root Drive Corruption - Solved???

2016-08-19 Thread johnyjukya
>> This problem persists in 3.2rc2. >> >> (And I get 0 errors on the same USB drive under Tails. When I can find >> the SATA power connector around here somewhere, I'll try moving the >> drive >> direct onto the SATA bus.) > > I think the problem *may* be that systemd has a default 90 second

Re: [qubes-users] USB Root Drive Corruption

2016-08-18 Thread johnyjukya
This problem persists in 3.2rc2. (And I get 0 errors on the same USB drive under Tails. When I can find the SATA power connector around here somewhere, I'll try moving the drive direct onto the SATA bus.) > Thanks for the feedback. The fact USB is a bad idea all around for > security (and

Re: [qubes-users] USB Root Drive Corruption

2016-08-17 Thread johnyjukya
Thanks for the feedback. The fact USB is a bad idea all around for security (and potentially stability), and the fact I was getting minor corruption, should have been a warning to me to move the drive right onto the SATA bus, rather than risking worse corruption. I guess I only have myself to

Re: [qubes-users] USB Root Drive Corruption

2016-08-17 Thread Jeremy Rand
johnyju...@sigaint.org: > Well, my wild enthusiasm with Qubes has turned into complete frustration > and exasperation this morning. > > The "mild" corruption I was seeing on boot (running Qubes from a USB 2.5" > HD) wasn't quite so mild the last time I booted. > > This time, rather than

Re: [qubes-users] USB Root Drive Corruption

2016-08-17 Thread johnyjukya
Well, my wild enthusiasm with Qubes has turned into complete frustration and exasperation this morning. The "mild" corruption I was seeing on boot (running Qubes from a USB 2.5" HD) wasn't quite so mild the last time I booted. This time, rather than "recovering journal... done," the fsck spewed

Re: [qubes-users] USB Root Drive Corruption

2016-08-13 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2016-08-12 15:31, johnyju...@sigaint.org wrote: > I realize USB drives (or USB *anything*) is a stupid, stupid idea when it > comes to being security conscious, but while trying out Qubes, I do have my > root drive on an external USB HD. > >