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Re: [Wlug] Using Knoppix to copy an NTFS drive

by Chuck Noyes

On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:16:42 -0500 "Brett Russ" <bruss(a)alum.wpi.edu> wrote: > On 11/22/06, Chuck Noyes <vze284qe(a)verizon.net> wrote: > > I booted up the 5.0 KNOPPIX CD and tried dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb. > > There were no error messages and after about 30 minutes the 'dd' > > Sounds like a 30-40GB drive? It's an 80 GB drive. > > > finished. However from KNOPPIX, I can't mount the new drive. the > > mount command (sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/hdb1 /media/hdb1) fails with: > > > > "Couldn't mount device '/dev/hdb1'. input/output error - mount > > failed". > > Some things to do: > -Check the kernel log (dmesg will dump it) for errors on hdb. dmesg looks clean. > -Check the health of hdb (smartctl -a /dev/hdb) smartctl reports no problems or errors. If I run smartctl -t short /dev/hdb followed by smartctl -l selftest /dev/hdb, there are no errors. > > BR > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Nov. 22, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Using Knoppix to copy an NTFS drive

by Brett Russ

On 11/22/06, Chuck Noyes <vze284qe(a)verizon.net> wrote: > I booted up the 5.0 KNOPPIX CD and tried dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb. > There were no error messages and after about 30 minutes the 'dd' Sounds like a 30-40GB drive? > finished. However from KNOPPIX, I can't mount the new drive. the mount > command (sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/hdb1 /media/hdb1) fails with: > > "Couldn't mount device '/dev/hdb1'. input/output error - mount failed". Some things to do: -Check the kernel log (dmesg will dump it) for errors on hdb. -Check the health of hdb (smartctl -a /dev/hdb) BR

Nov. 22, 2006

Using Knoppix to copy an NTFS drive

by Chuck Noyes

Hi All, I have a drive that sounds like it's about to fail (making strange noises and occasionally not booting), so I want to copy it to another identical drive. The drive has 1 NTFS partition on it - I very occasionally run Win2k. I booted up the 5.0 KNOPPIX CD and tried dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb. There were no error messages and after about 30 minutes the 'dd' finished. However from KNOPPIX, I can't mount the new drive. the mount command (sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/hdb1 /media/hdb1) fails with: "Couldn't mount device '/dev/hdb1'. input/output error - mount failed". The original drive (/dev/hda1) mounts without any problem. If I use the fdisk utility and look at the partition table, there are no differences between the hda and hdb drives. Any ideas how I can solve this problem?? BTW: The qtparted utility on the KNOPPIX 5.0 CD and DVD fails with a "floating point exception" error. TIA, -Chuck

Nov. 22, 2006

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by Mike Leo

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Nov. 18, 2006

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by Mike Leo

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Nov. 17, 2006

Seeking help with xine

by Walt Sawyer

Hi all, I'm having some trouble with xine. It used to work, but, for no apparent reason, I get error messages that say "-xine engine error- There is no demuxer plugin available to handle /xine-ui_logo.mpv." and "There is no demuxer plugin available to handle whatever file that I tried to open". Can anyone help me? Thanks! Walt

Nov. 8, 2006

Seeking Linux distribution in Korean language

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI gang, I have a Korean colleague who is seeking a Linux distribution in Korean. Does anybody have any recommendations? Thanks, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFTQ/PHl0iXDssISsRAs0IAJ42SoFH8hKXYXz10kxL3mcDae4n5ACfaBvU LxH0mMf4O5QsX/xtpG7inrE= =KtbQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Nov. 4, 2006

REMINDER: Meeting next week (Wed Nov 8)

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI gang, This is a reminder about the upcoming WLUG meeting, to be held on Wednesday, November 8th, at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid room on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. We don't currently have a speaker for this meeting. Are there any volunteers? If not, I could try to give a talk about the Smart Package Manager, which (thanks to Greg Avedissian) I have been using on my laptop for a month or two. If other folks know more about this than I know, it could turn into a discussion where we could all learn something new. I'm not sure that there's enough here to take up a full meeting, but it would certainly get us started. Let me know if this is of interest. Naturally, we'll adjourn to the Tech Pizza restaurant after the meeting for more socializing. See ya there! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFSDJnHl0iXDssISsRAqJLAJ4zWtyWkIhkw85iql4sk/RNM/ZQdQCfURPr 5eIuTI47jNEPQJfY+nwsyHw= =pZud -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Nov. 1, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Exim and Spam Filtering

by Richard Klein

Theo Van Dinter wrote: > On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 08:26:58AM -0400, Michael Zarozinski wrote: >> Can anyone recommend a good Spam filter that hooks into the Exim MTA? >> I'm looking for something that is updated regularly but doesn't require >> much of my time. > > I know nothing about Exim, but something that interfaces it to SpamAssassin > would be good. I am biased about that, of course. :) Same here. I don't use Exim, but I do use SpamAssassin and am pretty happy with it. I've also heard that CRM-114 works very well, but is difficult to set up. The author lives in Acton, is very active on a local motorcyclist email list, has done welding for me in exchange for beer, and appeared on a couple seasons of Junkyard Wars (Crash of the New England Rubbish Deconstructionists). So maybe I can't recommend CRM-114, but I can certainly recommend the author. :) -- Rich

Oct. 27, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Exim and Spam Filtering

by Theo Van Dinter

On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 08:26:58AM -0400, Michael Zarozinski wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good Spam filter that hooks into the Exim MTA? > I'm looking for something that is updated regularly but doesn't require > much of my time. I know nothing about Exim, but something that interfaces it to SpamAssassin would be good. I am biased about that, of course. :) -- Randomly Selected Tagline: "Snakes have no arms. That's why they don't wear vests." - Bob Lazarus

Oct. 27, 2006