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Retro-puters

by Mike Peckar

Some fun reads on retro projects in links to hackaday. I wasn't aware of the book mentioned... https://boingboing.net/2020/02/04/766826.html

Feb. 11, 2020

Re: [EXT] Re: GRUB failure

by John Stoffel

Richard> It's a 1TB SanDisk SSD Plus that I bought in July, 2018. Richard> It's the OS drive in a computer that runs 24/7, primarily as Richard> a Plex server, but the media is on a different, spinning Richard> drive. That does sound like it died too early... do you have one of those USB-to-SATA devices you could use to plug into another computer just to see if it's alive? Another option is to install Knoppix or some other bootable distro on a thumb drive and boot there to see what you find. As for the Windows and GRUB issue, I'm not expert enough to make it work without some more details from you. It might be enough to just move the Windows boot drive to the same port that the SSD used to be on. Assuming it's a SATA port and not an M.2 port (which can be SATA). John

Feb. 10, 2020

Re: [EXT] Re: GRUB failure

by Richard Klein

It's a 1TB SanDisk SSD Plus that I bought in July, 2018. It's the OS drive in a computer that runs 24/7, primarily as a Plex server, but the media is on a different, spinning drive. https://photos.app.goo.gl/e8AmriKjcPRdHshcA On Sun, Feb 9, 2020 at 9:11 PM Michael Voorhis via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Tell us more about this dead SSD. Who made it? How old was it? What > sort of load did you put on it? --MCV. > > On 2/9/20 3:24 PM, Richard Klein via WLUG wrote: > > Well, the installer can't partition or write to the SSD, so I guess > > it really is dead. > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >

Feb. 10, 2020

Re: [EXT] Re: sorry about the spam

by Chuck Anderson

On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 01:50:00PM -0500, Keith Wright wrote: > Chuck Anderson via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > > Sorry about the spam. I'm cleaning up spam from the moderator's queue > > and accidently accepted a 8 or 12 messages. > > I think I counted 14 in a few minutes. > > Thank you for your work. I'm glad to know > that someone knows why it happened, and that > it is not just another "new normal". Phew. 1900 messages deleted. Also check out the new list footer:

Feb. 10, 2020

sorry about the spam

by Chuck Anderson

Sorry about the spam. I'm cleaning up spam from the moderator's queue and accidently accepted a 8 or 12 messages.

Feb. 10, 2020

Re: sorry about the spam

by Keith Wright

Chuck Anderson via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Sorry about the spam. I'm cleaning up spam from the moderator's queue > and accidently accepted a 8 or 12 messages. I think I counted 14 in a few minutes. Thank you for your work. I'm glad to know that someone knows why it happened, and that it is not just another "new normal". -- Keith

Feb. 10, 2020

Re: [EXT] Re: GRUB failure

by Michael Voorhis

Tell us more about this dead SSD. Who made it? How old was it? What sort of load did you put on it? --MCV. On 2/9/20 3:24 PM, Richard Klein via WLUG wrote: > Well, the installer can't partition or write to the SSD, so I guess > it really is dead.

Feb. 9, 2020

Re: GRUB failure

by rich＠richardklein.org

Well, the installer can't partition or write to the SSD, so I guess it really is dead. Should I write a new MBR to the spinning disk that has Windows installed so I can boot to it without having the SSD installed?

Feb. 9, 2020

GRUB failure

by Richard Klein

The other day, my computer crashed to a blank, black screen. On reboot, my BIOS didn't see the SSD that held my OS. I tried swapping the SSD onto different cables and different motherboard connectors. When I started the computer back up, it saw the SSD, but gave me a GRUB rescue prompt. On the next reboot, the BIOS again didn't see the SSD. That's repeatable: warm boots make the SSD disappear; it re-appears on cold boots, but dumps me to the GRUB rescue prompt. I figured the SSD has died and I already requested an RMA, but I can't boot to my Windows drive if I remove the SSD, so maybe it's not actually dead. I don't have the patience to troubleshoot from the GRUB rescue prompt and I wasn't thrilled with Manjaro, so I'm going to try to install good, old Debian to the SSD while I wait to hear back about an RMA. -- Rich

Feb. 9, 2020

Reminder: WLUG Meeting Next Week! Topic: Modernizing the Linux Desktop

by Tim Keller

Hey Gang, This is my usual reminder that we've got a meeting next week. Here's the details... Date & Time: February 13th, 2020 @ 7PM Location: WPI Campus Center Room 304 (Peterson Conference Room) Presenter: Joshua Stone Topic: Modernizing the Linux Desktop with Silver/Blue, Toolbox and Flatpak Our speaker this month is Joshua Stone. He's going to giving a talk about a couple of cool technologies in Fedora! Josh provided me some details about these innovations so I've mashed them up and included them below. Silverblue: https://fedoramagazine.org/what-is-silverblue/ Toolbox: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-silverblue/toolbox/ Flatpaks: https://flatpak.org/ *Silverblue* s a Fedora variant designed around immutability where a new system image is committed as the new /sysroot without affecting the state of the running system. This is reminiscent of Android A/B updates, although the update backend -- ostree -- has elements of a version control system like git. *Toolbox* is also interesting as it lets you switch into an unprivileged development environment that can be built up and torn down without affecting the host as tools are installed inside a container. *Flatpak* uses the same file storage backend as Silverblue to manage apps and shared runtimes. This app distribution technology allows you to decouple apps and operating systems as everything is built and run inside a sandbox, making upgrades easier. Compare needing only one version of an app to package as a flatpak, versus packaging for different versions. As usual, snacks and refreshments will be provided and afterwards we'll head off for dinner to continue the conversation. Thanks, Tim Keller WLUG President -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Feb. 9, 2020