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by AndyMH
Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:23 am
Forum: Storage
Topic: can't format my second HD
Replies: 2
Views: 24

Re: can't format my second HD

I suspect the partition you are trying to delete is mounted. You cannot change/delete a mounted partition. You need to un-mount it first. Right click on it and un-mount. The partition highlighted is mounted, it tells you where it is mounted. Screenshot from 2024-03-29 13-17-53.png Note - when you cr...
by AndyMH
Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:47 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: Dell Latitudes
Replies: 6
Views: 161

Re: Dell Latitudes

birdman518 wrote: Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:36 pm The only specs I think I care about are 16G of RAM and a 512G HDD.
Looking at the specs for the Latitude 5440 that has a 13th gen intel cpu. You will need the edge version of the iso for that hardware. I would be very surprised if it has an HDD, it is likely to be an nvme drive.
by AndyMH
Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:42 am
Forum: Hardware Support
Topic: Laptop will not suspend or reboot.
Replies: 14
Views: 285

Re: Laptop will not suspend or reboot.

Out of interest, if you do Alt + PrtScn + REISUB, does it reboot correctly? Keep the Alt key pressed for the whole sequence.

Background:
https://blog.kember.net/posts/2008-04-r ... x-restart/
by AndyMH
Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:35 am
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: About to install - it wrongly says "no other operating system" ...
Replies: 11
Views: 167

Re: About to install - it wrongly says "no other operating system" ...

As long as the installer can see your system drive, yes.

You can check how you are booting, boot the install stick open a terminal and efibootmgr, if it says EFI variables are not supported you are booting legacy, anything else is UEFI. Mint will install in the same mode your stick booted in.
by AndyMH
Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:27 am
Forum: Software & Applications
Topic: Incremental Luckybackups
Replies: 4
Views: 76

Re: Incremental Luckybackups

_tab wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:24 pm ideally I would like each snapshot just to contain the new files rather than the whole backup each time.
This is what timeshift and backintime do, each snapshot is complete because they use hard links to point at the original backup copy for files that have not changed.
by AndyMH
Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:46 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: Linux Mint login to Active Directory
Replies: 9
Views: 197

Re: Linux Mint login to Active Directory

I stand corrected and have learnt something :)
by AndyMH
Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:45 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: And another one gets put on my refuse to use list !!!
Replies: 51
Views: 1346

Re: And another one gets put on my refuse to use list !!!

You can make a bootable iso of your installed system, systemback is one utility, respin is another. I have never used either.
by AndyMH
Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:41 pm
Forum: Other topics
Topic: Full disk backup without empty sectors
Replies: 7
Views: 192

Re: Full disk backup without empty sectors

All three utilities mentioned only backup used blocks on partitions with known filesystems like ext4 and ntfs. Foxclone and rescuezilla additionally compress the image files to save further space. Clonezilla will as well but I don't know if it is a default. Foxclone and rescuezilla are front ends fo...
by AndyMH
Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:10 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: And another one gets put on my refuse to use list !!!
Replies: 51
Views: 1346

Re: And another one gets put on my refuse to use list !!!

MintMagoo wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:05 pm Are there instructions anywhere on how to build a bootable from the linux command line?
Do you mean build your own linux iso, you need a lot of linux-fu and it is a very steep learning curve?
by AndyMH
Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:16 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: And another one gets put on my refuse to use list !!!
Replies: 51
Views: 1346

Re: And another one gets put on my refuse to use list !!!

I'm thinking the size of an image file would be dependent on how much compression is used, which I believe can be changed in each program. In earlier versions of foxclone you could change the compression level. I removed it, beyond compression level = 1, it takes a lot longer for very little gain. ...
by AndyMH
Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:07 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: Terminology Oldsters vs Youngsters
Replies: 112
Views: 2328

Re: Terminology Oldsters vs Youngsters

wwblm wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:42 am Tube vs transistor
We called them valves and I was taught valve theory at university. The last course to do so.
by AndyMH
Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:08 pm
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: And another one gets put on my refuse to use list !!!
Replies: 51
Views: 1346

Re: And another one gets put on my refuse to use list !!!

I would be interested in a comparison, how long to backup with macrium and resultant image file sizes compared to same with foxclone. While I agree with Jeannie on finding linux equivalents to what you used to do in win, backup is so fundamentally important that it is essential that you use somethin...
by AndyMH
Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:39 am
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: And another one gets put on my refuse to use list !!!
Replies: 51
Views: 1346

Re: And another one gets put on my refuse to use list !!!

Yes, they all do. Foxclone: https://foxclone.org/ Read the user guide. My recommendation now for putting it on a stick would be to use ventoy and I must update the guide to better reflect that. A "how to" on ventoy: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2389786&hilit=ventoy#p238...
by AndyMH
Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:19 am
Forum: Open Chat
Topic: And another one gets put on my refuse to use list !!!
Replies: 51
Views: 1346

Re: And another one gets put on my refuse to use list !!!

MintMagoo wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:47 am Macrium Rescue, that I will be keeping. Never goes online, booted offline from thumb drive, can backup and restore linux efi, root, home, swap in about 2 minutes with great compression. Extremely reliable.
There are linux alternatives, foxclone, rescuezilla, clonezilla. I'm the foxclone dev.
by AndyMH
Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:42 am
Forum: Networking
Topic: Linux Mint login to Active Directory
Replies: 9
Views: 197

Re: Linux Mint login to Active Directory

My link shows connecting with nemo smb://diskstation.local as well as how to connect via fstab with cifs. Thought you needed samba for that? Happy to be corrected.
by AndyMH
Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:38 am
Forum: Installation & Boot
Topic: Linux Mint AND Arch Linux
Replies: 4
Views: 144

Re: Linux Mint AND Arch Linux

MiZoG wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:47 am No offence, DQuinn, believe me I have your best interest in mind when I point out that the mere fact that you came here to ask this question means that you are not ready for Arch.
+1
by AndyMH
Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:36 am
Forum: Programming & Development
Topic: Python 3 editor that works?
Replies: 5
Views: 123

Re: Python 3 editor that works?

I used to use bluefish (and liked it), now I use VScode, it's better. I use it for C++ (for arduino), but there will be extensions you can add to create a python development environment - it's such an obvious target as so many people use it. I don't use python, don't like it.
by AndyMH
Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:25 am
Forum: Networking
Topic: Linux Mint login to Active Directory
Replies: 9
Views: 197

Re: Linux Mint login to Active Directory

If all you are trying to do is mount a share from your synology in mint you do NOT need active directory. Read my posts here: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2224687&hilit=synology+fstab#p2224687 You need to install samba which you can do from software manager, or in a terminal: apt...
by AndyMH
Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:17 am
Forum: Beginner Questions
Topic: sudoers // privileges
Replies: 5
Views: 134

Re: sudoers // privileges

Personally I think it is a bad idea to modify sudoers, especially if you are removing the requirement for a password for all commands. I have no idea why brave wants a password, but run easyssh with pkexec easyssh instead of sudo. You should get a pop-up asking for the password, or you can setup a p...
by AndyMH
Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:09 am
Forum: Virtual Machines
Topic: Failed to start Light Display Manager at boot
Replies: 3
Views: 444

Re: Failed to start Light Display Manager at boot

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