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  • Re: Installing MGA9 on New HP (Win11) Desktop

    From Daniel70@2:250/1 to All on Mon Jan 27 08:02:23 2025
    On 27/01/2025 3:47 am, David W. Hodgins wrote:
    On Sun, 26 Jan 2025 02:03:24 -0500, Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:

    On 26/01/2025 2:02 am, Markus Robert Kessler wrote:
    <snip>
    cat /install/mga9x64.iso > /dev/sdb

    Of cource you have to be sure to address the right device, assuming here >>> that sdb is your first USB stick.

    Good thought, Markus .... but, as the other two devices I have connected
    by USB are my Keyboard and my Mouse, I don't THINK I can do too much
    damage!! ;-P

    The dev/sd? entries are for disk drives. Doesn't matter if they are ide, sata, usb, etc.

    Make sure you know which /dev/sd? entry is for what, or you may
    overwrite your disk
    drive.

    That's one of the reasons to use isodumper. It only shows usb drives.

    The following script will show just usb drives ...
    $ cat /home/dave/bin/listusbdrives
    #!/bin/bash
        for block in $(tree -if /sys/devices|grep usb|grep
    /block/sd[a-z]$); do
            device=${block##*/} # strip last slash and everything before it.
            printf '%s\n' "$device"
        done

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

    Thanks, Dave.

    I'm guessing I'd have to adjust the /home/ *dave* /bin bit first!! ;-P
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    Daniel70

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  • From Daniel70@2:250/1 to All on Mon Jan 27 08:05:28 2025
    On 27/01/2025 5:57 am, Markus Robert Kessler wrote:

    <Snip>

    Besides this, always remember the first command, we should use when
    working under Unix / Linux / MacOS:

    mount /dev/brain

    Oww! Is that a recent inclusion in all the OS's?? ;-) Well, all except Windows!!
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    Daniel70

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  • From David W. Hodgins@2:250/1 to All on Mon Jan 27 15:22:06 2025
    On Mon, 27 Jan 2025 03:02:23 -0500, Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:

    On 27/01/2025 3:47 am, David W. Hodgins wrote:
    <snip>
    The following script will show just usb drives ...
    $ cat /home/dave/bin/listusbdrives
    #!/bin/bash
    for block in $(tree -if /sys/devices|grep usb|grep
    /block/sd[a-z]$); do
    device=${block##*/} # strip last slash and everything before it.
    printf '%s\n' "$device"
    done

    I'm guessing I'd have to adjust the /home/ *dave* /bin bit first!! ;-P

    Yeah. What the above is showing is a script I wrote on my computer. You'll need to create
    the file in your ~/bin directory, copy/paste the script and save it, then run "chmod a+x ~/bin/listusbdrives" to make it executable.

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

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  • From Daniel70@2:250/1 to All on Tue Jan 28 07:56:15 2025
    On 28/01/2025 2:22 am, David W. Hodgins wrote:
    On Mon, 27 Jan 2025 03:02:23 -0500, Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
    On 27/01/2025 3:47 am, David W. Hodgins wrote:
    <snip>
    The following script will show just usb drives ...
    $ cat /home/dave/bin/listusbdrives
    #!/bin/bash
         for block in $(tree -if /sys/devices|grep usb|grep
    /block/sd[a-z]$); do
             device=${block##*/} # strip last slash and everything before
    it.
             printf '%s\n' "$device"
         done

    I'm guessing I'd have to adjust the /home/ *dave* /bin bit first!! ;-P

    Yeah. What the above is showing is a script I wrote on my computer.
    You'll need to create
    the file in your ~/bin directory, copy/paste the script and save it,
    then run
    "chmod a+x ~/bin/listusbdrives" to make it executable.

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

    Thanks, Dave.
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    Daniel70

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