Mounting USB media (hint/tip, btrfs)

Some good tips from the btrfs newsgroup for mounting removable media:

> Better yet, if your btrfs is actually on /dev/sdc right now, let’s get that fstab entry mounting it by UUID instead. > > ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid | grep sdc > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 3 09:40 12345678-9abc0-1234-5678-9a0123456789 -> ../../sdc > > . . . → Read More: Mounting USB media (hint/tip, btrfs)

Gentoo-isms #1 – gcc profile fix

How To Fix a “gcc profile is invalid”

Scenario: (all as the “root” user, or via “sudo”)

You run an update with “emerge” and all goes well. Then for good housekeeping, you run a “depclean”.

And then you find that nothing will compile! Typical errors are such as any/all of:

configure: error: C compiler cannot . . . → Read More: Gentoo-isms #1 – gcc profile fix

A Fistfull of FLOSS Freedom

There is very much more to the IT world beyond the very few proprietary systems and unix and linux… And all part of a wide brave world of computer freedom.

In a surprisingly matter-of-fact style for The Register:

Fed up with Windows? Linux too easy? Get weird, go ALTERNATIVE

… It’s hard to believe, looking . . . → Read More: A Fistfull of FLOSS Freedom

Strange Glowing Lights on the Hill Tops

If you should go up to the hills tonight you’re sure of a big surprise If you should go up to the hills tonight you’ll see better before sunrise…

(Misquoted from the Teddy Bears’ Picnic.)

Radio Hams continue to shine as brightly as ever and in ever new unexpected realms of communication and Ham-electronics wizardry!…

. . . → Read More: Strange Glowing Lights on the Hill Tops

LBW2013 status day 02

Sunday

Overnight, the weather did howl and gale, and my tent was all-a-shudder. The tent pegs held fast, greatly aided by an almighty Jason super-peg anchored on the upwind corner. Despite being sheltered on three sides by a drystone wall, big barn, and a car, the dome tent was not always able to stay dome . . . → Read More: LBW2013 status day 02