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by dyfi
Sun May 23, 2021 12:56 am
Forum: Software / Configuration
Topic: Need to Encrypt a folder [Solved]
Replies: 26
Views: 1720

Re: Need to Encrypt a folder [Solved]

Ccrypt will recursively encrypt folder contents.
by dyfi
Sun Jul 01, 2018 10:44 am
Forum: General
Topic: Install mx-snapshot on Debian Stable
Replies: 4
Views: 6849

Re: Install mx-snapshot on Debian Stable

I believe snapshot was developed from Refracta. The link is below and these tools should work on a Debian install.

http://www.ibiblio.org/refracta/downloads.html
by dyfi
Mon May 07, 2018 1:47 am
Forum: Software / Configuration
Topic: How to boot an ISO from grub menu? READ POST 1. SOLVED
Replies: 19
Views: 6016

Re: How to boot an ISO from grub menu? READ POST 1. SOLVED

@ Richard, there is a Debian package that will do all the hard work for you, it's:- "grub-imageboot". I've used it in the past for Clonezilla from grub but not recently. Doubt that persistence would work though.
by dyfi
Sun Apr 29, 2018 10:26 am
Forum: Documentation and videos
Topic: MX-15/16.1 Linux Tutorial How to Automatic Clone Backup and Restore System
Replies: 6
Views: 5168

Re: MX-15/16.1 Linux Tutorial How to Automatic Clone Backup and Restore System

I'm posting again on this topic after a long period of time. I've always been very wary of dd'ing a running system, since the image taken is at the block level and not the file level and so file errors can occur if the disk is written to. Just when you think your linux wisdom is pretty good you can ...
by dyfi
Fri Aug 18, 2017 3:18 am
Forum: Tips & Tricks by users
Topic: A little trick to find out exactly when you installed a Linux OS
Replies: 1
Views: 1581

Re: A little trick to find out exactly when you installed a Linux OS

Code:- tune2fs -l /dev/sda1

Is also very informative.
by dyfi
Wed Apr 19, 2017 12:17 pm
Forum: Documentation and videos
Topic: Tips and Tricks from the Xfce Forum
Replies: 22
Views: 30889

Re: Tips and Tricks from the Xfce Forum

@Jerry3904 - That's a neat trick, thank you.
by dyfi
Tue Mar 07, 2017 1:20 am
Forum: General
Topic: How many of you need a 32 bit distro?
Replies: 131
Views: 40435

Re: How many of you need a 32 bit distro?

Voted yes, my issue is with an OKI MFP - it will not work on a 64 bit install.
by dyfi
Sat Aug 27, 2016 5:58 am
Forum: Scripts
Topic: Launch multiple apps with single click
Replies: 7
Views: 6923

Re: Launch multiple apps with single click

Nice tip, thank you, works perfectly.
by dyfi
Tue Mar 01, 2016 4:59 am
Forum: Documentation and videos
Topic: MX-15/16.1 Linux Tutorial How to Automatic Clone Backup and Restore System
Replies: 6
Views: 5168

Re: Tutorial Linux MX-15 How to Automatic Clone Backup Syste

Nicely explained, but not sure about using dd on a running system. It will work, but could easily create a corrupt image if anything is written to disk during the operation, as you have illustrated. I use fsarchiver as a daily cron job on a running system. This creates a reliable file system archive...
by dyfi
Fri Jul 10, 2015 4:01 am
Forum: antiX
Topic: antiX-15 w/ Xfce-4.12
Replies: 26
Views: 9130

Re: antiX-15 w/ Xfce-4.12

Slightly off topic, but I remember those Saline days. It was a very good system.

Nowadays I always install two systems per hard drive. One to use daily and one to use for repair. Daily I'm using MX with Manjaro as second choice.

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