Comments for i, quaid http://iquaid.org ... the four laws of humanity ... Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on Partition /dev/sd* namespace FAIL by Jeremy Katz http://iquaid.org/2008/05/08/partition-devsd-namespace-fail/#comment-1910 Jeremy Katz Thu, 08 May 2008 14:03:20 +0000 http://iquaid.org/?p=77#comment-1910 The real answer is making it so that people aren't using a shell script with all the pain that implies. Hence, Luke and Kushal's work on liveusb-creator which is a nice PyQT frontend to the process. The real answer is making it so that people aren’t using a shell script with all the pain that implies. Hence, Luke and Kushal’s work on liveusb-creator which is a nice PyQT frontend to the process.

]]> Comment on Partition /dev/sd* namespace FAIL by davej http://iquaid.org/2008/05/08/partition-devsd-namespace-fail/#comment-1909 davej Thu, 08 May 2008 13:31:59 +0000 http://iquaid.org/?p=77#comment-1909 A simple safety check would be to look and see if the partition the user asked to write to is already mounted, and refuse to do anything if it is. A simple safety check would be to look and see if the partition the user asked to write to is already mounted, and refuse to do anything if it is.

]]> Comment on Partition /dev/sd* namespace FAIL by Marland V. Pittman http://iquaid.org/2008/05/08/partition-devsd-namespace-fail/#comment-1908 Marland V. Pittman Thu, 08 May 2008 12:31:30 +0000 http://iquaid.org/?p=77#comment-1908 Oops. GUI Live USB creator FTW? More seriously... I know you were in a console... maybe incorporate that df listing into the script, so that you can select a target after seeing sizes. Oops.

GUI Live USB creator FTW?

More seriously… I know you were in a console… maybe incorporate that df listing into the script, so that you can select a target after seeing sizes.

]]> Comment on Partition /dev/sd* namespace FAIL by davidz http://iquaid.org/2008/05/08/partition-devsd-namespace-fail/#comment-1907 davidz Thu, 08 May 2008 12:14:32 +0000 http://iquaid.org/?p=77#comment-1907 Suggest to also make the tool check if the target device is mounted / claimed by other devices (e.g. dm and md). Suggest to also make the tool check if the target device is mounted / claimed by other devices (e.g. dm and md).

]]> Comment on Partition /dev/sd* namespace FAIL by The Grand Fallacy » A disk, by any other name. http://iquaid.org/2008/05/08/partition-devsd-namespace-fail/#comment-1901 The Grand Fallacy » A disk, by any other name. Thu, 08 May 2008 11:10:59 +0000 http://iquaid.org/?p=77#comment-1901 [...] Karsten, I don’t think we should be using, or telling others to use, the /dev/sd* device names at all anymore, when there’s a far better alternative — /dev/disk/*. [...] […] Karsten, I don’t think we should be using, or telling others to use, the /dev/sd* device names at all anymore, when there’s a far better alternative — /dev/disk/*. […]

]]> Comment on Partition /dev/sd* namespace FAIL by Victor Bogado http://iquaid.org/2008/05/08/partition-devsd-namespace-fail/#comment-1900 Victor Bogado Thu, 08 May 2008 11:10:42 +0000 http://iquaid.org/?p=77#comment-1900 Is it possible to query what bus is a sdx drive is installed? If is is easy we should patch livecd-iso-to-disk to test if the partition is on a usb connected disk and ask for confirmation. Another easy sanity test is to check if the target partion is mounted. I will fill those out in bugzilla. Is it possible to query what bus is a sdx drive is installed? If is is easy we should patch livecd-iso-to-disk to test if the partition is on a usb connected disk and ask for confirmation.

Another easy sanity test is to check if the target partion is mounted. I will fill those out in bugzilla.

]]> Comment on Partition /dev/sd* namespace FAIL by ndim http://iquaid.org/2008/05/08/partition-devsd-namespace-fail/#comment-1899 ndim Thu, 08 May 2008 10:56:52 +0000 http://iquaid.org/?p=77#comment-1899 The underlying problem is that all those scripts which mess around with partitions and partition tables need or want to be root. When I, as a user, want to write data to a memory stick I have just plugged in, I should not need any root access for that. The underlying problem is that all those scripts which mess around with partitions and partition tables need or want to be root.

When I, as a user, want to write data to a memory stick I have just plugged in, I should not need any root access for that.

]]> Comment on Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful by ignacio http://iquaid.org/2008/05/06/dont-hate-me-because-im-beautiful/#comment-1883 ignacio Tue, 06 May 2008 14:22:17 +0000 http://iquaid.org/?p=75#comment-1883 I believe it was Zsa Zsa Gabor that said it. I believe it was Zsa Zsa Gabor that said it.

]]> Comment on Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful by Matt Domsch http://iquaid.org/2008/05/06/dont-hate-me-because-im-beautiful/#comment-1882 Matt Domsch Tue, 06 May 2008 14:06:19 +0000 http://iquaid.org/?p=75#comment-1882 Kelly LeBrock you're not. :-) "Wierd Science..." Kelly LeBrock you’re not. :-)

“Wierd Science…”

]]> Comment on Big on freedom doesn’t mean rabid by i, quaid › Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful http://iquaid.org/2008/05/05/big-on-freedom-doesnt-mean-rabid/#comment-1881 i, quaid › Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful Tue, 06 May 2008 12:49:10 +0000 http://iquaid.org/?p=74#comment-1881 [...] up on my post about Jono Bacon’s topic of the ‘vocal minority’, I asked him directly to make it clear that when he is talking about this vocal minority, he really [...] […] up on my post about Jono Bacon’s topic of the ‘vocal minority’, I asked him directly to make it clear that when he is talking about this vocal minority, he really […]

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