WD20EARS 4096 HDD vs fdisk
Having purchased a new WD20EARS 4096 (2 terabyte hard drive) I was anxious to put the new beast in my home server, format the drive, and get to moving files around.
so I sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdc as I normally do..
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/sdc doesn't contain a valid partition table
I tore everything apart, ensured the bios would handle the drive, and exhausted seemingly every resource.. until I found that these drives no longer start at sector 63.. they start at sector 64.
http://wiki.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1456251 -- Thanks guys.
Breakdown:
Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel
Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x962f53fb.
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
After that, of course, the previous content won't be recoverable.
Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite)
WARNING: DOS-compatible mode is deprecated. It's strongly recommended to
switch off the mode (command 'c').
Command (m for help): n
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 1
First sector (63-3907029167, default 63): 64
Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (64-3907029167, default 3907029167):
Using default value 3907029167
Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.
Then just mkfs.ext4 and mount.
Bash script to show WAN and LAN network IPs.
Following is a bash script I wrote to show my lan and wan IPs.
The script will loop every 10 seconds. Seeing as my ISP has a less than desirable up time, I use this to see when I'm finally reconnected.
# -/oss+:` `-/o/.
# `-omMmy+. +Md/
# -MMMMMNdhMMMyos+:
# .:odmMMMMMMMMMMMMMMo
# .yNMMMMMMMMNyNMMMMMNsoo-
# odo::NMMMMMM/`s-MMMMMMmMMds/
# -. `NMMMMMMMd+- -ooo/-..-oNM- `++ /+`++ //
# +MMMMMMMMMMMMmhyssss- `- .ddh. mdd/yy
# sMm`oMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNmdy+` -M. m+`sMy
# .M/ `+hNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMs` `.` .` ..
# /` `.:+oo..-/yMMMMMMMN-
# -+yo:` +MMMMMMMN`
# :yNMN+so -so` :hyMMMMMM/
# /mMMMMMMMNhdMN` ://+hMMMMMNN:
# `hMMMNdhyydMMMMMMdyssdMMMMMMMN`.
# hMmm- /osMMMNosNMMMMMMMMdNM+
#`Ms`/ ..-smMNs.oNNho+/++:` sM/
# h/ `:++/- -my- +s`
# . .s`
echo "Press ctrl-c to exit at any time."
while [ 1 ]; do
WAN_ip_addr=`wget --timeout=10 --tries=2 -qO - http://cfaj.freeshell.org/ipaddr.cgi`
LAN_ip_addr=`ifconfig | grep 'inet addr:'| grep -v '127.0.0.1' | cut -d: -f2 | awk '{ print $1}'`
echo $(date)
echo -ne "External IP: "
if [ -z $WAN_ip_addr ]; then
echo -e "Disconnected"
else
echo -e $WAN_ip_addr
fi
echo -ne "Internal IP: "
if [ -z $LAN_ip_addr ]; then
echo -e "Disconnected"
else
echo -e $LAN_ip_addr
fi
if [ -n "$WAN_ip_addr" ]; then
echo "Found external IP"
exit 0
fi
done
exit 0
PS3: Laws? pfft!
"It only does everything."
Not any more. In a rather bold move by Sony, they have removed the "Other OS" feature from their console with the latest update of their firmware.
I'm not happy about it, as it was a selling point in my purchase. Now a feature I bought has been removed, and I have to comply with the removal should I wish to play games. I'm not alone in the disgust.
Is Comcast’s Xfinity Brand Name Xcellent or Xcrement?: Name Wire: The Product Naming Blog
Is Comcast's Xfinity Brand Name Xcellent or Xcrement?: Name Wire: The Product Naming Blog.
Or in other words, this is an example of putting lipstick on a pig.
Firefox add-ons
This is just a collection of some Firefox and Greasemonkey add-ons I use. I've placed them here so I may easily easily reinstall, or so that my friends may try them out.
After Google hack, Microsoft asks users to abandon IE6, XP
After Google hack, Microsoft asks users to abandon IE6, XP.
My advice: use a real browser.
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