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Re: Any notable rugged USB flash drives? Even wear leveling if relevant. - 16 days ago
JoeyPogoPlugE02 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > habibie Wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > BTW, if I may ask the software name that you > > bought that employs such an authorization > scheme, > > please. > > Great to see you around -=H=- ! It's this: > > https://www.wby habibie - Off-Topic
Re: Any notable rugged USB flash drives? Even wear leveling if relevant. - 16 days ago
JoeyPogoPlugE02 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ... It's software I not only paid decent $'s for, there's only one authorization, meaning if the USB stick fails I'm out in the cold (making that nighttime or even winter LOL). > Before performing the authorization, there is always some good reasons one may wanna make an image of the Uby habibie - Off-Topic
Re: Mail server pogoplug pro v3 - 7 weeks ago
echowarrior108 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > lots of hp for sure, ... > That equates to energy power hunger? For a mail server, it is overkill, AFAICT.by habibie - Debian
Re: Mail server pogoplug pro v3 - 7 weeks ago
Bodhi, thank you for clarification.by habibie - Debian
Re: Mail server pogoplug pro v3 - 8 weeks ago
sudos Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ... while an old PC would do the job, something a bit more power efficient like a dell kace which has more RAM available to it might be a better option now that there's uboot for it and most of the kinks are worked out (so long as you're using 5.15.5 for the kernel at time of post.) > Am I understood you aby habibie - Debian
Re: Internal SATA mount bay 1 - 2 months ago
miazza Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > root@debian:/etc/network# mount -o rw,loop,offset=$((2048*512)) /dev/sda2 /srv/nsa325/ > [ 2496.228310][ T549] loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 3905995905srv/ns > [ 2496.266668][ T549] loop_set_status: loop0 () has still dirty pages (nrpages=1) > [ 2496.546620][ T549] loop0: detected capaciby habibie - Debian
Re: ASUS - 17.3" Chromebook - Intel Celeron N4500 - 4GB Memory - 32GB eMMC - Transparent Silver US $149 - 2 months ago
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > habibie, > > I installed Linux Mint on an Acer Chromebook > (Intel Celeron N3160, 4GB LPDDR3, 32GB) a few > years ago for my nephew. I have not heard any > freezing or any problem at all from him. > Does this Chromebook use an intel GPU?by habibie - Off-Topic
Re: ASUS - 17.3" Chromebook - Intel Celeron N4500 - 4GB Memory - 32GB eMMC - Transparent Silver US $149 - 2 months ago
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > habibie, > > If you can run Linux Mint on it, then it's a really good laptop, best bang for the bucks. > I believe this device will run Linux. However, the problem is the Linux X11 Window Manager driver for the Intel GPU chipset. Right now, I am typing this on a Linux Desktop Computer running uBuntu onby habibie - Off-Topic
ASUS - 17.3" Chromebook - Intel Celeron N4500 - 4GB Memory - 32GB eMMC - Transparent Silver US $149 - 3 months ago
Currently, BestBuy is selling this ASUS - 17.3" Chromebook - Intel Celeron N4500 - 4GB Memory - 32GB eMMC - Transparent Silver for US $149 + Free S/H. I wonder if anyone here knows this chromebook will be able to run either armbian and/or uBuntu? Also, this device comes with an intel 5k video processor. AFAIK, Linux X11 window manager driver is pretty buggy on any intel video processor thatby habibie - Off-Topic
Re: Use your old android phones as pager - 3 months ago
Instead of wasting hundreds of $$$ for an expensive cordless phone set to put in every room (only for a single purpose), I have bought some inexpensive pre-paid android smartphones (when they were on sale under US $20) and use them as extensions to my FreeSWITCH for almost 4 years. I also use them for other communication (multi) purposes, i.e Signals,Telegram, WhatsApp, etc. The only drawbacks Iby habibie - Off-Topic
Re: Fake RAM size on an Android TV Box - 6 months ago
I just installed/ran a shell terminal. After doing an su into root, I was able to do a df to dump partitions and a dmesg | more to dump the kernel boot log to reveal the RAM size ([ 0.000000@0] Memory: 609240K/1027072K available (11061K kernel code, 1298K rwdata, 4600K rodata, 1307K init, 3727K bss, 417832K reserved)). I created a video clip for my friend to show these two dumps so he can send thby habibie - Off-Topic
Re: Fake RAM size on an Android TV Box - 6 months ago
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > habibie, > > > I sure would like to hack this device to learn something. For instance, can we modify the boot arguments to remove the androidboot.fake_rom_size=256? If so, how? > > Looks like this box can be pried opened with a plastic wedge. Open and look for serial header. > > I hope so.by habibie - Off-Topic
Re: Fake RAM size on an Android TV Box - 6 months ago
daviddyer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Kernel command line > ......androidboot.fake_rom_size=256 > fake_mem_size=16 ... > > interesting parameters... > I sure would like to hack this device to learn something. For instance, can we modify the boot arguments to remove the androidboot.fake_rom_size=256? If so, how?by habibie - Off-Topic
Re: Fake RAM size on an Android TV Box - 6 months ago
daviddyer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Kernel command line > ......androidboot.fake_rom_size=256 > fake_mem_size=16 ... > > interesting parameters... > Indeed an interesting one.by habibie - Off-Topic
Re: Fake RAM size on an Android TV Box - 6 months ago
Finally, I managed to remotely connect the device using the adb utility through a TCP/IP connection and found out the device only has 1GB RAM through a dmesg dump (see line #45 on the attached file) or the excerpt is shown below ([ 0.000000@0] Memory: 609240K/1027072K available (11061K kernel code, 1298K rwdata, 4600K rodata, 1307K init, 3727K bss, 417832K reserved)). I hope anyone here can coby habibie - Off-Topic
Fake RAM size on an Android TV Box - 6 months ago
I don't know if this should be posted here or on the Debian sub-forum. Please feel free to move this topic to a more appropriate sub-forum if warranted. Before I go into the subject, I wanted to say that I did encounter a similar issue with a fake RAM size on a 10.1" Android tablet that I bought from a Chinese seller on eBay. The eBay ad claimed the tablet was an octa-core system witby habibie - Off-Topic
Re: Dockstar mods: SATA, SD, 256MB RAM, Compiling/Modding U-boot; kernel DTB... - 6 months ago
David, congratulation on a nicely done RAM upgrade.by habibie - Debian
Re: Dockstar mods: SATA, SD, 256MB RAM, Compiling/Modding U-boot; kernel DTB... - 6 months ago
davidalfa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It would be pretty complicated. The soc supports 1GB max, divided in 4 RAM memories (4 chip select), and uses a 16-bit bus. > > Computer DDR2 modules are very different: they use 64-bit bus and only 2 chip select inputs, so in the best case, you will only access 512MB. And remember the connections, which areby habibie - Debian
Re: Dockstar mods: SATA, SD, 256MB RAM, Compiling/Modding U-boot; kernel DTB... - 6 months ago
David, just a stupid question: Is it possible to replace the original 128 MB RAM with a socket that can take (snap in) a notebook 2/4/8/16 GB RAM?by habibie - Debian
Re: Black Friday 2021 - 6 months ago
JoeyPogoPlugE02 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Finally I missed the deadline to cancel Amazon > Prime. Grrr... they shafted me for like $12. > This is one of the many reasons I will never sign up for such an offer unless the offer automatically terminated when the free offer expires.by habibie - Off-Topic
NewEgg: Seagate BarraCuda ST2000DM008 2TB 7200 RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive US $49.99 - 7 months ago
Currently, NewEgg is selling this Seagate BarraCuda ST2000DM008 2TB 7200 RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive Bare Drive US $49.99 + Free S/H. This offer will expire withing 20 hours as of this post. If you need one, please grab it ASAP before the offer is gone.by habibie - Off-Topic
Re: Dockstar HW mod: Trying to add native sata - 7 months ago
@davidalfa, congratulation and thank you for sharing such an excellent project. BTW, you can use this F3 - an alternative to h2testw (a simple console) program to test your SATA disk and see its R/W performance.by habibie - Debian
Re: Dockstar HW mod: Trying to add native sata - 7 months ago
Wow ... this is an excellent project. I hope you will get it working in no time. Good luck.by habibie - Debian
Re: MicroCenter is Offering afree 129 GB USB3.1 Flash and MicroSD card - 9 months ago
Finally, I got mine. I did some tests with the F3 utilities (Fight Flash Fraud). Here is the results: USB3 Flash Drive # f3probe --destructive --time-ops /dev/sdb F3 probe 8.0 Copyright (C) 2010 Digirati Internet LTDA. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. WARNING: Probing normally takes from a few seconds to 15 minutes, but it can take longer. Please be patient.by habibie - Off-Topic
Re: MicroCenter is Offering afree 129 GB USB3.1 Flash and MicroSD card - 10 months ago
LeggoMyEggo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Great score habibie. Got my card and flash drive for FREE. Too broke to by anything else unfortunately :( > You are welcome. If everything goes, I will pick mine from one of the nearest Micro Center stores this evening.by habibie - Off-Topic
MicroCenter is Offering afree 129 GB USB3.1 Flash and MicroSD card - 10 months ago
If you have a MicroCenter nearby, you can sign up for a new member through this link to get your free 128 GB USB3.1 Flash AND MicroSD card. The coupon will be sent to your mobile phone.by habibie - Off-Topic
Re: steam link hacks - 10 months ago
moyix Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My guess is that this will need a uBoot exploit. > The hardware is very similar to the original > ChromeCast (the main difference seems to be the > use of the 88W8897 for WiFi/Bluetooth) so it's > possible they're using the same Marvell fork of > uBoot and the exploit that was used to root thby habibie - Off-Topic
Re: steam link hacks - 11 months ago
codier Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I just read all threads. > So we stopped because we can not stop the booting process? > I think it is more like the boot record is encrypted?by habibie - Off-Topic
Re: Cricket Wireless Samsung Galaxy A01 16GB - 11 months ago
habibie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The price of this item just came down to US $15. If you wanna get a lesser expensive one, try this Cricket Wireless LG Risio 4 16GB, Blue - Prepaid Smartphone US $13. For both, you will have to place your order online and have it shipped to you. > Darn, this Cricket Wireless Samsung A11 32GB US $25 is out of stock.by habibie - Off-Topic