[mdlug] mdlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 34

[Elisa Gomez]

> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:49:21 -0500
> From: Aaron Kulkis <akulkis3 at hotpop.com>
> Subject: Re: [mdlug] External Hard Drives: Mounting,
> Unmounting,
> 	Partial Mounting?
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> Michael Corral wrote:
> > 2008-01-20, Monsieur Elisa Gomez a ecrit:
> >> I suspended again, woke up, it was unmounted
> again and
> >> ran "mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt". This time I got
> "mount:
> >> special device /dev/sdb1 does not exist". So I
> ran
> >> "fdisk -l":
> >>
> >> emg at trotsky:~$ fdisk -l
> > 
> > Ah. OK, I think I see what your problem is.
> > Your machine is named 'trotsky', which means it
> will be about as
> > successful as the 'Fourth International' was. :p
> > Rename it to 'lenin' and everything should start
> working. :)
> > 
> 
> Either that, or it will just start to executing
> random
> programs, in more ways than one, while others just
> "disappear."

I think, sir, this would be more apt if I named it
stalin =P

> 
> Maybe thatcher, kennedy or reagan would be better
> :-)
> 

Great, I name it reagan and suddenly so-called
"non-essential" programs like mount, apt-get, all my
browsers and X will just disappear . . .

But my electricity bill will drop by two dollars! I
still don't think it's fair trade-off ;)

~e


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