[mdlug] mdlug Digest, Vol 17, Issue 34

[Aaron Kulkis]

Elisa Gomez wrote:
>> 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?
>> To: MDLUG's Main discussion list <mdlug at mdlug.org>
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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

He was doing that when Lenin was in charge, too.


> 
>> 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 . . .

hahahha

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


I guess you're just stuck.