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Ubuntu Peronista<p>Stack your Overflow!<br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/virus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/harddisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harddisk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/gif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gif</span></a></p>
argv minus one<p>Power on hours: 143724<br>Reallocated sector count: zero<br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Btrfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Btrfs</span></a> total checksum mismatches: zero<br>Btrfs total read/write errors: f**king zero</p><p>Slow though they may be, hard disk drives are amazing. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSD</span></a> s are cool and all, but how often do you find one that's old enough to drive a car and still functioning perfectly?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HardDisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HardDisk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HardDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HardDrive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HardDiskDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HardDiskDrive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SpinningRust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpinningRust</span></a></p>
13reak :fedora:<p>In case someone else is wondering why linux <code>luks</code> hard disk encryption is usually within a <code>lvm</code> container: that way you only need one password to unlock multiple partitions.</p><p>(found out the hard way)</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cryptsetup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptsetup</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/harddisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harddisk</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a></p>
Markus Werle<p><a href="https://nrw.social/tags/WSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WSL</span></a> has an incredible feature: its <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/harddisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harddisk</span></a> will grow while you need it. No ugly hacks or manual disk resize required. Isn't that cool?</p><p><a href="https://nrw.social/tags/WSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WSL</span></a> has another "incredible" feature: It won't give back the disk space to the <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> host system when it no longer needs it!</p><p><a href="https://nrw.social/tags/wtf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wtf</span></a> </p><p>OK, here's the solution: <a href="https://superuser.com/questions/1606213/how-do-i-get-back-unused-disk-space-from-ubuntu-on-wsl2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">superuser.com/questions/160621</span><span class="invisible">3/how-do-i-get-back-unused-disk-space-from-ubuntu-on-wsl2</span></a></p>
data0<p>The user interface is 100% <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/css" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>css</span></a>, complete with fake <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/crt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crt</span></a> switch-on effect, shadow masking, glitches etc.</p><p>It also works as a <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/mp4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mp4</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/audioplayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audioplayer</span></a> – if you can stand the <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/harddisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harddisk</span></a> whine that is :-)</p>
Tony 💉x8 🇦🇺<p>"Now would be a very good time to check any hard drives you’ve purchased in the last 12 to 24 months! Recent reports from popular <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> news outlet <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Heise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heise</span></a> have raised increased reports of refurbished and modified SMART-reported drives being sold as brand new, leading to large concerns of widespread ex-cryptocurrency-burnt drives being sold through trusted business and domestic retailers. "</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scam</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cryptocurrency</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/harddisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harddisk</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8WBnoPvkTw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=n8WBnoPvkT</span><span class="invisible">w</span></a></p>
ezContents<p><strong>Atari SH204 - 20MB Hard disk installation on Atari ST</strong></p> <p><a href="https://makertube.net/videos/watch/2d9f9fb1-497f-41e8-b7c1-a51211b586b7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/videos/watch/2d9</span><span class="invisible">f9fb1-497f-41e8-b7c1-a51211b586b7</span></a></p>
Erik<p>Rescuezilla</p><p>Rescuezilla is an easy-to-use disk cloning and imaging application that's fully compatible with Clonezilla — the industry-standard trusted by tens of millions.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/rescuezilla/rescuezilla" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/rescuezilla/rescuez</span><span class="invisible">illa</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Rescuezilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rescuezilla</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/tool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tool</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/harddisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harddisk</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ssd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ssd</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Clonezilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Clonezilla</span></a></p>
bgrier 🇨🇦 🍁<p>Some non-spinning platters</p><p>Over the years I've accumulated a few dead hard drives. Not wanting to dump them in the eco-station in any sort of usable way, I've taken to disassembling them.</p><p>And each time I've been struck by the beauty of engineering hidden away inside these tiny spinning devices.</p><p>Neat thing, the platters are almost the perfect size to make neat drink coasters :)</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Retrotech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retrotech</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Engineering</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDD</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Upcycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Upcycling</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Coasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coasters</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Computing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HardDisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HardDisk</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HardDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HardDrive</span></a></p>
Emanuele<p>«Solid state drive/Memory cell clearing»</p><p><a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Solid_state_drive/Memory_cell_clearing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wiki.archlinux.org/title/Solid</span><span class="invisible">_state_drive/Memory_cell_clearing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://m.divita.eu/tags/privacyMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacyMatters</span></a> <a href="https://m.divita.eu/tags/SSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSD</span></a> <a href="https://m.divita.eu/tags/HardDisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HardDisk</span></a> <a href="https://m.divita.eu/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a></p>
Jocelyn<p>My employer requires (in theory) that my <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/harddisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harddisk</span></a> be <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/encrypted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encrypted</span></a>. I'm not keen to have the whole <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/hdd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hdd</span></a> encrypted, seems just crazy to me to encrypt the OS files, but I consider an encrypted home partition. The engineers at my workplace have failed to do that for me when setting up <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debian</span></a> on it, but I've kept free the would-be home partition and now I have a little time to try that.</p><p>But before that, I'd just like to have your experience about this.</p><p>1/2</p>
Unofficial PetaPixel Bot<p>TerraMaster Launches Nine New NAS Systems Including Two 8-Bay SSDs <a href="https://petapixel.com/2024/09/19/terramaster-launches-nine-new-nas-systems-including-two-8-bay-ssds/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">petapixel.com/2024/09/19/terra</span><span class="invisible">master-launches-nine-new-nas-systems-including-two-8-bay-ssds/</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/networkattachedstorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>networkattachedstorage</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/terramaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terramaster</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/Equipment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Equipment</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/HardDisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HardDisk</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/nas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nas</span></a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/ssd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ssd</span></a></p>
anne.💫<p>What's everyone's favorite replacement devices for IDE HDDs in retro machines?</p><p>:harddisk:</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retro</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ClickyClacky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClickyClacky</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/HARDDisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HARDDisk</span></a></p>
ThinkRoot<p>Unitate de stocare nouă și defectă</p><p><a href="https://makertube.net/videos/watch/bde31e7d-b83a-4e74-9a41-28bea83e5a4c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/videos/watch/bde</span><span class="invisible">31e7d-b83a-4e74-9a41-28bea83e5a4c</span></a></p>
Andreas Scherbaum<p>How to fix:</p><p>badblocks: Value too large for defined data type invalid end block (4394573824): must be 32-bit value</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fdisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fdisk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/badblocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>badblocks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Harddisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harddisk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigData</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://andreas.scherbaum.la/post/2024-07-31_badblocks-value-too-large-for-defined-data-type-invalid-end-block-4394573824-must-be-32-bit-value/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">andreas.scherbaum.la/post/2024</span><span class="invisible">-07-31_badblocks-value-too-large-for-defined-data-type-invalid-end-block-4394573824-must-be-32-bit-value/</span></a></p>
Andreas Scherbaum<p>How to determine the mount point for a device on Linux</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Script" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Script</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mount" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mount</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Disk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Harddisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harddisk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EFI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UEFI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UEFI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAID</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://andreas.scherbaum.la/post/2024-07-26_how-to-identify-the-mount-point-for-a-device-on-linux/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">andreas.scherbaum.la/post/2024</span><span class="invisible">-07-26_how-to-identify-the-mount-point-for-a-device-on-linux/</span></a></p>
Tom's Hardware Italia<p>💾 Scopri i migliori hard disk di luglio 2024! Prestazioni al top per i tuoi dati. 🚀 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HardDisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HardDisk</span></a></p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.tomshw.it/hardware/migliori-hard-disk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshw.it/hardware/migliori-ha</span><span class="invisible">rd-disk</span></a></p>
🧿🪬🍄🌈🎮💻🚲🥓🎃💀🏴🛻🇺🇸<p>Why has it been so long that Hard Disk Drives have been stuck on Sata3 speed?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hardDrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardDrive</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hardDisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardDisk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hdd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hdd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sata</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sata3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sata3</span></a></p>
BestMacFly<p>If you want to clean up your Mac hard disk and don’t know where to start, GrandPerspective is a great starting point. It visualizes the content of your harddisk. With this its really easy to identify which app causes the loss of disk space. </p><p><a href="https://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grandperspectiv.sourceforge.ne</span><span class="invisible">t/index.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mac</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/HardDisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HardDisk</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/GrandPerspective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrandPerspective</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/DiskSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiskSpace</span></a></p>
Simon Zerafa<p>The Minuteman ICBM knows where it is because of the first "desktop" computer, the D-17b.</p><p>This was guidance system which incorporated general purpose computing and a Hard Disk as an integral part of the CPU 🙂</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/MJPnZzZtswc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/MJPnZzZtswc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>The D-17b was repurposed as a university teaching aid and process control system once the Minuteman was retired.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ICBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICBM</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/D17b" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>D17b</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/HardDisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HardDisk</span></a></p>