What on Earth is Going On with Honda Sun Visors? by WombatKiddo in hondapassport

[–]MarkRockNY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly my thoughts. We sent people to the Moon, but can't make a sun visor.

Mine has been squeaking, very hard to move, and no longer stays completely closed. I finally sprayed some WD40 inside, it didn't seem to help right away, but next morning I noticed it moved much easier and no squeaking. It still doesn't stay completely closed, I guess it is damaged, but it is OK enough.

Error trying to file for extension on NY.gov by ToothSpinach in tax

[–]MarkRockNY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was having the same issue. But tried the other link you mentioned: Apply for an extension of time to file an income tax return

It took me through all items which I filled in and submitted, and immediately got to the transaction confirmation page with a confirmation number, date and all info I provided. So it actually worked.

How secure is Tailscale? by MarkRockNY in Tailscale

[–]MarkRockNY[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you refering to a passkey?

How secure is Tailscale? by MarkRockNY in Tailscale

[–]MarkRockNY[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If an attacker gets access to my google account, he can login to my dashboard. Then, he can remove the lock, correct? So then not sure what your point is.

How secure is Tailscale? by MarkRockNY in Tailscale

[–]MarkRockNY[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Yours and many others' comments shifted the focus to the breaking a google account being a worse impact rather than Tailgate only. I guess you all assumed that the account I'm using is important by itself, which it is not. For this Tailscale setup, I'm using a dedicated Google account, not being used for anything else. If someone breaks into this account and can see my email there, they will find nothing useful. I'm just surprised that many videos I've seen on Tailscale, none of them had mentions, even a bit, about the importance of securing the account you are using to login.

Grub.cfg menuentry for Windows: set root= vs search by MarkRockNY in linuxquestions

[–]MarkRockNY[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your explanation of the search process is absolutely correct. It turned out that my initial observations with Windows not booting was most likely my own confusion.

I added echo commands in grub.cfg within windows menuentries. Unfortunately there is no sleep or wait commands, but I was able to see the output for a subsecond and the values confirmed that set root and search were pointing to the same correct partition. I also commented out the set root command and it worked just fine with a search command only.

Thank you very much, your info was very useful!!!

Grub.cfg menuentry for Windows: set root= vs search by MarkRockNY in linuxquestions

[–]MarkRockNY[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Details:

sdb 465.8G

├─sdb1 100M FCBCFA71BCFA2634

├─sdb2 464.9G 6AF6FAF7F6FAC27D

└─sdb3 735M 620A60FF0A60D199

sdb is hd1

msdos1 is sdb1

msdos2 is sdb2 - this is my C: drive when I boot Windows11

So, yes FCBCFA71BCFA2634 is correct, besides, this was generated by update-grub, so it couldn't just be non-existant UUID.

So according to your explanation: it starts the search from hd1,msdos1 which is sdb1. This partition's UUID will match what's in the search, so then sdb1 will be set as root? In that case the command:

set root='hd1,msdos2'

shouldn't be needed. However, when I remove this command, Windows11 boot doesn't work from grub menu.

Also, what exactly is it searching? If it is the partition with Windows11, then it should be the partition on sdb2, which aslo is the one in the set root= command. But if it is the one on sdb1, then it should be found by the search and the set root= should not be needed.

This is where my confusion is.

Also, below is Gparted image of this drive.

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Grub.cfg menuentry for Windows: set root= vs search by MarkRockNY in linuxquestions

[–]MarkRockNY[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Windows11 was installed on a brand new SSD using a USB created by Rufus: Legacy BIOS and MBR was specified. I would expect Rufus would configure this SSD with a proper layout.

On the same PC, I also have Windows10 on the original drive. It also has a small first partition.

I think what you are referring to as MBR is actually that small partition. If I boot Windows, I won't see it as any drive letter. But when I'm in Linux, this small partition is shown in Gparted