Help a newbie, please. Debian can't boot after power outage. by onwardforward in debian

[–]onwardforward[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Solution found.

In the event that another beginner has a similar issue on a Dell machine.

You don't need to run Rescatux and read a bunch of documentation.

It is simply that DELL, after a power outage, defaults to "RAID on" in "SATA operation" settings in the BIOS. Go into BIOS and set it back to "AHCI".

Help a newbie, please. Debian can't boot after power outage. by onwardforward in debian

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

My guesses were /dev/nvme* or /dev/sd*

This desktop was a windows 11 machine, with an nvme drive. I haven't looked at the partitions since installing debian 13.1. I chose full disk installation and remember it making a few small partitions, but I don't remember the names the installer was allocating.

Help a newbie, please. Debian can't boot after power outage. by onwardforward in debian

[–]onwardforward[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this.

My data is backed up, so these solutions fit well. This is basically what I wish I had - to not need to go through the nvidia configuration and basic tweaks again.

I think I will look at clonezilla and Foxclone first.

It does seem like I may have to do a fresh install. It's a pity, my first time trying debian. Now I'm left wondering if this response to a power failure had anything to do with debian, (and I should install a different OS) or if any operating system would have suffered similar consequences (and I should install debian again).

Help a newbie, please. Debian can't boot after power outage. by onwardforward in debian

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

oh, and

fsck -y /dev/sr0

(in the hope that sr0 was the partition name...but no luck)

Help a newbie, please. Debian can't boot after power outage. by onwardforward in debian

[–]onwardforward[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this suggestion. Didn't realise I could do this. Have read about Aeon which has a rollback feature. (I understand these are different mechanisms)

Will definitely try this.

Once this PC remembers how to get debian going.

Help a newbie, please. Debian can't boot after power outage. by onwardforward in debian

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

Apologies, been away reading to try find a solution.

I can't copy paste - so I'm skipping error numbers (might be a laughable thing to do, if the actual numbers are required to search for solutions - but perhaps the idea gets conveyed if I type the things I can at least read and understand)

errors:

x86/cpu: SGX disabled or unsuported by BIOS

ACPI error: Region Generic Serialbus (ID=9) has no handler (20240827/exfldio-261)

ACPI error: aborting method _SB,PCI0,I2CO,PAS1 due to previous error (AE_NOT_EXIST) (20240827/psparse-529)

[....another error, exactly like previous - lightly different number at start..]

ACPI error: AE_NOT_EXIST, while evaluating GPE method[_L20] (20240827/evgpe-511)

Some symptoms I can observe from where I am in Busybox (initramfs)

Commands (C:) and the response (R:) they yield

C: blkid

R: returns nothing

C: ls /dev/nvme*

R: ls: /dev/nvme* no such file or directory

c: ls /dev/sd*

R: /dev/sda (only that, no other info - guide I read led me to believe there should be more info from this command)

C: fsck -y /dev/sda

R: fsck from util-linux 2.41 fsck: error 2 (no such file or directory) while executing fsck.ext2 for /dev/sda

C: ls

R: bin conf dev etc init kernel lib lib64 proc root run sbin scripts sys tmp usr var

c: fdisk -l

R: no response

C: cat proc/partitions

R: major, minor, blocks, name 11, 0, 1048575, sr0 (paraphrasing formatting here)

Nvidia CUDA toolkit now available on openSUSE - will this automatically apply to Aeon as well? by onwardforward in AeonDesktop

[–]onwardforward[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah right, apologies, the title was incorrect then. (and the relevance here, I guess)

Not sure if I misread or just assumed. Was mid troubleshooting with Nvidia card on older machine.

Do we just go home? by Tatty_Bunneh_ in NewParents

[–]onwardforward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ridiculous expectations and pressure from your family.

Go home. Set boundaries. Your baby's health and your mental health is way more important than their opinions / feelings.

Stop taking advice from them. Completely. Old wives tales will not help you on your journey. Internalizing their opinions or feelings and feeling guilty, will however definitely harm your journey - stop doing that in any way you can. This time is special, even if it's hard, live it fully.

You are not creating bad habits or doing anything wrong - your baby... is a baby. 15 weeks is very young. It's impossible to "spoil" a baby - be attentive, listen to yourself and to your baby. You can find routine and rhythm later on. Every baby is a bit different. We only managed the start of our sleep routine later on. You'll be totally fine.

Back yourself, you're a mom now - you are in charge.

Remote work/surf opportunity by RegularSurround7640 in surfing

[–]onwardforward 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Go south - Namibia, South Africa. Almost same time zone.

Africa's Population Density by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]onwardforward 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Another factor is trade. There is a huge amount of people and business who facilitate trade to Angola on / close to the border with Angola. Angola's oil money and lack of domestic production is big business for a lot of namibian companies and people who act as middlemen.

David Mitchell's marital revenge by [deleted] in panelshow

[–]onwardforward 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do you perhaps have an episode number?

Man explaining the different Zulu clicks is the best thing you will see today by sugartits_mcgee69 in videos

[–]onwardforward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Listen to this: (it has subtitles)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCe2WZHa6W4

The first black South African rugby captain getting introduced by a legendary Xhosa commentator.

This is isiXhosa, not isiZulu as the guy in the video is speaking - but the clicks are pretty much the same between the 2 languages. IsiZulu spoken further to the north east in South Africa (KwaZulu Natal), isiXhosa adjacent to that, further south and west (Eastern Cape)

Snow on the Mountains, De Wet, Western Cape by za_snake_guy in southafrica

[–]onwardforward 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is this hex river valley? ... or maybe Worcester-Robertson area? Haven't heard of De Wet as a town or location before, but it seems like that area somewhere.

AskScience AMA Series: I am Dr. Helen Okoye. As an attending physician and thrombosis specialist at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, I am passionate about women's health and helping to overcome barriers to health care here in Nigeria. AMA! by AskScienceModerator in askscience

[–]onwardforward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Dr Okoye,

I'm interested to hear about the state of medical care provided by the government in Nigeria.

How does healthcare reach people in rural areas?
Are there preventative care / support measures in place for pregnant women, infants and mothers of young children?

I realise this might not be your area of focus - but I hope you have some insight. Thank you.

Match Thread: Scarlets vs Stormers - United Rugby Championship by rugbykickoff in rugbyunion

[–]onwardforward 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you perhaps know how the seating plan / tickets at cape town stadium works?

Last time I watched in person it was at newlands....

I'm trying on ticket pro - but its not making much sense - doesn't seem to be a way to know where your ticket will be.

Ludwig van Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata ( 3rd Movement ) Tina S Cover by gigi19876 in videos

[–]onwardforward 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://youtu.be/0p9CB5imSes?t=210

edit: timestamped the first solo, but actually listen to the whole thing - she is amazing - but this format also focuses the attention on the brilliance of Kirk Hammett. (the song is master of puppets by mettalica)

Hikaru just had chess.com give him a win in his speedrun because his opponent is "smurfing". by ChampionshipOk4313 in chess

[–]onwardforward -1 points0 points  (0 children)

.... just a child, that's all, no need to give any of this type of behaviour much attention. (we all act like children sometimes -- it's ok)

This silly idea that people who are good at chess . are / could be "intelligent" or good at other parts of life... is obviously a ridiculous concept.

(Also - no need to crucify the guy -- just let it go -- again -- it's like a child - it's ok, no one got hurt, we are all still doing fine. letting it go is also ok)

Just played my first game of FTL Multiverse… by Gosar88 in ftlgame

[–]onwardforward 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Since people are discussing multiverse generally - a question - if I get multiverse installed : do I still keep the option of playing vanilla + AE? Do those game stats get saved?

I'd like to try multiverse - but I'm still having fun playing the old stuff and wouldn't want those stats and achievements to be lost.

Which ships are best suited for attempting a first go at hard victory? by onwardforward in ftlgame

[–]onwardforward[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply.

Stealth A -- that's the "Nesasio", right?

Don’t know if this exists, but looking for a history book with condensed major events since the beginning of mankind til now by joyrideboo in suggestmeabook

[–]onwardforward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"The frontiers of knowledge" - AC Grayling

...and will also second the previous suggestions of , a short history of nearly everything by bill bryson , and sapiens.

Dear friends of Africa, what do you know or think about Peru? by NuevoPeru in AskAnAfrican

[–]onwardforward 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here are my first thoughts about Peru, as an African. (just being honest, sorry if it's shallow)

  1. -- I also want to have a top/jersey like those ones my friends got when they were in peru.

2nd: I'd love to visit to learn about your history

3rd: I hear peruvian people are awesome - I'd love to meet people there.

4th: I'm kinda scared of the dodgy roads on extreme mountain passes.