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- Submitted 3 weeks ago to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org | 0 comments
- Comment on Of BIOS and UEFI: A shim?? 4 weeks ago:
I think I read this is how HP supplies their “no OS” machines - a very thin Linux with a VM running the FreeDOS fullscreen.
- Comment on Of BIOS and UEFI: A shim?? 4 weeks ago:
“UEFI does have a legacy compatibility layer” And this is how one may have a “system firmware” that allows both. Could DOS be made UEFI compatible maybe by loading a .sys driver or maybe by replacing io.sys with one that made use of UEFI?
- Comment on I wrote a python script to backup my home directory 4 weeks ago:
My system came with Python3 installed. Debian 12.
- Comment on I wrote a python script to backup my home directory 4 weeks ago:
Ah, Improvements!
- Comment on I wrote a python script to backup my home directory 4 weeks ago:
Looks like a line by line translation from the python. Will you use it to backup your home directory?
- Comment on Of BIOS and UEFI: A shim?? 4 weeks ago:
Actually, I do have a quite usable FreeDOS running in DOSBox on my Linux machine, but it’s not quite the same as running DOS / FreeDOS on the metal. Getting floppies to work as seamlessly as they do on a machine meant for DOS for example.
- Comment on Of BIOS and UEFI: A shim?? 4 weeks ago:
Linux for example will boot easily under both UEFI and BIOS - but I suppose that is because Linux does not ask anything of either once it is running.
- Comment on I wrote a python script to backup my home directory 4 weeks ago:
@droolio@feddit.uk I see what you’re asking. You’re wondering if, instead of storing a duplicate file in a backup set that already contains it, I could use a hardlink to point to the file already stored in another set.
I have a system where I create a backup set for each day of the week. When I do a backup for that day, I update the set, or if it’s out of date, I replace it entirely with a fresh backup image (After 7 backups to that set). But if the backup sets became inter-dependent, removing or updating one set could lead to problems with others that rely on files in that set.
Does that make sense? I am asking because I am not familiar with the utilities you mentioned and may be taking your post wrong.
- Comment on I wrote a python script to backup my home directory 4 weeks ago:
Especially one that lets you know how long it’s been since you took time to run a backup, keeps track of which set of backups could be updated, and which should be refreshed, and keeps a log file up to date and in .csv format so you can mess with it in a spreadsheet?
- Submitted 4 weeks ago to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org | 10 comments
- Comment on I wrote a python script to backup my home directory 4 weeks ago:
That’s ok Like any landing you can walk away from. Any code that runs to spec is good, much could be better.
- Comment on I wrote a python script to backup my home directory 4 weeks ago:
Yeah, no problem… I started out with just bare rsync - but I did the backup infrequently and needed my notes to know the command. Then I wrote a simple shell script to run the rsync for me. Then I decided I needed more than one backup, redundancy is good. Then I wanted to keep track of the backups so I had it write to .backuplog then that file started getting dated (every time I run a “sun” backup the record of the previous one is useless) so Finally TaDa! loci is born.
- Comment on I wrote a python script to backup my home directory 4 weeks ago:
It’s also to help me learn python. And it works for me. : ^ )
- Submitted 4 weeks ago to selfhosted@lemmy.world | 21 comments
- Comment on 5pin din to mini din (PS2) to USB, is it ok ? 2 months ago:
A bigger question is will anything be damaged if you try it?
- Comment on I'm moving to another city soon. What are some good apps that could help? Inventory, logistics, etc 5 months ago:
@ComradeMiao : Ondsel? I did see a post that they were going to quit.
- Comment on I'm moving to another city soon. What are some good apps that could help? Inventory, logistics, etc 5 months ago:
Is there a version of Sketch up for Linux?
- Comment on I'm moving to another city soon. What are some good apps that could help? Inventory, logistics, etc 5 months ago:
Packing dishes you can also use your clean kitchen towels/dishcloths too.