[06:23] <xannen> Hi sagaci!
[06:23] <sagaci> ah so close, getting an interface with the 312U AirCard (this is still the old one) on the latest daily
[06:24] <xannen> Is the 312U 4G or 3G?
[06:24] <sagaci> 3G
[06:24] <sagaci> the 320U won't be in my hands til next week
[06:24] <sagaci> 320U being 4G
[06:24] <xannen> Okay.  :D  Is it so cloudy, in my area.
[06:25] <xannen> It is*
[06:25] <xannen> So how's your day sagaci?
[06:28] <sagaci> reinstalling on my laptop, other than that.. nothing out of the ordinar
[06:28] <sagaci> ry
[06:31] <xannen> Yay for nothing out of the ordinary!  :D
[07:08] <sagaci> I'm not sure if it's common knowledge, but the 312U works with a couple of config tweaks on 11.10
[07:08] <sagaci> which is awesome
[07:08] <sagaci> I'll have to write some docs about it
[07:10] <head_victim> sagaci: I think most devices work alright these days from the little look around I had.
[07:10] <head_victim> The sierra ones in particular seem well supported.
[07:11] <sagaci> yeah, the drivers are gpl
[07:11] <sagaci> moreso just the out-of-date apn settings in networkmanager
[07:12] <head_victim> Bug report!
[07:55] <head_victim> Anyone ever run a computer install of a USB drive (as the only hard drive in the computer)?
[08:13] <elky> head_victim, not long term. what's your actual q?
[08:15] <head_victim> Just seeing if it's feasible, most of the stuff online I'm finding is all about liveUSB stuff which I don't want.
[08:16] <head_victim> I found something about moving tmp to ram and stuff like that
[08:16] <elky> when you make the drive, you slide the bar that asks about persistant storage from 0 to what you need.
[08:17] <head_victim> Yeah but doing it that way only gives 4gb from my experience
[08:17] <head_victim> I was hoping to use a 16gb stick and just install to it.
[08:17] <elky> yes, because it limits you to the FAT filesystem limits
[08:18] <elky> and it's more like 2gb
[08:19] <head_victim> Basically I'm trying to repurpose a work laptop so I can use it as a personal one but not have to run windows XP.
[08:24] <elky> head_victim, has the 'warranty dies if you break this sticker' sticker been broken yet?
[08:24] <head_victim> Nope :/
[08:24] <elky> :(
[08:25] <elky> is the laptop still in warranty?
[08:25] <head_victim> I will still need it for work as well but I want to be able to use it for other things.
[08:25] <elky> ah ok, then swapping out the hdd is probably not the way to go
[08:25] <elky> i really dunno otherwise. you can't break the limitations by sheer want unfortunately
[08:26] <head_victim> I'm "filling in" (read: pretty much permanent) in a role for work where I get a laptop and mobile (the mobile has no data though) so I'm just trying to utilise them to the best of my ability ;)
[08:26] <head_victim> My plan as it stands is to just install it to the USB as if it were just another hard drive and see how it copes.
[15:33] <gggs> wow, is it possible for an entire ext3 volume to lose it's structure data? It wouldn't mount, I ran a fsck & re-mounted, there's nothing left on it apart from lost+found/#0 to #99993
[15:38] <gggs> it's all a little surreal at the moment, a 2GB truecrypt volume wiped out, the most important 2GB on my entire hdd, and last backup is a month old
[23:13] <Fudge> go digging for your old partition tables?
[23:22] <gggs> still trying, but I'm running out of options
[23:26] <gggs> I've had 2 hours sleep, been trying a few things: fsck leaves the volume empty, there's no backup superblocks, using e2image on an older volume backup doesn't work
[23:40] <gggs> Seems both encrypted volumes (important data) have somehow been rendered completely unreadable without warning. I noticed something was up when Claws-mail started acting strange