[00:25] <bkm> Unit193: thx! not that i will remember, but it _is_ possible!
[02:55] <TurtleRr> New to *nix, but basically I'd like to completely erase a hard drive (plugged into an external enclosure) including "removing the GPT partition table"
[02:56] <TurtleRr> the drives are seagate 3TB drives, and are only seen as ~780gb when I run partitionmanager
[02:56] <holstein> i would use a gparted live CD.. or gparted from an ubuntu live CD.. unless you want it zero'd for some reason
[02:57] <TurtleRr> is there a hardware limitation possibly with the enclosure?
[02:57] <TurtleRr> I pulled it out of an external 1.5TB drive, so showing 800gb seems funny
[02:57] <TurtleRr> holstein: I can't do it from within lubuntu?
[02:58] <holstein> TurtleRr: i use a live CD.. could be a lubuntu live CD
[02:58] <holstein> you wont be able to erase the hard drive you are using
[02:59] <holstein> you could blow out a partition, but they'll always be some partition you cant wipe
[03:07] <TurtleRr> i just want to erase the drive that is connected via USB
[03:07] <TurtleRr> not the OS drive
[03:07] <holstein> TurtleRr: i would open gpart
[03:07] <holstein> gparted*
[03:07] <holstein> gksudo gparted TurtleRr
[03:08] <TurtleRr> gksudo ?
[03:08] <TurtleRr> is that different from sudo ?
[03:08] <holstein> TurtleRr: yeah.. its sudo for graphical applications
[03:08] <holstein> !sudo
[03:09] <TurtleRr> "unable to locate theme engine in module_path"
[03:09] <Unit193> http://psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo to know the difference.
[03:10] <TurtleRr> can i install using the synaptic package manager?
[03:11] <holstein> TurtleRr: gparted? its in the repos... install it how you like.. synaptic works well
[03:12] <TurtleRr> hrmm so gparted seems to see the same thing
[03:12] <TurtleRr> recognizes drive as 746.52gb
[03:12] <holstein> what is it?.. are there several partitions?
[03:13] <holstein> run in a terminal.. sudo fdisk -l
[03:13] <TurtleRr> it doesnt recognize any of them
[03:13] <holstein> you can paste that if you like
[03:15] <TurtleRr> so /dev/sdb: 801.6gb
[03:15] <TurtleRr> system GPT
[03:16] <TurtleRr> the drive is from a NAS so the software RAID may not be readable, I just wanted to erase the drive and specifically the gpt table
[03:16] <holstein> TurtleRr: what RAID?
[03:17] <TurtleRr> I believe RAID 1
[03:17] <holstein> thats likely the issue..
[03:17] <holstein> i would take the drives out, or maintain it like the manufacturer suggests
[03:17] <holstein> OR, just wipe it as is.. its proably doing redundant storage
[03:17] <TurtleRr> yeah I just want to erase them so the NAS reinstalls its firmware and sets them up again
[03:18] <TurtleRr> how can I wipe the gpt tables ?
[03:18] <holstein> TurtleRr: in the menu in gparted
[03:18] <TurtleRr> "create partition table" ?
[03:18] <TurtleRr> so just create for example a DOS partition table?
[03:19] <holstein> TurtleRr: i dont know... depends on what you have, and what you want
[03:19] <TurtleRr> i guess my question is, if I only see 800gb of the drive, and as I understand the GPT partition table is at the end of the drive physically
[03:19] <TurtleRr> is there a hardware limitation stopping gparted from seeing the whole contents/
[03:20] <TurtleRr> would booting from a live usb help?
[03:23] <holstein> TurtleRr: if you dont know for certain, i bet its redundant
[03:23] <holstein> thats what i would expect to see...
[03:23] <holstein> TurtleRr: it wont be gparted.. it could be the driver support.. but it'll likely just not see the device
[03:24] <holstein> i would look at the manufactures information on how you are expected to format or wipe the drives
[03:24] <holstein> i would either do that, or emulate the process
[03:26] <TurtleRr> will give it a shot, thanks!
[03:27] <holstein> TurtleRr: sure.. we'll talk about emulating that process when you find it, if you need :)
[14:00] <Waynes> I want to make my second screen work but the AMD Catalyst Control Center wants me to start it with administrative rights in order to fiddle with these settings and I don't know the name of the program to start it from command line.
[16:05] <Platypus-Man> yesterday I tried installing Ubuntu desktop edition 64-bit on a PC, but after filling out the info in the "who are you"-setup page, I can't hit continue... waiting for all the files to copy didin't help, and today I tried downloading 64-bit with torrent to make sure md5sum was okay, and also tried 32-bit torrent - but I can't get past this step... any tips?
[17:07] <Dice-Man> hi
[17:07] <Dice-Man> i solved my ssh problem by looking at auth.log
[17:08] <Dice-Man> there was a problem with the listen address
[17:08] <Dice-Man> i solved it then sshd automatically start on booting
[17:24] <bkm> /apps/gnome-power-manager/lock/gnome_keyring_hibernate in gconf-editor <- is there a lubuntu equivalent method of accessing this file/whatever so that ssh-agent sessions will survive a hibernation?
[22:34] <foolinsd> hi everyone!