[04:35] <Kilos> o/
[06:19] <Kilos> hi paddatrapper superfly inetpro Xethron theblazehen dude42 night nlsthzn MaNL ambo chesedo and other lurkers
[06:21] <superfly> morning Kilos
[06:21] <superfly> paddatrapper is not yet awake ;-)
[06:21] <Kilos> throw him outa bed
[06:21] <superfly> hah, no. he was up late last night. they went out for carols by candle light at Kirstenbosch gardens
[06:21] <Kilos> should i mail maia with the wiki page superfly 
[06:22] <superfly> he needs his sleep
[06:22] <Kilos> aha
[06:22] <superfly> Kilos: I'm sure maia is aware of it
[06:22] <Kilos> and clarify that she will be our front?
[06:22] <dude42> howdy
[06:23] <Kilos> i did some editting superfly hopefully everything is ok
[06:23] <superfly> good evening dude42 :-)
[06:23] <superfly> Kilos: I'll take a look now
[06:23] <Kilos> ty
[06:24] <Kilos> not sure what we do about testimonials, just leave old ones in place
[06:28] <superfly> ai, oom Kilos, you need to look a little better when you edit
[06:28] <Kilos> what did i do wrong
[06:28] <Kilos> i did it so slowly to try not make errors
[06:36] <Kilos> what am i going to do when you have left superfly ?
[06:36] <Kilos> sjoe
[06:37] <Kilos> i just read it all and cant see where i went wrong
[06:37] <superfly> I'm not going to be totally gone
[06:37] <superfly> I'm certainly not leaving this channel
[06:37] <superfly> Kilos: I already fixed it
[06:37] <Kilos> where was the change
[06:37] <Kilos> i have reloaded yet
[06:38] <Kilos> hevent
[06:40] <Kilos> havent as well 
[06:40] <Kilos> sjoe
[06:46] <superfly> Kilos: you messed up the links to my and your nicks in "Ubuntu members" in the Key Details section
[06:46] <Kilos> sorry 
[06:47] <Kilos> i wanted to edit my testimonial as well but now im scared
[06:47] <superfly> Kilos: just be carefuly
[06:47] <superfly> *careful
[06:49] <superfly> I need to go
[06:49] <Kilos> go weel superfly 
[06:49] <Kilos> well
[08:18] <Xethron> Yellow!
[08:19] <Xethron> How many Kilos are there in a Miles?
[08:23] <Kilos> um
[08:23] <Kilos> 1.6 i think
[08:23] <Kilos> thats too far back to remember
[08:28] <Xethron> haha
[08:39] <Symmetria> 1.62
[08:40] <Symmetria> kilometers to the mile 
[08:55] <Kilos> ty Symmetria 
[09:25] <theblazehen> hi Kilos
[09:43] <Xethron> haha. Miles doesn't have a lot of Kilos in him. I bet I can carry him around :P
[09:55] <Kilos> you tough Xethron 
[09:55] <Kilos> 86kgs
[09:55] <Xethron> Oh, I thought it was only 1.6 :P
[09:55] <Xethron> hehe
[09:55] <Kilos> hahah
[09:55] <Xethron> How are you man?
[09:55] <Kilos> alive ty and you
[09:56] <Kilos> im gonna go nap a while i think
[09:59] <Xethron> I'm very well thanks
[09:59] <Xethron> Awesome, will chat later :)
[10:05] <Xethron> Actually I think a nap sounds great. I'm going to go do the same
[10:08] <Xethron> btw, I just posted an article on your first successful open source project on https://24daysindecember.net - would love some feedback if anyone is interested in reading it :)
[10:48] <Langjan> Hello guys, are you reconciled?
[13:38] <paddatrapper> Anyone know why dd'ing a debian iso to disk changes it physical block size to 2048MB and partitions it into a 10MB partition and a 15.9 (the rest) partition? I'm unable to boot from it or format it
[13:38] <paddatrapper> Happended to two disks
[14:39] <theblazehen> paddatrapper that's the way it's set in the mbr of the iso
[14:39] <theblazehen> You can cfdisk /dev/sdb or whichever to fix it
[14:39] <theblazehen> If you can't change the block size there then dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=1
[14:40] <theblazehen> Can you boot other ISOs that you dd on?
[14:40] <paddatrapper> theblazehen: thanks. Don't know why th newest iso has changed things...
[14:40] <theblazehen> paddatrapper sure. Also, if that doesn't work, try the netboot.xyz usb image. I quite like it
[14:41] <paddatrapper> I haven't tried others. I'm trying a straight cp, as that seems to be the primary way suggested by the debian wiki
[14:42] <theblazehen> Should result in the same result, but give it a go anyway perhaps
[15:23] <paddatrapper> theblazehen: Tried dd again. Seems to give me no issues, though booting it returns isolinux.bin missing or corrupt
[15:23] <paddatrapper> Happens with the amd64 and i386 net installers
[15:31] <theblazehen> Ah, yes
[15:31] <theblazehen> I had that before
[15:31] <theblazehen> Same with syslinux
[15:32] <theblazehen> IIRC some issue when using 64 bit inodes
[15:32] <theblazehen> Tried netboot.xyz?
[15:36] <paddatrapper> theblazehen: Could not locate active partition when booting from netboot.xyz
[15:36] <theblazehen> paddatrapper and you flashed the usb image right?
[15:37] <paddatrapper> tried both ways suggested here https://netboot.xyz/boot-usb/index.html
[15:37] <theblazehen> Are you IRCing from the same computer you're doing this on?
[15:37]  * paddatrapper has been trying since 10am this morning to get this USB to boot
[15:38] <theblazehen> Easy to do it from grub. Just copy the kernel to the right place in /boot
[15:38] <Kilos> use disk utility to format it to mbr first then put other stuff on
[15:38] <paddatrapper> theblazehen: Sort of. IRC is running on VPS. I'm trying to boot from the usb on a server sitting next to me. This is my laptop
[15:38] <paddatrapper> I do have grub rescue prompt up
[15:39] <Kilos> gnome disk utility
[15:39] <theblazehen> Alright.
[15:39] <theblazehen> Makes things easier
[15:39] <Kilos> can you mount it
[15:40] <theblazehen> create a filesystem on the usb, maybe fat32 or ext4 or anything. Copy https://boot.netboot.xyz/ipxe/netboot.xyz.lkrn into it
[15:40] <Kilos> mount and install grub-pc and gub-pc-bin
[15:40] <paddatrapper> Kilos: Yes, Linux can read/write it too. I am now able to format it (finally)
[15:40] <paddatrapper> theblazehen: thanks will do
[15:40] <theblazehen> Maybe do that from laptop
[15:40] <theblazehen> then at grub rescue do a ls
[15:41] <Kilos> i found the gnome disk utility quite handy it can even repair drives
[15:41] <Kilos> good luck i go nap
[15:42] <paddatrapper> Kilos: Thanks. Have another drive that that may help with
[15:43] <theblazehen> paddatrapper is grub rescue from the hdd?
[15:43] <theblazehen> You just need grub rescue and some filesystem with the file on it
[15:43] <paddatrapper> theblazehen: I think so. They're used drives that I haven't formatted yet
[15:44] <theblazehen> Alright
[15:44] <paddatrapper> Busy booting at the moment
[15:44] <theblazehen> Booting from hdd?
[15:44] <paddatrapper> have grub rescue
[15:44] <theblazehen> Cool
[15:44] <paddatrapper> ls returns:
[15:44] <theblazehen> And a disk with file on?
[15:45] <paddatrapper> plugged in a detected (at least in BIOS)
[15:45] <theblazehen> Cool
[15:45] <theblazehen> Nothing in ls?
[15:45] <paddatrapper> (hd0) (hd0,msdos2) (hd0,msdos1) (hd1) (hd1,msdos1) (hd2) (hd3) (md/0)
[15:46] <theblazehen> Try ls (hd2)/
[15:46] <theblazehen> And ls (hd3)/
[15:46] <theblazehen> One should show the file
[15:46] <paddatrapper> hd2: unknown filesystem
[15:46] <paddatrapper> hd3: unknown filesystem
[15:46] <theblazehen> Alright and ls (hd1,msdos1)/
[15:47] <theblazehen> If not ls (hd1,1)/
[15:47] <paddatrapper> both unknown file systems
[15:48] <theblazehen> Ah. hd0 must be your usb
[15:48] <theblazehen> ls (hd0,msdos1) and msdos2
[15:48] <paddatrapper> ls (hd0,msdos2)/ - unknown filesystem
[15:49] <paddatrapper> hd0,msdos1 not found
[15:49] <paddatrapper> hd0 - unknown filesystem
[15:49] <theblazehen> What's your usb formatted as?
[15:49] <paddatrapper> fat32
[15:50] <theblazehen> insmod fat
[15:51] <paddatrapper> error disk mduuid/<hex> not found
[15:51] <paddatrapper> where <hex> is a long string of hexadecimal numbers
[15:51] <theblazehen> Alright
[15:53] <paddatrapper> all drives still are unknown file systems
[15:53] <theblazehen> Remove the usb, run ls. Which drive disappears?
[15:54] <paddatrapper> hd1, hd2, hd3
[15:54] <theblazehen> So hd0 is gone?
[15:54] <paddatrapper> no, hd0 is the only one left
[15:54] <theblazehen> Ah
[15:55] <theblazehen> Plug usb into laptop, wipefs -a /dev/whatever
[15:55] <theblazehen> Then cfdisk /dev/whatever, create partition, set as bootable, mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1 or whichever, and copy the file in
[15:58] <paddatrapper> How do I set as bootable?
[15:58] <theblazehen> In cfdisk it should have an option for it?
[15:58] <paddatrapper> I don't see one. Only type
[15:59] <theblazehen> Does it say gpt anywhere at the top?
[15:59] <theblazehen> Eg Label: gpt or something?
[15:59] <paddatrapper> Yes
[15:59] <theblazehen> Ah
[16:00] <theblazehen> wipefs -a /dev/sdb again, then cfdisk and create mbr / msdos
[16:00] <paddatrapper> Cool
[16:00] <theblazehen> Then mkfs the partition and copy the file in
[16:00] <theblazehen> Should show then
[16:00] <paddatrapper> Yup, thanks
[16:01] <theblazehen> Once it's in, plug in to server, ls again
[16:01] <theblazehen> should show a (hd1,msdos1) ?
[16:03] <paddatrapper> yes, along with (hd2) and (hd3) still
[16:03] <paddatrapper> But I am seeing the netboot.xyz file
[16:03] <theblazehen> Great
[16:03] <theblazehen> Now
[16:03] <theblazehen> linux (hd1,msdos1)/netboot.xyz.lkrn
[16:03] <theblazehen> and
[16:03] <theblazehen> boot
[16:04] <paddatrapper> unknown command linux
[16:04] <theblazehen> linux16 maybe?
[16:05] <paddatrapper> unknown command
[16:05] <theblazehen> ls (md/0)/
[16:05] <paddatrapper> disk not found
[16:05] <theblazehen> Ok. Maybe insmod linux
[16:06] <paddatrapper> error disk <> not found
[16:06] <paddatrapper> unknown command linux
[16:07] <paddatrapper> unknown command linux16
[16:07] <theblazehen> Ok. Copy http://linx.home.theblazehen.com/linux.mod to your usb
[16:07] <theblazehen> Then
[16:07] <theblazehen> set root=(hd1,msdos1)/
[16:07] <theblazehen> insmod linux
[16:08] <theblazehen> linux (hd1,msdos1)/netboot.xyz.lkrn
[16:08] <theblazehen> boot
[16:09] <paddatrapper> unknown command linux
[16:10] <theblazehen> And the insmod worked?
[16:10] <paddatrapper> error: disk <> not found
[16:10] <theblazehen> Ah, sorry. set boot not root
[16:11] <paddatrapper> same error
[16:12] <theblazehen> set prefix=(hd1,msdos1)/
[16:12] <theblazehen> then insmod?
[16:13] <paddatrapper> file //i386-pc/linux.mod not found
[16:14] <paddatrapper> Should I move it into a directory i386-pc?
[16:14] <theblazehen> You can try that
[16:14] <theblazehen> Or insmod (hd1,msdos1)/linux.mod might possibly work
[16:15] <theblazehen> Yeah, looks like insmod with a direct path should work
[16:16] <paddatrapper> error attempt to read or write outside of disk hd1
[16:18] <theblazehen> Just to be sure, this is grub resuce not grub shell, right?
[16:18] <theblazehen> Does the server support virtual disks with it's management module maybe?
[16:18] <paddatrapper> grub rescue
[16:19] <paddatrapper> I don't think so - sun V60X with stock controller
[16:19] <paddatrapper> Haven't seen any options for virtual disks when I was messing around indisk management
[16:20] <theblazehen> let me get full grub modue set. linux.mod may have had dependency
[16:20] <paddatrapper> Ok
[16:20] <theblazehen> http://linx.home.theblazehen.com/i386-pc.tar
[16:21] <theblazehen> Extract that to usb
[16:25] <paddatrapper> same error
[16:25] <theblazehen> try set root=(hd1,msdos1)
[16:25] <theblazehen> set prefix=/i386-pc/
[16:26] <paddatrapper> same error
[16:26] <theblazehen> Do you have a rooted android phone?
[16:26] <paddatrapper> Yes
[16:26] <theblazehen> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softwarebakery.drivedroid&hl=en
[16:27] <theblazehen> Try iso as a cd drive
[16:32] <theblazehen> What kind of disk is in the server? SAS?
[16:32] <paddatrapper> SCSI
[16:33] <paddatrapper> isolinux.bin missing or corrupt on iso as cd drive
[16:33] <theblazehen> Try netboot.xyz iso?
[16:34] <paddatrapper> That was the iso...
[16:35] <theblazehen> Hmm. How about netboot.xyz usb in usb mode?
[16:35] <theblazehen> usb booting is a bitch on some servers...
[16:36] <paddatrapper> Yeah... Can proabably remove a drive, put the one I want to install to in there and a DVD drive in the flexi-bay
[16:36] <paddatrapper> Install from DVD
[16:37] <paddatrapper> I have 2 servers to provision, so may be prudent
[16:37] <theblazehen> Ah. You got a dvd.. That makes things easier
[16:38] <theblazehen> If you go netboot.xyz on the dvd then you can remove it and start install on the other server at the same time
[16:38] <theblazehen> Or can you pxe boot?
[16:39]  * paddatrapper goes to find a CD
[16:39] <paddatrapper> I don't have a PXE server yet (this was supposed to be it ironically)
[16:39] <theblazehen> Haha, yeah. /me broke server, wanted to pxe boot, and that was it :(
[16:40] <theblazehen> Luckily it could do virtual drives
[16:40] <theblazehen> Time to brag: http://www.junkmail.co.za/computers/desktop-pcs/gauteng/pretoria/pretoria-city/ibm-x3650-m4-servers/64739274 :D
[16:42] <paddatrapper> theblazehen: Very nice!!
[16:43] <paddatrapper> Seems all the good deals are always in Joburg..
[16:50] <paddatrapper> theblazehen: Guess what... Failure reading sector from fd0 when trying to boot from CD...
[16:51] <Kilos> set bios
[16:51] <paddatrapper> Think I'm going to have to set up a PXE server on another machine temporarily and boot from that
[16:51] <Kilos> bios thinks there is a floppy
[16:52] <paddatrapper> Will do
[16:53] <Kilos> connect a monitor and set bios to boot from cd/dvd
[16:53] <paddatrapper> Kilos: That I have already done
[16:54] <paddatrapper> Boot priority is flash drive, CD, LAN, HDD
[16:54] <Kilos> and did you turn off the floppy seek thing as well
[16:54] <Kilos> aha
[16:54] <paddatrapper> Yup. Now no error, just back to grub rescue
[16:55] <Kilos> from the cd?
[16:56] <paddatrapper> No. HDD 1
[16:56] <Kilos> can it boot from cd
[16:59] <theblazehen> paddatrapper That sucks. Yeah, go the pxe route. Otherwise write the usb image to a hdd and put then into the server...
[16:59] <theblazehen> paddatrapper got 2 dual port 10 gbit ethernet and 4x dual 2.5 gbit fiber channel cards as well :)
[16:59] <paddatrapper> theblazehen: I would do that, but I don't have any SCSI bays except for on the servers...
[16:59]  * paddatrapper is very jealous!
[17:00] <theblazehen> paddatrapper Hmm. pxe it is then.
[17:00] <theblazehen> paddatrapper yeah, I <3 it :D
[17:00] <theblazehen> Been limited by the resources of the 2 desktops I used to use as servers
[17:00] <theblazehen> 32 GB + 20 GB RAM, with desktop running in a container on the second. Used thin client
[17:01] <theblazehen> Gonna be running yacy.net on there, going 2 pages deep in my browser history :) Super specific search for things seen recently
[17:02] <theblazehen> Then loading all reddit comments from 2007 until 2016 October into elasticsearch
[17:02] <paddatrapper> Haha awesome!
[17:02] <theblazehen> Haven't started it yet, but in the past few years 1 month is around 6 GB bzip2 compressed. Lots of data/documents..
[17:03] <theblazehen> I was loading a stream of comments into elasticsearch, around 40 - 70 documents / second
[17:03] <theblazehen> Haven't started  the bulk import that is
[17:25] <theblazehen> Tip: Downloading and writing an iso to a slow USB? curl | dd
[17:32] <paddatrapper> FINALL!!!!!!!!!!! Rufus on Windows worked...
[17:32] <paddatrapper> But the keyboard isn't responding
[17:33] <paddatrapper> Restart fixed. I may actually be able to install Debian on here
[17:34] <nsnzero> evening all
[17:34] <paddatrapper> hey nsnzero 
[17:35] <nsnzero> how are you paddatrapper
[17:35] <theblazehen> hi nsnzero
[17:36] <nsnzero> hi there theblazehen
[17:36] <pavlushka> hi there every one :)
[17:37] <paddatrapper> nsnzero: I'm better now thanks. You?
[17:39] <theblazehen> hi pavlushka
[17:40] <pavlushka> Hello theblazehen :)
[17:41] <nsnzero> paddatrapper: sorry to hear that , but glad you well again
[17:42] <nsnzero> hi there pavlushka
[17:42] <pavlushka> hey nsnzero :)
[17:42] <pavlushka> paddatrapper: heya
[17:44] <nsnzero> theblazehen: was it you that sent me the asciiemia of your zsh shell ? my memory is bad
[17:45] <paddatrapper> hey pavlushka 
[17:46] <theblazehen> nsnzero yeah
[17:47] <nsnzero> theblazehen: its awesome - i copied most of it though - but i cant get the searchable history - its driving me nuts
[17:48] <theblazehen> nsnzero Did you also get auto-fu?
[17:50] <nsnzero> theblazehen: i didnt - i will check it out now 
[17:50] <nsnzero> theblazehen: thanks
[17:58] <theblazehen> nsnzero that caused issues with older versions I think, /me is afk, will get back to you later
[18:00] <Kilos> night all. sleep tight
[18:00] <Kilos> see you tomorrow
[18:03] <nsnzero> hey kilo - take care - good night
[18:09] <nsnzero> theblazehen: yes it conflicts with the syntax highlighter - best time to trouble shoot is now