Problem- the stick is formatted for ms dos, so Properties says. So, it can't be changed using linux commands.
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Problem- the stick is formatted for ms dos, so Properties says. So, it can't be changed using linux commands.
If you want to make a file or directory on a USB stick immutable, you will need to use a different method. One way to do this is to use the chmod command, which allows you to change the permissions...
I'm trying to make a file or folder immutable- not being able to be deleted, on a USB stick.
Here's the command I use- udo chattr -R -i FileName.txt
But the error message returned is this;
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I thank you all for the helpful suggestions. The code is much too complex for me to understand. But, I found Krename which works quite well.
Is there a script or command I can cut and paste into Terminal to add a leading sequential 2 digit number that'll rename all of the files in a directory...such as;
What I have now;
Curious.mp3...
My iPod 160gb Classic successfully destroyed itself the other day- logic board short. In a moment of weakness I had backed up all of the songs and videos from the iPod a while ago. The songs on it...
My car's CD player only plays a burned CD of mp3's in alphabetical order and not in the correct track order.
Cut and pasting individual tracks (one at a time) to Brasero doesn't work.
Also,...
Fixed-
https://averagelinuxuser.com/debian-10-after-install/#3-add-contrib-and-non-free-repositories
No idea how to get that information
I just upgraded to Mate 18.04.
My display is an Acer x193w c
The display resolution is only 720 x 480 and I can't get it any higher.
xrandr shows-
$ xrandr
xrandr: Failed to get size of...
I had previously formatted the drive to NTFS but the same problem occurred. Ugh...the link above. I had read it before- useless.
The good news is, using windows the drive was formatted and now...
I formatted a new internal WD Blue 250 gb ssd in FAT32 to be used as a backup-our-pictures -drive between members of my family.
The drive is connected to a JMicron Generic USB to SATA cable and...
Here's what I get;
$ man vgchange
No manual entry for vgchange
Yes, happily I do know the passwords.
Now, exactly what does sudo vgchange -ay" do?
It's not going to lockup or vaporize my data...will it? I'm famous for using DD to wreck drives and using...
I don't know if it's encrypted. How can I check? Perhaps during initial installation of 12.04 to the hd it asked, "do you want to encrypt your home folder". Knowing me I probably answered "yes".
The user and group ID are different. When I click on the "home folder" there are 2 links in the folder. One of them reads;
Access-Your-Private-Data.desktop
....the other says
README.txt
...
I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 Mate.
While running 18.04 I have plugged in a usb to sata cable and have connected the old Ubuntu 12.04 ssd to it.
The only problem is I can't access the files in the...
Ubuntu wants to install the latest updates but the High-performance mail transport agent has some sort of problem.
Below is the error message-
The package system is broken.
Check if you...
I need to backup my home folder to prepare against "the day of disaster". I also want to do the backup in the easiest way as I'm no tech. The backup will be made to a usb drive attached to my...
I had to power it down by using the power switch- no other way to shut the computer off or restart it.
Still having the same problem. Doesn't anyone have a solution?
Peter (my name....today)
Figured it out.
Thanks.
Thanks, I guess. I couldn't figure out how to delete the 2nd post.
So, then how should the code appear given my examples?
I'm trying to use PDFTK to combine several pdfs by referring to the pdf location....but can't figure it out. I want to be able to work in any folder, have pdftk "go get" the pdfs (no matter what...