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How to Encrypt Drives ? (lemmy.today)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by gpstarman@lemmy.today to c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world
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This is my disk layout:

500 GB Linux - BTRFS

100 GB Windows - NTFS

400 GB Storage - NTFS (shared between linux and windows)

I want to encrypt everything. For Linux I can use luks2 but what I'm supposed to do for Windows ? (No bitlocker please)

Will veracrypt replace refind boot manager?

Note: I am talking about the one that asks password before boot (full encryption)

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How to Encrypt Drives ? (lemmy.today)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by gpstarman@lemmy.today to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev
7 comments fedilink

This is my disk layout:

500 GB Linux - BTRFS

100 GB Windows - NTFS

400 GB Storage - NTFS (shared between linux and windows)

I want to encrypt everything. For Linux I can use luks2 but what I'm supposed to do for Windows ? (No bitlocker please)

Will veracrypt replace refind boot manager?

Note: I am talking about the one that asks password before boot (full encryption)

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[SOLVED] What I can delete on my EFI partition? (lemmy.today)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by gpstarman@lemmy.today to c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world
0 comments fedilink

I installed lots of OSs on my PC. The mistake I did was not backing up my EFI partition beforehand.

Now I deleted all the OS except CachyOS (Arch) and Windows.

Now I want to tidy up my EFI partition. I want to delete everything (even rEFInd) except Windows and Default ones like OEM. (I am gonna reinstall CachyOS ) Can anybody please assist me?

I already deleted the obvious ones like ubuntu and fedora. Anything else?

I know this is not necessarily a linux question but anyways ๐Ÿ˜…

Solved

Before proceeding with any of the following, I STRONGLY suggest you to make a full backup of your ESP (efi) partition.

I deleted everything on boot folder, since I didn't need grub or any of those files ( after searching everything individually on internet)

I deleted refind folder, since I didn't need refind boot manager.

I kept insyde folder, since they are my uefi provider.

I kept OEM , microsoft folders because I need windows and whatever my OEM provides.

I kept tools folder since that's just an empty folder ( I didn't know which OS created it)

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[SOLVED] What I can delete on my EFI partition? (lemmy.today)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by gpstarman@lemmy.today to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev
2 comments fedilink

I installed lots of OSs on my PC. The mistake I did was not backing up my EFI partition beforehand.

Now I deleted all the OS except CachyOS (Arch) and Windows.

Now I want to tidy up my EFI partition. I want to delete everything (even rEFInd) except Windows and Default ones like OEM. (I am gonna reinstall CachyOS ) Can anybody please assist me?

I already deleted the obvious ones like ubuntu and fedora. Anything else?

I know this is not necessarily a linux question but anyways ๐Ÿ˜…

Solved

Before proceeding with any of the following, I STRONGLY suggest you to make a full backup of your ESP (efi) partition.

I deleted everything on boot folder, since I didn't need grub or any of those files ( after searching everything individually on internet)

I deleted refind folder, since I didn't need refind boot manager.

I kept insyde folder, since they are my uefi provider.

I kept OEM , microsoft folders because I need windows and whatever my OEM provides.

I kept tools folder since that's just an empty folder ( I didn't know which OS created it)

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[SOLVED] Can't boot into Luks2 + Refind (lemmy.today)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by gpstarman@lemmy.today to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev
1 comments fedilink

I installed CachyOS with BTRFS, LUKS2 , REFIND.

After successful installation I'm not seeing any prompt for password nor the linux boot entry on refind.

Note: I didn't do any lvm or raid.

What should I do?

Solved

I just forgot to create a boot partition ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

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[SOLVED] Can't boot into Luks2 + Refind (lemmy.today)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by gpstarman@lemmy.today to c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world
0 comments fedilink

I installed CachyOS with BTRFS, LUKS2 , REFIND.

After successful installation I'm not seeing any prompt for password nor the linux boot entry on refind.

Note: I didn't do any lvm or raid.

What should I do?

Solved

I just forgot to create a boot partition ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

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[SOLVED] Can't boot into Luks2 + Refind (lemmy.today)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by gpstarman@lemmy.today to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml
3 comments fedilink

I installed CachyOS with BTRFS, LUKS2 , REFIND.

After successful installation I'm not seeing any prompt for password nor the linux boot entry on refind.

Note: I didn't do any lvm or raid.

What should I do?

Solved

I just forgot to create a boot partition ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

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[SOLVED] Can I delete BTRFS snapshots from middle? (lemmy.today)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by gpstarman@lemmy.today to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml
8 comments fedilink

Let's say i made 10 snapshots on top of the base.

Now can i delete snap no. 5? Will the snaps after 5 will be affected?

Solved

Yes, one can delete consecutive snapshots. The data won't be deleted unless all snaps ( reference points ) get deleted.

Note: If you delete the original file and delete all the snapshots made when the file is still there, the file will get deleted permanently.

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[SOLVED] Can I delete BTRFS snapshots from middle? (lemmy.today)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by gpstarman@lemmy.today to c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world
3 comments fedilink

Let's say i made 10 snapshots on top of the base.

Now can i delete snap no. 5? Will the snaps after 5 will be affected?

Solved

Yes, one can delete consecutive snapshots. The data won't be deleted unless all snaps ( reference points ) get deleted.

Note: If you delete the original file and delete all the snapshots made when the file is still there, the file will get deleted permanently.

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[SOLVED] Can I delete BTRFS snapshots from middle? (lemmy.today)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by gpstarman@lemmy.today to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev
2 comments fedilink

Let's say i made 10 snapshots on top of the base.

Now can i delete snap no. 5? Will the snaps after 5 will be affected?

Solved

Yes, one can delete consecutive snapshots. The data won't be deleted unless all snaps ( reference points ) get deleted.

Note: If you delete the original file and delete all the snapshots made when the file is still there, the file will get deleted permanently.

Linux is Popular by gpstarman in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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[-] gpstarman@lemmy.today 36 points 1 month ago

What's the box thing?

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Changing the location of BTRFS snapshots ? (lemmy.today)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by gpstarman@lemmy.today to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev
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Can I change the location of BTRFS snapshots. I installed CachyOS, and it automatically setup BTRFS subvols.

This is the layout ๐Ÿ‘‡

ID gen parent top level path
258 1773 5 5 @root
259 1601 5 5 @srv
260 1789 5 5 @cache
261 1785 5 5 @tmp
262 1797 5 5 @log
263 26 377 377 var/lib/portables
264 26 377 377 var/lib/machines
265 1791 377 377 .snapshots
266 1427 378 378 @home/.snapshots
377 1797 5 5 @
378 1797 5 5 @home

According to Arch wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Snapper#Creating_a_new_configuration

Create a subvolume at /path/to/subvolume/.snapshots where future snapshots for this configuration will be stored. A snapshot's path is /path/to/subvolume/.snapshots/#/snapshot, where # is the snapshot number.

From which I understand that if I created a snap of /home (@home), it will save in /home/.snapshots (@home/.snapshots).

So, CachyOS configured to save snaps to separate subvol.

But, what I want to do is, Instead of just saving it in separate subvol, i want snaps to be saved on different btrfs partition. Maybe @home/.snapshots but on different partition.

Is that possible ?

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Changing the location of BTRFS snapshots ? (lemmy.today)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by gpstarman@lemmy.today to c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world
2 comments fedilink

Can I change the location of BTRFS snapshots. I installed CachyOS, and it automatically setup BTRFS subvols.

This is the layout ๐Ÿ‘‡

ID gen parent top level path
258 1773 5 5 @root
259 1601 5 5 @srv
260 1789 5 5 @cache
261 1785 5 5 @tmp
262 1797 5 5 @log
263 26 377 377 var/lib/portables
264 26 377 377 var/lib/machines
265 1791 377 377 .snapshots
266 1427 378 378 @home/.snapshots
377 1797 5 5 @
378 1797 5 5 @home

According to Arch wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Snapper#Creating_a_new_configuration

Create a subvolume at /path/to/subvolume/.snapshots where future snapshots for this configuration will be stored. A snapshot's path is /path/to/subvolume/.snapshots/#/snapshot, where # is the snapshot number.

From which I understand that if I created a snap of /home (@home), it will save in /home/.snapshots (@home/.snapshots).

So, CachyOS configured to save snaps to separate subvol.

But, what I want to do is, Instead of just saving it in separate subvol, i want snaps to be saved on different btrfs partition. Maybe @home/.snapshots but on different partition.

Is that possible ?

Are there any workouts that men shouldn't do? by gpstarman in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[-] gpstarman@lemmy.today 13 points 3 months ago

Heading towards nearest clothing shop right now, sir.

Are there any workouts that men shouldn't do? by gpstarman in c/askmen@lemmy.world
[-] gpstarman@lemmy.today 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Thanks man.

You're overthinking it,

I think so too. I do that a lot.

Updating BIOS via Linux ? by gpstarman in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[-] gpstarman@lemmy.today 9 points 3 months ago

unofficial Windows Live USB images.

I just came to know about this

Updating BIOS via Linux ? by gpstarman in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[-] gpstarman@lemmy.today 31 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I called the "technical" support regarding this issue. And they said they'll only support Windows.

Making your entire hardware reliant on particular proprietary software like Windows is just stupid.

Never buying Acer again.

At this point, I don't even know which vendor to buy, when everybody is shit.

NVIDIA Transitions Fully Towards Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules. Keep in mind that the drivers are still proprietary. by gpstarman in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[-] gpstarman@lemmy.today 37 points 3 months ago

Does this mean upcoming distros can have the drivers inbuilt? NVIDIA Cards working out of the box? I'm Out of the Loop.

NVIDIA Transitions Fully Towards Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules | NVIDIA Technical Blog by gpstarman in c/linux@programming.dev
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[-] gpstarman@lemmy.today 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I never understood (still can't) the need for Twitter. I always thought people used that platform to stalk famous people and officials (I have no idea why they started to use that platform).

Since, they are (famous people) mostly not on mastodon, I can't understand why people need Mastodon.

If I need people's opinions on anything Lemmy is there, right?

I'm not degrading Mastodon or anything in any manner, But I'm simply curious.

/media or /mnt or anywhere ? Discussion. by gpstarman in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[-] gpstarman@lemmy.today 11 points 4 months ago

Linux doesn't care where you mount your drives, they can be mounted anywhere you want.

Thank You

Deleting Timeshift Snapshots ? by gpstarman in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[-] gpstarman@lemmy.today 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

My bad bro just noticed. It would have been helpful if just pointed that out instead of name calling. I noticed the pun bro.

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