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oo · CrunchBang Talk

(There is more to how this eventuated than just lack of consideration for backup etc - long story...) Thanks for the info though, I agree. Havent heard of Git or Mercurial, and dont know how to practically use/incorporate them yet. Am concerned about what I *can try to do about this file now* though.

Consider:
Actually, the drive had been used and written to _much_ more (by multiples) in the 3 months before that very old instance of the file was recovered. Wouldnt that seem to indicate that more recent instance(s) would more-likely be available? - if the drive had been used far less, and less time had gone by in comparison? The data partition is good sized and separate from swap.

What then would be the easiest or best method(s) to *try* to find a file by *name*, or at least text in a file... (as a narrowed search; not "recover/copy all deleted miscellaneous data - then pick through that") if it does exist? In the programs I was able to find, through Synaptic, that would run, nothing seemed to offer a sane/simple search like that.

Evidently something keeps instances of files around (if an instance from 3 months prior was recallable)? If it could be Geany, Im wondering how it 'chooses' what to keep a backup of (and where)... would this be done randomly, or by date, or?

In trying to understand things better: this would seem to be a disadvantage of EXT4, vs other file systems like NTFS or FAT32? or whats the trade-off?

Im also wondering what the hell happened... does that (kind of crash etc) sound famliar to anyone? It seemed to have something to do with PCmanFM, which had disappeared/crashed many times before...

oo · CrunchBang Talk

Hello,
Have been trying to solve this for a while and have not been sucessful, so am posting here for help.

Heres what happened:

Using a Debian system, way overloaded (running too much simultaneously with low RAM and CPU, HDD), had a strange partial-crash that Ive never seen before; half of Firefox browser windows (2 out of 4 windows, each full of tabs) disappeared, as well as Geany (full of tabs) disappeared, yet neither Firefox nor the system seemed to have noticed or notified of any error. When Geany was re-opened, it had lost memory of all tabs/files that had previously been in use, and when one particular text file (that had been regularly used and saved several times daily up to that point) was re-opened; strangely, it reverted back to an instance of itself from *3 months ago*. 8-O (I assume that somehow (by fsck?) the file selected to be restored (by journaling/ext4) was misdirected to the _oldest_ instance of it, rather than the newest?)

Have tried extundelete, photorec, etc, etc...., with a lot of frustration but no success (they all seem to have a similar/same interface - and method? which doesnt seem so appropriate for this anyway).

Wondering, is there a simple program or way to find (all instances of, or newest of) *just one file, by name*, to choose to restore? (thought/hoped ext4 was supposed to make this kind of thing easier initially)

oo · CrunchBang Talk

Hi Penny,
Thanks for the post/info - reminds me of the difficulties I run into trying to get other things accomplished... :-P
Im wondering what specific problem(s) did you encounter with Plop?

From what Ive read now it sounds like Debian Testing is more stable than I previously thought (on par with other rolling release ditros, even Ubuntu?) and may actually have better compatability than Debian Stable(?) Being updateable without reinstalling seems better for me. Im not sure about Sid though.

Ive just tried AntiX a little, and was impressed with the included options and combinations of options available to try out - even live: Fluxbox, IceWM, JWM, ROX... Wondering why Openbox wasnt included though...

oo · CrunchBang Talk

fatmac, Barnabyh, wuxmedia: Am checking those out... Im interested in other (active) distros based on Debian Testing with Openbox also... In wondering if there are ways (skins/themes etc?) to more drastically change the way Fluxbox, IceWM, JWM look - or are they pretty much going to always look the way they do? Sid/unstable worries me for the longterm uses I have in mind, but maybe I dont know enough about it.

oo · CrunchBang Talk

porkpiehat (and others), thanks

Im curious/interested to see a summary rundown of the components involved and the space they take up...

Im wondering what the updates change/improve specifically (securitywise or other?). I thought Debian was supposed to be rolling release updates - not requiring reinstallation each time...?? Is the previous #! CD-sized release really not available anywhere anymore? (and cannot be updated?)

jones (or anyone else who knows):
With plop linux (or another similar bootloader), is is possible to multi partition a USB key / flash drive, and setup a different OS iso file on each partition, then select which to boot from - or can only the primary/first parition on a flash drive be used this way?

(now the new edition of Plop doesnt seem to fit on CD either </facepalm>)

Maybe a dumb question: Does there exist a loader, similer to Plop, That can allow you to simply copy a .iso file onto a usb key/partition and doesnt require the type of setup as detailed here: http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/statler … stallation

"Zenix" sounded interesting but seems to no longer be active.??

oo · CrunchBang Talk

Thanks for the replies...
I didnt mean computers without USB ports, but rather, with most, the Bios does not seem to allow booting from USB (as far as Im aware).

uname, thanks
The method in the link seems a bit complicated though - almost like building with Debian netinstall from scratch. Im surprised that older versions arent available for download (like the last apparently CD sized: v10 R20120207) - or am I just not looking in the right places? It seems that would be simpler/better and more convenient than the workaround method in the link?

jones, thanks
thats a good idea... I'll look into it. Seems the CD size version should still be available and would be a good idea/option for future release (or as an alternate "Slim" version?) because there are many computers that could benefit from this (if the install method is simpler, and more newb friendly), since Crunchbang, being streamlined, is most suited for older such computers...

Im wondering what specifically was added or changed that brought the size above 700Mb?

oo · CrunchBang Talk

Hello,

After trying many Linux distros and refining my understanding what I want/need Ive become very interested in Crunchbang (being Debian with Openbox), which seems like it could be exactly what Im looking for. But I am needing it to be a (iso) size that will fit on CD (less than 700Mb) for universal compatibility with older computers etc (not capable of USB install and am not able to replace all CD drives with DVD drives...).

Is there a "slim" release/modification of Crunchbang or are older versions available archived somewhere (assuming they are updateable after install)? I cant seem to find any of the older CD-sized Crunchbang releases to download. For instance; the last pre-700mb (Debian based ) Crunchbang (v10 R20120207) download link on Distrowatch is not functional or leads to the page for only the current (above 700mb) release, etc...

Thanks

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