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Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was Re: Unidentified subject!)

From Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was Re: Unidentified subject!)
Date 2024-02-08 17:30 +0100
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Hi,

On Thu, Feb 08, 2024 at 11:14:24AM -0500, Gremlin wrote:
> On 2/8/24 10:36, Andy Smith wrote:
> > USB storage is for phones and cameras etc, not for serious
> > computing. Many people will disagree with that statement and say
> > they use it all the time and it is fine. They will keep saying that
> > until it isn't fine, and then they'll be in a world of hurt.
> > 
> 
> LOL,  So my main desktop a raspberry pi 4 is not serious computing? Or is it
> that my name server, web server email server which is a raspberry pi 4 not
> serious computing?

Not in my opinion, no¹, but I don't mind at all if you don't agree
and I also wish you the best of ongoing luck!

Thanks,
Andy

¹ Of course, sometimes you just have a device that only has USB and
  there's no way around it. If I have to go there, I try to make it
  serious by preparing for the storage of those devices to just
  disappear one day and take steps to minimise the downtime lost to
  that.

-- 
https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting

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Unidentified subject! gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-07 21:40 +0100
  Re: Unidentified subject! Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2024-02-08 05:30 +0100
    Re: Unidentified subject! gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-10 11:00 +0100
      Re: Unidentified subject! "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-02-10 11:40 +0100
        shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-02-10 13:50 +0100
          Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] tomas@tuxteam.de - 2024-02-10 14:00 +0100
            Re: shred bug? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-02-10 15:00 +0100
              Re: shred bug? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-02-10 15:40 +0100
          Re: shred bug? Gremlin <scott-andrews@columbus.rr.com> - 2024-02-10 14:40 +0100
          Re: shred bug? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-02-10 14:40 +0100
          Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-02-11 01:10 +0100
            Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-02-11 01:20 +0100
              Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-02-11 01:30 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2024-02-11 14:00 +0100
                Re: shred bug? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-02-11 14:30 +0100
              Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-02-11 08:10 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-02-11 15:40 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-02-11 15:50 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-02-11 16:00 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-02-11 16:00 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-02-12 18:00 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2024-02-12 18:00 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-02-12 22:00 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-02-12 22:10 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-02-13 06:50 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-02-11 16:30 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-02-13 13:20 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-02-13 13:40 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-02-13 13:50 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-02-13 14:00 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-02-13 16:40 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-02-13 17:30 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2024-02-13 18:50 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-02-13 22:10 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-02-14 06:50 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-02-13 19:00 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-02-13 20:00 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-02-13 20:40 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-13 20:40 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-02-13 20:50 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-13 21:30 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-02-13 22:10 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-13 22:50 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-02-15 06:40 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-02-11 23:50 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-02-13 03:40 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-02-11 16:30 +0100
                Re: shred bug? [was: Unidentified subject!] Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2024-02-16 16:00 +0100
        Re: Unidentified subject! gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-10 18:50 +0100
          Re: Unidentified subject! "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-02-10 19:40 +0100
            Re: Unidentified subject! gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-10 20:30 +0100
            Re: Unidentified subject! David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-02-11 00:50 +0100
              Re: Unidentified subject! "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-02-11 09:10 +0100
                Re: Unidentified subject! David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-02-11 21:50 +0100
        Re: Unidentified subject! David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-02-11 00:40 +0100
          Re: Unidentified subject! "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-02-11 09:20 +0100
            Re: Unidentified subject! David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-02-11 11:10 +0100
              Fast Random Data Generation (Was: Re: Unidentified subject!) Linux-Fan <Ma_Sys.ma@web.de> - 2024-02-11 11:30 +0100
                Re: Fast Random Data Generation "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-02-11 12:30 +0100
                Re: Fast Random Data Generation (Was: Re: Unidentified subject!) Gremlin <scott-andrews@columbus.rr.com> - 2024-02-11 13:20 +0100
                Re: Fast Random Data Generation (Was: Re: Unidentified subject!) David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-02-12 07:20 +0100
                Re: Fast Random Data Generation (Was: Re: Unidentified subject!) Linux-Fan <Ma_Sys.ma@web.de> - 2024-02-12 17:40 +0100
                Re: Fast Random Data Generation (Was: Re: Unidentified subject!) David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-02-12 22:30 +0100
                Re: Fast Random Data Generation (Was: Re: Unidentified subject!) Linux-Fan <Ma_Sys.ma@web.de> - 2024-02-13 18:40 +0100
                Re: Fast Random Data Generation (Was: Re: Unidentified subject!) Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-02-12 22:30 +0100
              Re: Unidentified subject! "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-02-11 12:20 +0100
                Re: Unidentified subject! Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-02-11 16:20 +0100
                Re: Unidentified subject! David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-02-11 23:00 +0100
      Re: Unidentified subject! Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2024-02-10 15:40 +0100
  Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was Re:  Unidentified subject!) Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-08 16:40 +0100
    Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was  Re: Unidentified subject!) Gremlin <scott-andrews@columbus.rr.com> - 2024-02-08 17:20 +0100
      Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was  Re: Unidentified subject!) Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-08 17:30 +0100
      Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage  (WasRe: Unidentified subject!) gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-09 09:50 +0100
    Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was  Re: Unidentified subject!) Ralph Aichinger <ra@h5.or.at> - 2024-02-08 18:00 +0100
      Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was  Re: Unidentified subject!) Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-02-08 20:30 +0100
        Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was  Re: Unidentified subject!) Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-08 21:50 +0100
        Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was  Re: Unidentified subject!) Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-08 21:50 +0100
          Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was  Re: Unidentified subject!) Gremlin <scott-andrews@columbus.rr.com> - 2024-02-08 22:00 +0100
            Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was  Re: Unidentified subject!) Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-08 22:20 +0100
              Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was  Re: Unidentified subject!) Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-08 22:30 +0100
                Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was  Re: Unidentified subject!) Gremlin <scott-andrews@columbus.rr.com> - 2024-02-08 23:10 +0100
              Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was  Re: Unidentified subject!) Gremlin <scott-andrews@columbus.rr.com> - 2024-02-08 22:30 +0100
          Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage  (WasRe: Unidentified subject!) gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-09 14:00 +0100
            Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2024-02-09 14:50 +0100
            Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage  (WasRe: Unidentified subject!) David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2024-02-10 07:00 +0100
              Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage(WasRe:  Unidentified subject!) gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-02-10 18:40 +0100
      Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was  Re: Unidentified subject!) Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-08 21:40 +0100
        Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was  Re: Unidentified subject!) Arno Lehmann <al@its-lehmann.de> - 2024-02-09 09:50 +0100
    Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was  Re: Unidentified subject!) Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-02-08 18:30 +0100
      Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was  Re: Unidentified subject!) Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-08 21:40 +0100
        Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was  Re: Unidentified subject!) Gremlin <scott-andrews@columbus.rr.com> - 2024-02-08 22:10 +0100
          Re: Things I don't touch with a 3.048m barge pole: USB storage (Was  Re: Unidentified subject!) Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-02-08 22:20 +0100
  Re: Unidentified subject! Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2024-02-08 23:50 +0100
    Re: Unidentified subject! Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2024-02-09 00:10 +0100
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