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Cloning and trimming a RaspberryPi microSD card

Posted 05-05-2024 at 09:30 PM by rouvas

A mini how-to on cloning (i.e. making an exact copy) and trimming (i.e. not copying any empty space at the end of the useful stuf) a RaspberryPi microSD card. The procedure should be applicable to other images as well, but I'm only reporting what I've tried.

Now if the source SD card can be accessed all of it is a lot more easier if the steps outlined at https://forums.raspberrypi.com//view...88670#p1745960 are followed.

However if you're like me who made...

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Using mercurial at BitBucket, a really short introduction

Posted 07-10-2017 at 05:58 PM by rouvas

A really short introduction, just to get you started.

Create a project from scratch based on a BitBucket template

Set up Mercurial on your machine if you haven't already.

Code:

mkdir /path/to/your/project
cd /path/to/your/project
hg clone https://user@bitbucket.org/user/project-template

Create your first file, commit, and push

Code:

echo "user NA" >> contributors.txt
hg add

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Vodafone 3G Dongle (Huawei K3772) working on Slackware.14.0

Posted 06-27-2013 at 10:01 AM by rouvas
Updated 06-27-2013 at 10:19 AM by rouvas

Tags k3772, sakis3g, slackware

Using the information available at http://digitalgotcha.blogspot.gr/201...wei-k3770.html I have successfully connected and used this dongle with my Slackware.14.0 installation.

For the impatient, use lsusb to ensure that you dongle is recognized by you system, something like:

Code:

Bus 002 Device 003: ID 12d1:1526 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

should be displayed. Use the HEX codes as in 12d1:1526 to feed the following command:...

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Securely backup your $HOME to a remote machine

Posted 10-29-2011 at 07:19 PM by rouvas

Tags backup, linuxmint, rsync, slackware, sshfs

SYNOPSIS

A simple and effective script to perform a secure backup of your home directory to a remote machine, with the help of sshfs and rsync. With trivial modifications it can be used to backup any directory.

FOR THE IMPATIENT

Drop this script into your path:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

#
# Specify the name of the user on the remote machine, defaults to the current user
#
REMOTE_USER=${REMOTE_USER:=$USER}

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