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#501 Re: Other Issues » SOLVED: dd to nonexistent device » 2020-03-02 11:52:31
You can delete an over written /dev file, but it is a bit more complicated than a normal directory file to re instate, if I remember rightly, (I did it a couple of times too 
).
Edit: Check out mknod. (These are 'node' files.)
#502 Re: ARM Builds » Is any work planned for devuan on the raspberry pi 4? » 2020-02-25 09:22:52
don't know why RaspberryPi Foundation is taking so long.. or why is holding back..
They are way behind schedule, when it was released it was supposed to be able to boot from USB3, now, 7 months later, & we still don't have USB booting!
#503 Re: Installation » Install Devuan over existing Linux system? » 2020-02-22 10:20:41
Just treat it as if it were an empty disk, insert & boot from your pendrive, run the installer, partition the disk how you want it, & install it. 
#504 Re: Off-topic » HyperbolaBSD Roadmap relevance to Devuan » 2020-02-16 10:47:36
Hmm, I think what you are meaning is the reliance of certain software in other software, such as a reliance on pulseaudio, or parts of the systemd infrastructure, that being the case, I'm with you all the way. Freedom is being eroded by the 'back door'.
Someone will have to rewrite the source code to not include the 'evils' that most(?) people don't want, then compile & package it for the end user.
#505 Re: Off-topic » Greetings and some questions » 2020-02-11 10:28:03
I would like to know if there is any way I can help the community and do my bit for the development of Dev1.
I would also like to know, how did you learn about how GNU+Linux works?
Advocacy is the easiest way for a beginner, along with the suggestion of improving documentation.
Learn to use the command line, that is where you will start to learn Linux.
#506 Re: Forum Feedback » Ending or moving a forum discussion that has degenerated too far » 2020-02-11 10:21:17
For future reference, if you need to, just contact one of the moderators.
#507 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » CuBox I4 pro » 2020-02-08 19:12:12
If Debian works, so will Devuan.
#508 Re: Off-topic » HyperbolaBSD Roadmap relevance to Devuan » 2020-02-06 10:59:59
I think, if they were to consider a BSD, NetBSD would be a better choice, as I think they would be happy to work with the team to achieve their objectives. Devuan is now 'established', so I don't see it happening any time soon.
#509 Re: ARM Builds » Is any work planned for devuan on the raspberry pi 4? » 2020-01-28 09:37:16
Camtaf wrote:devuan-ascii-rpi4-arm64-0.1-beta.img.xz is the one I've been trying to get.
I succeeded downloading it
Could be that for some reason, after some extent you are limited in MB?
No problem downloading other distros, even DVD images, but just can't get passed 20~30MB from your storage site, even had another go just before writing this. So, I guess, that's it, I won't be able to help. 
#510 Re: ARM Builds » Is any work planned for devuan on the raspberry pi 4? » 2020-01-27 20:26:30
devuan-ascii-rpi4-arm64-0.1-beta.img.xz is the one I've been trying to get.
#511 Re: ARM Builds » Is any work planned for devuan on the raspberry pi 4? » 2020-01-27 19:18:23
I know how to download, but it just fails after a few minutes for some reason, I managed to get about 20MB once.
Edit: Literally just tried again & it failed after downloading just 25MB.
#512 Re: ARM Builds » Is any work planned for devuan on the raspberry pi 4? » 2020-01-27 16:06:00
Your link keeps on failing to download for me, tried several times yesterday, & a couple of times today.
#513 Re: ARM Builds » Is any work planned for devuan on the raspberry pi 4? » 2020-01-26 11:05:38
I'm only an end user, not a developer, but I could dig out my RPi4B, & give your image a go, sometime next week, probably.
Where can I download the RPi4 image from?
#514 Re: ARM Builds » Is any work planned for devuan on the raspberry pi 4? » 2020-01-17 09:59:15
N.B. If only using one monitor, you have to use the HDMI socket next to the USB C power socket.
(I'm not using mine at the moment, still awaiting EDID & USB boot to get fixed.)
I also had to add,
hdmi_force_hotplug:0=1
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=39 (or 81 to get 1366x768)
when using Raspbian O/S.
#515 Re: Devuan » Debian has fallen. What now? » 2020-01-01 12:12:54
I've used Salix in preference to installing Slack, but I've been Debian & Debian based since 1999, I don't want to change, but I don't want to use systemd either, so I hope we can still have Debian without systemd well into the future.
#516 Re: Hardware & System Configuration » USB Multiboot » 2019-12-29 11:04:54
I'd imagine that if you don't select one of the choices at the boot menu, you are being dropped into a terminal session, possibly for recovery purposes. If you do select a distro at boot time, does it then load to a desktop?
#517 Re: Devuan » Debian has fallen. What now? » 2019-12-28 19:22:56
If regular software programs rely on parts of systemd, then the freedom that was Linux comes to an end!
Linux was fashioned after Unix principles, but has been deviated more towards a Microsoft kind of system, by the 'big players' so that they can make money out of selling maintenance contracts. If this continues, there will no longer be freedom to choose within Linux.
We need a branch of Linux that rejects completely the scourge of systemd. If that doesn't materialize, then the BSDs are sure to gain more followers.
#518 Re: Off-topic » Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas » 2019-12-25 11:41:36
Seasons Greetings.
#519 Re: News & Announcements » Merry Christmas » 2019-12-25 11:40:29
Seasons Greetings.
#520 Re: Off-topic » new encroachments of our least favourite init » 2019-12-15 09:52:48
Slackware probably still avoids systemd.
#521 Re: Devuan » Debian considering going systemd init only » 2019-12-10 11:42:45
BSD stands for Berkley Software Distribution
#522 Re: Devuan » Debian considering going systemd init only » 2019-12-09 10:40:53
If I'm not mistaken, 'unix' started out at AT&T as part of their phone system, but was made available to others, for a price, which then became Unix in its various forms.
BSD was a free version of unix, maintained by Berkley University, who had improved it no end, & was giving it away freely, until law makers/upholders got involved, as the kernel & a few other files were still in copyright.
This is where the GNU software came from, all but the kernel & a couple of files, which had to be replaced over time, to make BSD totally free, to distribute, alter, & use, as long as the Berkley copyright files were distributed with each copy.
I believe you will also find that the internet is run on BSD.
#523 Re: Devuan » Debian considering going systemd init only » 2019-12-08 10:10:31
Can Devuan still get the disaffected Debian maintainers to come aboard(?).
If they would leave Debian & join with Devuan, it would increase its validity to more sysadmins, I think, & guarantee a systemd distro for others to base their distros off.
#524 Re: ARM Builds » RPi3A+/3B/3B+/(4B) » 2019-11-20 18:59:18
Thanks for your help fellas.
#525 Re: ARM Builds » RPi3A+/3B/3B+/(4B) » 2019-11-20 10:58:52
Thanks for the links. I have downloaded the RPi3 64bit version, but it extracts to a folder full of system folders, & I know the RPi usually has a FAT partition, as well as the Linux one.
Not quite sure what to do with them, do I copy the Rasbian FAT files to a FAT partition, & then all these system files into an EXT filesystem? Or do the /boot files go onto a FAT partition, & the rest onto a Linux filesystem?
Thanks for your help.
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