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Yes, I was aware, but I wanted to use those echo statements to help with debugging if anything went wrong. I've made changes over time. I wanted to deal with one issue at a time. /Trenix25

Ah, much better. Thank you.

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I used iptables to create a firewall for my Linux system for a while, but my script and firewall rules were a mess. Then I wanted to move to nftables, which is intended to replace iptables, hoping to get something better. I had also wondered about how to forward traffic between different...

It's the best result I could get.

I am using Debian 10.4.0. I mostly fixed the problem. I set /etc/fstab to mount /tmp as read-only so I could unmount it. I set the default.target to point to initial.target so now I can run the boot.1.service which unmounts /tmp and checks everything before calling systemctl isolate...

Numerous packages use scripts in /etc/init.d/

I moved the boot.1 service to the local-fs-pre target and set it to oneshot so now it works a litle better, but it is still having major problems. # cat /lib/systemd/system/boot.1.service [Unit] Description=System boot script service for single user mode [Service] ExecStart=/bin/bash...

I installed a ton of packages so I could play audio files from the system console. It still doesn't play them. It says it can't find a valid sound driver, even over 2 GB later. Now something is mounting /tmp as rw when /etc/fstab says it should be ro. Whatever it is is keeping /tmp "busy" so...

Debian 10.4.0. I just haven't been able to try much of anything. Our air conditioner has been out for about a week, and during the hottest part of the year. I've been so tired all the time. I can't think straight with this excessive heat. It gets to around 32℃ indoors during the day without...

They do look a little old. What's interesting is that Windows can read the DVD I made with genisoimage and wodim, but Linux can't.

These proved to be informative: https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/grub.html https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/grub-2.html

I need some step by step advice to get grub set up the correct way. 1) I need to install grub on /dev/sda so it only boots Windows, /dev/sda2, regardless of whatever other devices may or may not be connected. I cannot use fdisk.exe /mbr because I don't have it and can't get it. Windows is...

Only running cli for now. I need to get all the basics set up before even considering exploring X.

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I removed contrib, but that didn't make any real difference. Why should I not download source files? I'll just have to go get them later. buster-updates was removed since it does not exist. (The last two lines)

I got through everything starting with a number or the letter a. The partition is now a third of the way full. It keeps going to sleep. How do I tell it to stay awake? It used to stay awake for days. How do I specify the wifi password? It's a foot away and still can't detect the wifi...

Right now it's busy installing a myriad of source files to remotely control a telescope that I don't even have. This is nuts. /etc/apt/sources.list (without comments) deb https://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib non-free deb-src https://deb.debian.org/debian buster main contrib...

I installed Slackware years ago and loved it. I'm trying to install Debian right now and I'm on the edge of a mental breakdown as a result.

If I see /usr/bin/whiptail just one more time I may have to smash that laptop with a brick and throw the shattered remains off of the tallest cliff I can find! I told apt to answer yes to every question. There are over fifty seven thousand packages that demand to be installed in order to...