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> Re: Output text color (was dnf list color bad) (Samuel Sieb)
> Bootable USB and a Windows ISO-file (Robin Lee)
> Re: Bootable USB and a Windows ISO-file (Samuel Sieb)
> Re: Bootable USB and a Windows ISO-file (Robin Lee)
> Re: Bootable USB and a Windows ISO-file (Samuel Sieb)
> Re: Output text color (was dnf list color bad) (Beartooth)
> Re: Output text color (was dnf list color bad) (Samuel Sieb)
>
> Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2020 11:43:01 -0700
> From: Samuel Sieb 
> Subject: Re: Output text color (was dnf list color bad)
> To: [e-mail]
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> On 7/5/20 10:52 AM, Beartooth wrote:
> > On Sun, 05 Jul 2020 12:59:10 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote:
> >    [....]
> > > I'm pretty sure those are in /etc, not /etc/dnf.  If they're in the
> > > latter, can you confirm that and check what package provides them (rpm
> > > -qf /etc/dnf/DIR_COLORS*)?  I don't see anything providing them.
> >
> > You're right. My bad. They're in /etc. And I get # rpm -qf /etc/
> > dnf/DIR_COLORS*
> > error: file /etc/dnf/DIR_COLORS*: No such file or directory
>
> But this is the wrong file anyway.  The configuration for dnf colors is
> in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf.  See "man dnf.conf" for details, see the section
> under "[MAIN] OPTIONS - COLORS".
> > Am I remembering wrong? Istr that I could tell a given machine
> > *once* that I want to see dot files, and it would *always* display them.
>
> I don't know how you would do that.  Maybe there's a config for ls or
> you can add "-a" to the ls alias.
> > > After you edit it, you must source /etc/profile.d/colorls.sh to pick up
> > > the changes.
> >
> > "source" is a verb?? Sorry -- you lost me. What does it mean?
>
> There's a bash command called "source" that executes the script file in
> the current context.  That means that any environment variables that are
> set will stay in effect.
> > > You can also copy the proper DIR_COLORS* file to your home dir to avoid
> > > having a clean install overwrite your changes in /etc.  The paths which
> > > the colorls.sh script uses are:
> > >  $HOME/.dir_colors.$TERM $HOME/.dircolors.$TERM $HOME/.dir_colors
> > >  $HOME/.dircolors
> > >
> > > The first one found is used.
> >
> > Sigh. The curse of the autodidact strikes again. I know that
> > "HOME" in all upper case has a standard meaning, and I suppose "TERM"
> > must, too. But I can never remember what it is, nor where to look it up.
>
> Those are environment variables.  "HOME" contains the current home
> directory and "TERM" contains the name of the current terminal emulation.
>
> Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2020 21:01:11 +0200
> From: Robin Lee 
> Subject: Bootable USB and a Windows ISO-file
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> I'm trying to do a very simple task on my Fedora 32 desktop but somehow
> I can't make it happen.
>
> I've downloaded a Windows installer ISO-file from microsoft.com that I
> put on a USB-stick and tried to install Windows on physical machine,
> but it won't boot from the USB. It shows up in the BIOS boot menu, but
> it won't boot.
>
> I've tried to install the same ISO-file in Boxes and that went fine.
> I've tried both Brasero and Disk Image Writer, I've tried two different
> USB-sticks and two different physical target machines.
>
> What am I doing wrong? Or is this nefarious scheming by Linux to stop
> people from experimenting with alternative operating systems?
>
> Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2020 12:21:07 -0700
> From: Samuel Sieb 
> Subject: Re: Bootable USB and a Windows ISO-file
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> On 7/5/20 12:01 PM, Robin Lee wrote:
> > I've downloaded a Windows installer ISO-file from microsoft.com that I
> > put on a USB-stick and tried to install Windows on physical machine,
> > but it won't boot from the USB. It shows up in the BIOS boot menu, but
> > it won't boot.
> >
> > I've tried to install the same ISO-file in Boxes and that went fine.
> > I've tried both Brasero and Disk Image Writer, I've tried two different
> > USB-sticks and two different physical target machines.
>
> Boxes will make it a DVD drive, not USB.
>
> Isn't Brasero only for writing to optical media?  Anyway, I would just
> use dd to write it to the flash drive.
>
> In a terminal (change sdc to whatever your flash drive is):
> sudo dd if=windows.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=1M status=progress
>
> Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2020 21:48:03 +0200
> From: Robin Lee 
> Subject: Re: Bootable USB and a Windows ISO-file
> To: Community support for Fedora users 
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> On Sun, 2020-07-05 at 12:21 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> > On 7/5/20 12:01 PM, Robin Lee wrote:
> > > I've downloaded a Windows installer ISO-file from microsoft.com
> > > that I
> > > put on a USB-stick and tried to install Windows on physical
> > > machine,
> > > but it won't boot from the USB. It shows up in the BIOS boot menu,
> > > but
> > > it won't boot.
> > >
> > > I've tried to install the same ISO-file in Boxes and that went
> > > fine.
> > > I've tried both Brasero and Disk Image Writer, I've tried two
> > > different
> > > USB-sticks and two different physical target machines.
> >
> > Boxes will make it a DVD drive, not USB.
> >
> > Isn't Brasero only for writing to optical media?  Anyway, I would
> > just
> > use dd to write it to the flash drive.
> >
> > In a terminal (change sdc to whatever your flash drive is):
> > sudo dd if=windows.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=1M status=progress
>
> Same result.
>
> Also tested creating a bootable USB-stick with a Centos ISO-file. No
> problem.
>
> Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2020 12:51:18 -0700
> From: Samuel Sieb 
> Subject: Re: Bootable USB and a Windows ISO-file
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> On 7/5/20 12:48 PM, Robin Lee wrote:
> > On Sun, 2020-07-05 at 12:21 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> > > On 7/5/20 12:01 PM, Robin Lee wrote:
> > > > I've downloaded a Windows installer ISO-file from microsoft.com
> > > > that I
> > > > put on a USB-stick and tried to install Windows on physical
> > > > machine,
> > > > but it won't boot from the USB. It shows up in the BIOS boot menu,
> > > > but
> > > > it won't boot.
> > > >
> > > > I've tried to install the same ISO-file in Boxes and that went
> > > > fine.
> > > > I've tried both Brasero and Disk Image Writer, I've tried two
> > > > different
> > > > USB-sticks and two different physical target machines.
> > >
> > > Boxes will make it a DVD drive, not USB.
> > >
> > > Isn't Brasero only for writing to optical media?  Anyway, I would
> > > just
> > > use dd to write it to the flash drive.
> > >
> > > In a terminal (change sdc to whatever your flash drive is):
> > > sudo dd if=windows.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=1M status=progress
> >
> > Same result.
> >
> > Also tested creating a bootable USB-stick with a Centos ISO-file. No
> > problem.
>
> Maybe that file can't be booted from usb.  Are there any instructions
> from Microsoft about how to do it?  I know I have done it a couple of
> times in the past.
>
> Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2020 19:58:09 -0000 (UTC)
> From: Beartooth 
> Subject: Re: Output text color (was dnf list color bad)
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> On Sun, 05 Jul 2020 11:43:01 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>    [....]
> > But this is the wrong file anyway.  The configuration for dnf colors is
> > in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf.  See "man dnf.conf" for details, see the section
> > under "[MAIN] OPTIONS - COLORS".
>
> Well, as /etc/dnf/dnf.conf I see only this:
>
> [main]
> gpgcheck=1
> installonly_limit=3
> clean_requirements_on_remove=True
> best=False
> skip_if_unavailable=True
>
> I'll make a separate post for the rest, with effusive thanks for
> the clarifications.
> --
> Beartooth Staffwright, Not Quite Clueless Power User
> Remember I know little (precious little!) of where up is.
>
> Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2020 13:01:44 -0700
> From: Samuel Sieb 
> Subject: Re: Output text color (was dnf list color bad)
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> On 7/5/20 12:58 PM, Beartooth wrote:
> > On Sun, 05 Jul 2020 11:43:01 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> >    [....]
> > > But this is the wrong file anyway.  The configuration for dnf colors is
> > > in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf.  See "man dnf.conf" for details, see the section
> > > under "[MAIN] OPTIONS - COLORS".
> >
> > Well, as /etc/dnf/dnf.conf I see only this:
>
> If you want to override the default values, you need to add them there
> as described in the man page.
> > I'll make a separate post for the rest, with effusive thanks for
> > the clarifications.
>
> Ok, if you can't figure it out, then I'll reply there.
>
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