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So, just a light post, I upgraded my Pi4 last night and found the Linux firmware breaks a 32bit install.

I've been meaning to change to 64bit for months, but as it's my DMZ box for torrents, radicale, etc, then it's just finding the right time to convert an adhoc setup into my ansible scripts.

Luckily I had a SD backup from September to get it running again

So, what have you broken over the holidays?

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[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (7 children)

I managed not to screw anything up, but I was handed a HDD from a friend of mine who is a burgeoning photographer. The drive has crashed, and I am afraid that, unless he coughs up several thousands of $$ for a professional recovery service, I am not going to be able to resurrect his drive. I've told him for at least a year to spend the money and get a nas with a Raid set up. So, over Christmas, he did purchase one. But.....too little too late for the portable drive. I always hate delivering bad news, but it is a hard lesson to learn. Usually, it just takes one time, and it's back up city from there on out. Fortunately he has partial backups on SD chips, and files spread from FB to family phones he can recoup some of his losses from.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Uggh, feel bad for them.

I've tried for years to get friends and family to have their data sit in a single point in the house and use backup services. That would be a massive improvement.

Family won't listen, so I'm building minicomputers for them all that will handle it. Just have to configure their devices to store data there.

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago

Just a friendly word of caution:

if they don't appreciate what you're telling them to do, ... and if the minis you're building fail to do some magic data protection that they / you hadn't thought about... it'll be your "fault"

They need to take some ownership

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