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Notes on using dd to clone Debian 13.4.0 KDE Plasma installation on my Edxis Chromebook model LI9

Subject: Notes on using dd to clone Debian 13.4.0 KDE Plasma installation on my Edxis Chromebook model LI9 Good day from Singapore, Detailed steps as shown below. 1. Prepare USB thumb drive with System Rescue 13.00 for amd64. This is a 1.22 GB ISO file download. 2. Boot up Edxis Chromebook or your laptop or your desktop computer or your server with System Rescue 13.00 USB thumb drive. 3. Connect a portable USB external harddisk to the Edxis Chromebook using a USB 3.0 Hub. 4. Use the following Linux commands: # mkdir /backup Assuming your portable USB external harddisk is /dev/sdb1 # mount /dev/sdb1 /backup # dd if=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=4M status=progress | gzip -1 > /backup/emmc.img.gz 🔍 Explanation bs=4M → good speed for eMMC status=progress → shows progress conv=fsync → ensures proper flushing (safer image) gzip -1 → fast compression (important for you) 👉 -1 is key: Much faster than default (-6) Slightly larger file, but saves a lot of time The filesize of my emmc.img.gz is 4.71 GB. T...
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Using Acronis True Image to clone (backup) Debian 13.4.0 KDE Plasma on Edxis Chromebook

Subject: Using Acronis True Image to clone (backup) Debian 13.4.0 KDE Plasma on Edxis Chromebook Good day from Singapore, Can I use Acronis True Image to clone (backup) my Debian 13.4.0 KDE Plasma installation on Edxis Chromebook model LI9 to a SINGLE image file? I know Acronis True Image can clone harddisks or SSDs with operating systems into a SINGLE image file with filename extension .tibx. Clonezilla is NOT desirable because it clones storage devices into so many different files. If you are aware of a better cloning software for Linux, please let me know. Thank you. Regards, Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming Extremely Democratic People's Republic of Singapore 8 Apr 2026 Wednesday 11.38 pm Singapore Time REFERENCES ============= [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2026/04/msg00110.html [2] https://mail-archive.com/debian-user@lists.debian.org/msg822292.html [3] https://marc.info/?l=debian-user&m=177566546402864&w=2
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nmap scan command in forever loop to trigger Snort IDS IPS to generate intrusion alerts

Subject: nmap scan command in forever loop to trigger Snort IDS IPS to generate intrusion alerts Good day from Singapore, Running the following nmap scan command in a forever loop will trigger Snort Intrusion Detection System (IDS) Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) to generate lots of intrusion alerts. # nohup sudo bash -c 'while true; do nmap -sS -O -p 22 target_ip; sleep 1; done' > nmap.log 2>&1 & Regards, Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming Extremely Democratic People's Republic of Singapore 8 Apr 2026 Wednesday 3.16 pm Singapore Time
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Created Cron jobs to restart syslogd in my pfsense firewall with FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT at home twice daily

Subject: Created Cron jobs to restart syslogd in my pfsense firewall with FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT at home twice daily Good day from Singapore, [2.8.1-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.teo-en-ming-corp.com]/root: uname -a FreeBSD pfSense.teo-en-ming-corp.com 15.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT #21 RELENG_2_8_1-n256095-47c932dcc0e9: Thu Aug 28 16:27:48 UTC 2025     root@pfsense-build-release-amd64-1.eng.atx.netgate.com:/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-CE-snapshots-2_8_1-main/obj/amd64/AupY3aTL/var/jenkins/workspace/pfSense-CE-snapshots-2_8_1-main/sources/FreeBSD-src-RELENG_2_8_1/amd64.amd64/sys/pfSense amd64 [2.8.1-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.teo-en-ming-corp.com]/root: cat /etc/os-release cat: /etc/os-release: No such file or directory [2.8.1-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.teo-en-ming-corp.com]/root: My pfsense firewall at home had stopped logging a few times or several times in the recent past few months. Not sure whether it is the work of Advanced Persistent Threats (APT) hackers. The most recent inci...
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$14 hair cut at QB House on 6 Apr 2026 Monday

$14 hair cut at QB House on 6 Apr 2026 Monday
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Created Cron jobs to restart syslogd in my pfsense firewall at 3.00 am and 3.00 pm every day on 7 Apr 2026 Tuesday at about 1.00 am in the morning

Created Cron jobs to restart syslogd in my pfsense firewall at 3.00 am and 3.00 pm every day on 7 Apr 2026 Tuesday at about 1.00 am in the morning
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Pursuit Of Jade Star’s Live Stream Abruptly Cut For “Skin Exposure” — Here’s How They Got Around It

Link:  https://www.8days.sg/entertainment/asian/pursuit-jade-star-livestream-cut-856026
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