Re: Linux utility needed in Windoz Part 2

Paul wrote:
> On 1/23/2022 3:50 PM, Robert Baer wrote:
>> Paul wrote:
>>> On 1/17/2022 9:52 PM, Robert Baer wrote:
>>>>    What i need to do is turn on/off the boot bit(byte).
>>>>
>>>>    Right now i can copy one or more partitions, thereby adding the 
>>>> requisite 100MB system sector to a windows system, making it usable.
>>>>    But without that magic mark, it is not fully testable.
>>>>
>>>>    Yes, one could use Partmagic, but that requires re-cabling the 
>>>> computer and switching the OS.
>>>>    Big PITA.
>>>>
>>>>    The Linux DD routine has been emulated for Windoz, so why not a 
>>>> Linux routine for this?
>>>>
>>>>     Thanks.
>>>
>>> On a legacy partitioned disk (not a GPT) that would be
>>>
>>>     administrator command prompt
>>>
>>>     diskpart
>>>     list disk           # keep diskmgmt.msc open on the screen while 
>>> you are working...
>>>     select disk 3
>>>     list partition
>>>     select partition 2
>>>     active
>>>     exit
>>>
>>> Diskpart has pretty good help, to help you
>>> figure it out.
>>>
>>> Third party application "ptedit32.exe" from powerquest,
>>> a free utility in their paid suite, could also do it.
>>> But as utilities go, it whines a bit, and if it does
>>> not like the partition boundaries, size, or any other
>>> casual integer number, it can actually just bail on
>>> you. The utility was offered for download for ten years
>>> from an FTP server at Symantec, until they closed down
>>> the server one day. It still exists as a package download,
>>> on "one of those downloader sites" (filehorse or the likes).
>>>
>>> http://mistyprojects.co.uk/documents/ptedit/index.html
>>>
>>> PTEDIT32 is sometimes good, if you need to visualize the
>>> numbers in the partition table in the MBR sector 0, as well
>>> as displaying the chained list of logical partition declarations.
>>>
>>> But really, with the function in diskpart, look no further.
>>>
>>> Microsoft utilities are seldom uniform from one OS to the next,
>>> and Robocopy is an example of that. Even the venerable CHKDSK,
>>> has a few extra flags (poorly documented) that actually do
>>> stuff you might appreciate. And you might have to boot an
>>> installer DVD to use them. No, I have not done a comparative
>>> study, just noticed there are differences. They don't believe
>>> in backporting things, unless it is to MSFT advantage. For example,
>>> "cleanmgr.exe", that WAS back-ported, which is at least one
>>> example of a standup move by the corporation.
>>>
>>> Even Linux has utilities, such as "ntfsfix" for fixing the $MFTMIRR
>>> that Windows 10 keeps breaking. This allows mounting NTFS
>>> partitions that the Linux desktop told you they weren't going
>>> to mount. I usually record the chit-chat that utility dumps to
>>> terminal, in my "disk drive inventory" directory, for future usage.
>>> That way, if at a future time, the partition is damaged, I can look
>>> back and see if NTFSFIX might have played a part.
>>    WTH? Used DuckDuckGo to search for a source of the program, and no
>> reference had it, and a large number of them screamed "virus".
>>
>>     Thanks.
> 
> In Linux, if it's not present, you use the Package Manager (like Synaptic)
> to find and install it from the Repository tree.
> 
> That's not a Windows executable, and it is not "ntfsfix.exe".
> It's an ELF executable and is "ntfsfix".
> 
> https://linux.die.net/man/8/ntfsprogs
> 
> It's interesting, that in Linux Mint 20.3 Uma, it is not
> in Package Manager, yet it is in the file tree as /usr/bin/ntfsfix.
> 
>     sudo ntfsfix /dev/sda2   # Assume /dev/sda2 is an NTFS partition
> 
> Attempts to find it, it does not even show in the tree, which
> means some genius has repackaged it somehow.
> 
>     apt search ntfsprogs   # nothing shows up
> 
> Normally, executables are packaged somehow, so that they can be
> updated if a bug shows up and a new one is released.
> 
> https://community.linuxmint.com/software/view/ntfsprogs
> 
> And as it says there, it is now ntfs-3g package
> 
>     apt search ntfs-3g
> 
> You should not need to be doing that sort of search, as
> searching on ntfsfix should identify the package automatically.
> 
> Doing Properties in Synaptic, on the already-installed "ntfs-3g"
> package, and checking the File tab, shows that the package
> owns and controls ntfsfix program.
> 
> But for some reason, the convenient wiring is buggered. And this
> was harder to trace down than you would expect.
> 
>     Paul
* My computer slowly degraded to the point thatt no matter what i did, 
more and more sites became insecure and thus impossible to visit/use 
with any browser.
   Wasted 4 hours chasing that.
   Formatted a wiped drive and installed Win7, the 2 daze to 
load/install my programs and my 60 some icons.
   In the process, i lost 3 programs, and replaced one of them with a 
newer version.
   Do you know anyone that has EAGLE 7.6.0, and would be willing to email
a zipped replacement to me?

    Thanks