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   Alan K. to pinnerite   
   Re: Confusing file systems when both an    
   06 Feb 25 13:35:14   
   
   XPost: alt.os.linux.mint, alt.os.linux.fedora   
   From: alan@invalid.com   
      
   On 2/6/25 09:35 AM, pinnerite wrote:   
   > On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 11:26:26 +0100   
   > Monsieur  wrote:   
   >   
   >> pinnerite wrote:   
   >>> I need to be able to identify the partition address and its file   
   >>> address, particularly when I have two drives on-line.   
   >>>   
   >>> I tried a variety of live devices. Antix was the only one that came   
   >>> close.   
   >>>   
   >>> But years ago I remember a file manager that would allow the user to   
   >>> use a single click to switch the contents of the address line at the   
   >>> top from say /home/fred to /dev/sdb2 or back. I could not re-locate it.   
   >>>   
   >>> Does this strike a chord?   
   >>   
   >> Could it be SpaceFM?   
   >>   
   >> https://ignorantguru.github.io/spacefm/   
   >>   
   >> It's available in Mint's software manager   
   >   
   > It isn't but it may well do the job.   
   >   
   > Thank you.  Alan   
   >   
   >   
   It's in Mint 22.1 at least.   
      
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