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   From: pinnerite@gmail.com   
      
   On Wed, 5 Feb 2025 15:22:57 -0500   
   "Alan K."  wrote:   
      
   > On 2/5/25 12:46 PM, 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?   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >   
   > Disks command in Mint shows all the drives and the /dev for each.   
   > Also nemo will show you the /dev in tool tips if you hover over the mounted   
   drive in the   
   > side panel.   
      
   Sadly Disks doesn't help. It just shows the /dev values but doesn't   
   identify the directories or the files.   
      
      
   >   
   > When doing a diff (meld) between two folders (if not too large) I do kinda   
   like Jonathan   
   > suggested, and I copy one of the folders I compare to the Downloads folder   
   and rename it   
   > to folder_suspect.   Then do a meld and compare, folder vs folder_suspect.    
   Lets me know   
   > which one I prefer and what is suspect to be better or worse.   
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   > Alan K.   
      
      
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