40.7 Jonah Notes

20230425

Jonah is a Dell OptiPlex 7000 Desktop. See Section 40.6 for installation details.

The storage setup is /dev/nvme0n1p6 (377GB) as root (/), /dev/sda2 (2TB) is encrypted as jaffa, and /dev/sdb (2TB) is trucrypt encrypted.

On a reboot the non-root disks need decrypting and mounting:

  • From gnome-disks decrypt the 2TB LUKS ST2000DM008-2UB102 and mount as /media/jaffa;

  • From veracrypt (run with sudo) decrypt the 2TB Seagate Expansion Desk using the Auto-Mount Devices option and mount as /dev/hafren. Takes a minute or two after providing the password.

Alternatively on a reboot the encrypted disk (crypto-LUKS) can be decrypted from the command line which prompts for the passphrase and an administrator’s password and decrypts the disk which can then be mounted:

udisksctl  unlock -b /dev/sda2

To check if there are firmware updates available:

fwupdmgr get-upgrades

To download the updates:

fwupdmgr update

A firmware update on 20230425 identifies two devices have a firmware upgrade available but not updated at this time:

Upgrade KBG50ZNS512G NVMe KIOXIA 512GB from 11200104 to 11200108?
Upgrade System Firmware from 1.3.62 to 1.11.0

However:

Perform operation? [Y|n]: 
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