My laptop is set up as btrfs on a LUKS-encrypted partition. I bought a new M.2 drive, installed it on the extra slot… then wasted most of a day trying to make it work. Here’s a synopsis of why and what I did to resolve the problems. Hope it helps.

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Monday morning I was unable to solve the NYT crossword. I stared at my laptop screen in disbelief and apprehension, unable to fill in a single square. On a Monday1. Dementia already? Stroke? Should I start taking Lion’s Mane extract? After finding my breath and calming my fears, I resolved to put my hopes on podman. Podman is a container virtualization tool created and developed by my software team at Red Hat.

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Peru Epilogue

I started writing this epilogue in June 2018; somehow ten months passed by without me finishing or posting it. Much has happened since then.

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The plan: 8:30 train to Ollantaytambo where we’d get picked up, taken to pick up our luggage, then driven back to Cusco where we’d have lunch and an afternoon tour of Sacsayhuamán.

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7am departure in the van. Just one van: there were only eight of us doing today’s hike, nine with our guide, so we all fit in one van. We drove the hour to the tiny village of Quiswarani where (no surprise) several vendors spread their blankets of wares. We stretched our legs, peed, stuffed our cheeks with a giant wad of coca, and started off.

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Ed

Food. Books. Linux. Yoga. Travel. Climbing.