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Arduino โ€“ The port doesnโ€™t exist

  • Post date 2024-02-24
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I have a handful of cheap ESP32 development boards, and some expensive, that all sometimes gives me the error A fatal error occurred: Could not open COM6, the port doesn't exist. But I have found a workaround. The simplest way I found is to start with opening the Serial Monitor (in Arduino IDE) to see the status of the com-port easily. Then unplug the USB cable from the dev-board, hold down the EN / reset switch while plugging it in again. If it worked (which it does 9/10 times) the yellow bar [...]

Running CrashPlan on Truenas Core

  • Post date 2024-01-18
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My home server runs Truenas Core, a natural choice since I've been partial towards BSD since I accidentally overwrote my main disk with OpenBSD back in the 90s. To get some ease of mind I want to back up photos and other important files and CrashPlan is (was when I looked last time) the only cloud backup service that ran on Linux and mounted disks it is what I use. Mouse not working in BHyve I found this guide Setting up TrueNAS with Crashplan Pro Backup that very clearly explains the process of [...]
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