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reinstall linux system without overwriting
I have a server that I use to host my mythtv backend among other things. It seems that root partition with the system on it became corrupted. I booted it with a livecd and repaired the partition with ...
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does big_writes option in mount command can cause file corruption?
I've been transferring huge files about 5 gb from ext4 to ntfs and I have noticed the slow write speed about 1.5 to 2 MBps sometimes about 900 KBps. Now I've found out that adding "big_writes" option ...
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How to restore files from unusable Ubuntu?
My Ubuntu installation got messed up because of an upgrade (on archive manager - which is definitely my fault).
Every time I boot my laptop, after logging in, its background is blue with plain and ...
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High number of ethernet errors. Tool for testing the ethernet card?
I have an Asus Sabertooth X79.
I often get corrupted files. I checked the RAM, but memtest finds no errors. To avoid the possibility of disk errors, I tried copying the files to tmpfs.
If I copy ...
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Image version mismatch
Update crashed because my boot partition ran out of space (lots of old images not deleted - I learned my lesson about that). But now I cant seem to recover from the half installed new version. I ...
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How to recover Ubuntu data if it's installed inside Windows?
I want to install Ubuntu inside Windows.
However, if Windows gets corrupted, how can data from the Ubuntu system be recovered?
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dpkg: xml2-config is different from the same file on the system
I followed this procedure to restore a previously exported list of packages in a new system. At the end of the procedure, after sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade -y I got this message:
[cut]lot of output, ...
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iso download fails Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 LTS 32bit
I have tried downloading Ubuntu Server 12.04.1 LTS 32bit but it fails at 156.790kb image file at start of download says 645mb it will only download 156.790kb then finishes. where can I download this ...
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After installing ubuntu, windows does not recognize hard drive
I installed ubuntu alongside windows on my netbook. The ubuntu install corrupted my windows. So, I formatted the windows partition in ubuntu ntfs by itself. Only now boot windows does not recognize my ...
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Delete corrupted folder
I am trying to delete a folder in my home directory; its name is completely garbled. In Nautilus, the garbled text is followed by 'Invalid Directory.'
Deleting it with Nautilus stalls; I can't type ...
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fs flushm command cleared firefox history!
I had a corrupted mount point for a USB Flash Disk. Based on some reading, I installed "openafs-client" and used "fs flushm" command. The USB issue got cleared but my entire (unlimited) Firefox ...
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How can I find corrupted characters in a text file?
How can I find the line of corrupted characters (like �, ß, ø ...) in text files?
(A list of corrupted characters is here)
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Downloading Problem
I keep getting the following message:
Check if you are using third-party repositories. If so, disable them, because they are a common source of problems.
Furthermore, run the following command in a ...
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Error while installing netbeans
I tried to install NetBeans 7.2 from a downloaded .sh file, but experienced problems. Here's text from the Terminal, which shows what I did and what happened:
hridesh@ubuntu:~$ cd Desktop/
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Corrupted MBR, MBR repair does not recognise
Alright here's how I got to this point.
I tried to partition my external drive so that I could install multiple OS's on it, 3 linux distros, 1 being ubuntu, and a partition for windows.
So I used ...
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Deja-dup: Invalid data - SHA1 hash mismatch for file
I have backed up my data with deja-dup utility and made clean install of 12.04.
But when I tried to restore the back up I got this error:
invalid data - SHA1 hash mismatch for file:
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How do I prevent Samba database “corruption?” [closed]
I've got issues with my Samba configuration. I've been running Samba for about 12 or 13 years, and I've never seen this before. There was a time when I was pretty knowledgeable about Windows domains, ...
