Use this tag if you have problems using HDs or SSDs in Ubuntu.
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Is it possible to customize a removable drive launcher/quicklist?
So, I do know that it is fairly easy to customize application shortcuts (launchers) by editing the respective .desktop file. But, is it possible to create custom quicklists to the removable drives' ...
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Can't mount any partitions - ACL error
I've install Ubuntu 12.10 and now I can't mount any partitions.
I get the same error with drives: Adding read ACL for uid 1000 to/media/proachfailed: Operation not supported
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What is the Linux drive naming scheme?
In Windows; you have the C: drive. This is the primary drive upon which Windows is installed.
However, Linux uses a different naming scheme; sda and sba 1,2,3,4, etc. Can anyone give me a brief ...
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how can i give other drives and partitions short, meaningful names (in nautilus)?
I have 4 disk drives in my 64-bit ubuntu 12.04 LTS computer at the moment, plus one external USB drive. In nautilus and unity the external drive has a nice short descriptive name "mcat", but all ...
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2answers
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What causes file managers to show drives?
What forces a file manager to show unmounted partitions in the left pane?
That is - what process is it that causes filemanagers to show drives - it's not fstab - I can show that here, I know that ...
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How can I stop Gnome Shell's drive pop up notifications?
I have an NFS drive mapped in Ubuntu 11.10 using autofs which automatically mounts a drive on every boot. But if I use the Gnome Shell interface, a pop up notification keeps popping up from the ...
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How do I remove mounted drives from the unity launcher? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to remove launcher drive icons?
In 11.10 how do I go about removing the mounted drives icons on the Unity Launcher?
This article:
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5answers
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Can you tell whether I have a hardware or software problem with a DVD-ROM drive?
Trying to copy the content of a DVD on a Asrock ION 330 running Maverick, i.e. with:
dd if=/dev/sr0 of=dvdcopy
...I get errors in /var/log/messages:
Jan 15 17:18:15 asrock kernel: [ 2616.445966] ...
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DVD wont mount Ubuntu 12.04
I can't seem to be able to mount my optical drive. I have tried numerous solutions from this site with no results. I am not able to see the device inside the file browser either. There is a DVD in ...
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3answers
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In SSH, how do I mv to my local drive?
Probably bad searching/not knowing the terminology, but: I've managed to ssh into my webhost's directory for me, and tar the webapp I want to back up and download. But when I try to mv to ...
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2answers
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How do I open files that are not located inside wine's virtual C drive?
I am running winamp using wine. When I am choosing music to open in winamp I can only browse inside wines c drive but I have all my music on a partition. I want to be able to play the music from the ...
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switching drives in terminal
In DOS, I switch between different drives by typing c:, d:, e: etc.,
But it doesn't work that way in Linux.
Could anyone please tell me how to switch between different drives?
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How to update to 11.04 through flash drive?
My internet is pretty slow on one of my Ubuntu computers and it is running 10.10. I just want to know if I am able to update to 11.04 through my flash drive. I would like to know. Thank You.
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2answers
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What is the difference between the “Entire Partition” and “Entire Disc”?
I want to install Ubuntu alongside my Windows 7 operation system.
During installation I have three options:
Install alongside the existing OS.
Remove everything and install Ubuntu.
Manual ...
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4answers
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Why won't my setup see the partitions on my hard drive?
I currently have a dual boot system with 6 partitions on my 180GB hard disk (4 NTFS, 1 for swap and the other one ext4). Ive got WIndows 7 and Ubuntu 11.04 (upgraded from 10.10) installed.
The 11.04 ...
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2answers
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How do you forcibly unmount a disk when you press the eject button on an optical drive?
When upgrading my hardware, I also upgraded to Ubuntu 10.10. On my previous system (with 10.04 and earlier). when I ejected a disk from the optical drive, the sub-folder in the /media directory was ...
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1answer
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Mount and share USB disk on Ubuntu Server 10.04
I've just installed and configured a house server with Ubuntu 10.04 (LTS). Everything works fine, but I have a problem:
I want to connect and share with Samba a USB Disk formatted in ext4. I tried to ...
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3answers
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I failed to safely eject my USB drive and lost data…how do I get it back?
I have to admit I didn't "Safetly Eject", but I have done this a million times... what gives, and how do I get my data back??
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2answers
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Inserted DVD disc not recognized
I was trying to watch a DVD on my Ubuntu laptop, however, whenever I insert the disc, the CD/DVD drive icon on the Computer pane disappears, seems that it cannot detect what type of disc was inserted.
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3
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1answer
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How to make several drives one large hard drive?
Just wondering how I would go about make say three 1tb drives one large volume? This way I don't need to section things off to different hard drives, and Ubuntu/Linux can just assign the data where ...
3
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5answers
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FULL install Ubuntu on 4GB USB drive
Is there a way to full install Ubuntu 11.04 in a 4gb USB drive?
It says that I need at least a 4.6 GB drive. I want the full install, not the live persistent installation. I think that it don't need ...
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3answers
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How to make a USB drive bootable after live image is copied into it using `dd` command?
I was unable to create live USB drive using dd command while unetbootin works. The former method used to work fine on the particular USB Drive. Is the USB drive filesystem corrupted? If yes, how do I ...
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2answers
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How to add drive/partition-icon to the launcher?
My dualboot-system (win7 / ubuntu 12.04) has a ntfs-formatted partition called "/share" for files I use both in win7 and ubuntu (e.g. pictures, music etc.).
I'd like to have a symbol of this drive in ...
3
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4answers
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How to make nautilus to mount at `/drivename` instead of `/media/drivename`?
I want to mount my other drives (mostly ntfs and fat) on /drivename by clicking on the drive icon in the nautilus side pane, where "drivename" refers to the label of the drive. By default nautilus ...
3
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3answers
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Make bootable USB Drive from Ubuntu
I need Windows for a few things, and while I love Ubuntu. I think I'll have to install Windows agian for a short period of time.
I got the .iso file on my desktop, and need to make it bootable from a ...
3
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1answer
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Change default location of programs / users
I just bought a new SSD hard drive and want to minimize writing to the drive by moving users and applications to another 1TB hard drive.
Windows 7 accomplishes this fairly easily.
I want to know how ...
3
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1answer
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ubuntu 12.10 won't see my external hard drive
So here's the story: I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my acer aspire 7551 last night without a hitch. I have two hard drives from my now out-of-service desktop that was running windows 7 that I'm trying to ...
3
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1answer
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PC wont install from pendrive
I made a bootable usb stick using Pen Drive Linux's USB Installer, but my PC doesn't recognize it when booting.
I have set the BIOS to select USB as first choice but it just bypasses it and boots ...
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2answers
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Problem Installing Ubuntu 12.04 - [Errno 5]
I'm trying to intall Ubuntu 12.04 to my brand new eBay purchased hard drive. Only got the drive today and already it's causing me problems. The seller is a proper proffesional company with 99.9% ...
3
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1answer
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12.04 freezes due hybrid ssd?
Ubuntu 64bit installation freezes 3-5 times per day on my new desktop comupter. Only cold reboot is possible. I suppose the issues is due the SSD hybrid drive (Seagate Momentus 7200 FDE.2 ST950042) ...
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2answers
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How to access files on a drive from an older system, mounted in a new system?
I've recently built a new system, after a rather large physical injury was sustained by my previous system (a precarious balance, and gravity, were not a happy mix). Surprisingly the /home drive of ...
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1answer
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How to move an EXE file to Wine's fake C: drive
can anyone tell me how I can move a .exe file to Wine's fake C: drive? Thanks!
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2answers
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Drive information like Windows 7?
In Windows 7 the Computer area has drives sorted by Type which list the size remaining and a progress bar to represent the size currently in use.
Is there a way to customize Ubuntu 11.04 to do the ...
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2answers
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How can I limit CD drive speed while on the live CD to avoid drive noise?
I sometimes disconect my harddisks for the weeks while only using the internet and I use the Ubuntu Live CD. But every time it needs something while in live desktop it accelerates and makes a lot of ...
2
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1answer
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Any means to use Ubuntu/Linux to remove firmware restriction to boot from My Passport Essential 320G?
Purchased WD My Passport Essential thinking it was a full service drive(i.e., backup and bootable for system crash and recovery) but NOT! Anybody know of work arounds? Firmware prevents from making ...
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1answer
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Can I install Ubuntu without installation media?
I was curious what the best way to install Ubuntu would be in my current situation. I have second HDD, completely clean. I want to install Ubuntu but I don't have a disk to burn to or a USB flash ...
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1answer
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Is there a driver for HP 3D Drive Guard?
In some HP Laptops have 3d drive guard system . i dont how it works but there is a link about it. In windows hp depends it but i didnt find a driver about it for linux .
HP 3D DriveGuard protects ...
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1answer
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Cannot read from 2nd SATA data drive connected via SATA docking station
Installed 10.10 this week on dual boot system. Everything else works fine but cannot read from 2nd SATA drive with all my data.
Same drive works normally when booted to Windows XP.
Interesting part ...
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1answer
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How can I Fix the CD/DVD refresh for the media drive so that it is recognized automatically?
I have recently installed Ubuntu 10.10 64bit and it seems to work flawlessly. But today I tried to check some CDs and I was surprised that Ubuntu doesn't automatically refresh the CD/DVDs inserted in ...
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0answers
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Ubuntu 12.4 on 3.4.45 kernel: Can't access USB memory stick
I installed kernel version 3.4.45 [LTS] on ubuntu 12.4 on a Acer laptop. With this configuration, the USB memory drives can't be accessed, some details are follows.
Upon inserting the USB drive dmesg ...
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3answers
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Converting a windows drive to Ubuntu Drive
I am recent convert to Ubuntu and just loving it. Right now, I can access my windows drive from ubuntu, however, I want to delete the windows partition and make it an ubuntu partition. I have already ...
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1answer
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Permanently disable CD drive [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
disable the cdrom in Ubuntu 11.10 OS
I have no use for a CD drive, ever. Yet it exists, consumes power, opens inadvertently when in its case or in my bed and makes noise ...
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0answers
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Unable to write in mounted driver Kubuntu 12.10
I installed Kubuntu 12.10 in SSD but unable to use HDD because I do not have write permission.
kisun@ejo129:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for kisun:
WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected ...
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2answers
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Problems mounting ntfs hard disk on boot
I've followed this tutorial:
Can I change personal folder locations
to mount my two disks on boot.
The funny thing is that I was able to mount one (Datos), but the second (Programs) gives me this ...
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0answers
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Can't mount my USB Drive
~> sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /media/Disk
Did not find any restart pages in $LogFile and it was not empty.
The file system wasn't safely closed on Windows. Fixing.
I have a USB Hard Disk and Windows ...
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1answer
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Why does the installer say I don't have enough drive space on a new drive?
I have a problem with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I am trying to install it on a new (bare) hard drive and can't get past the first screen (the one that says "For best results, please ensure that this computer: ...
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0answers
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Ubuntu Server Edition won't boot with second hard drive plugged in
I have a fresh install of Ubuntu server edition running on my home server. I cannot (for the life of me) get it to boot with a second hard drive plugged in. I have checked boot priority and made sure ...
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0answers
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Nautilus - Can I set nautilus not to display the drive size, just the name? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to hide hard disk size in volume name?
Is there any way to disable or at least change the way Nautilus displays Drives?
My drives show up as such
Size of disk: ...
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2answers
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Is it safe to install Ubuntu with an virtual drive? (With Daemon or Alcohol)
Is it safe to install Ubuntu with an virtual diskdrive (With Daemon, Alcohol, or MagicISO)?
Because I'm not sure, and won't take the risk.
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I can't access secondary hard drive
I have Ubuntu installed on a primary hard drive and Windows 8 on a secondary one.
When I try to access the secondary hard drive the following message appears:
Error mounting: mount exited with ...
