fdisk command-line utility that provides disk partitioning
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Having trouble with mounting the hardisk
My Seagate USB hard disk won't mount.
fdisk -l reports:
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * ...
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Increase size of partition (ext4) or automount it
I wish to increase size of my / partition (current size 21 GB), is that possible somehow? I have more free space available, but don’t know how to add it into the existing partition. I have created a ...
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swapon --all --verbose : 'read swap header failed: Invalid argument'
Recently ran through EnableHibernateWithEncryptedSwap and ran the following command: swapon --all --verbose and received: 'read swap header failed: Invalid argument'
How do I fix this? Here's some ...
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/dev/sdb SATA-disk does not even show up in syslogs if I plug it in while machine is running
I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on an Intel machine:, uname -a gives
3.2.0-38-generic #61-Ubuntu SMP [..] x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
The mainboard is a Intel S3420GP board.
Until recently, I cannot ...
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Merge partitions (that aren't next to each other)?
All,
So I've already read through quite a few threads, but didn't quite find an identical situation. I have 4 partitions, and I want two. I'm running Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS. I have gParted installed (KDE ...
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Changes to SD card undone after re-mount (e.g. deleted files re-appear)
After having a corrupted file system on my SD card due (probably due to unsufficient power supply) I want to make a new filesystem. (e2fsck fails, log below.)
However, any file-related changes on the ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 boot crash - cannot locate sda
my hardware: Asus Eee PC 901go, Ubuntu 12.04.
System has crashed and doesn't boot without USB Ubutnu 12.04 stick. When trying to load normally (when choosing Ubuntu newest ver. via Grub) I get blank ...
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No device file for partition in /dev/
I did partition /dev/sda1 using fdisk.
After creating two partitions, saved the table. And rebooted the server. But there is no device file present for new partitions.
:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk ...
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Buffer I/O error on device sdb after dmsetup
I reinstalled a server which was obsolete for its normal business. There is a RAID controller inside with 2 HDD's (80GB each, with Ubuntu 12.04.2 Server installed) and 4 SSD's (32GB each) with a ...
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NTFS Corrupted HDD
I just installed a new HDD in my computer. I booted up and formated it in NTFS and copied about 500 GB of Videos onto it. My computer (few hours later) froze while a was watching a video off that ...
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I cannot boot my ubuntu desktop
I'm new to managing hard disks, and was editing partition table. Today, I accidentally restarted my ubuntu after deleted partition(/dev/sda1, /dev/sda2/, /dev/sda5) and before create new partition ...
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Mounting a partition and chroot
I'm in the process of recovering my server's files in a "Rescue" mode. Its a Ubuntu 12.04 with 2x3TB in RAID1. The instructions were to SSH into the server in "Rescue" mode, mount the partitions, ...
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Trying to fix a corrupted ntfs through ubuntu. Could I get some code help?
Windows won't boot but I think both my HDDs still work because they are recognized in other computers and in BIOS. I'm trying to fix them through Ubuntu USB using this tutorial on ...
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How to command fdisk actions to be in one single instructions?
For example:
sam@sam:~$ sudo fdisk /dev/sdb
[sudo] password for sam:
Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel
Building a new DOS disklabel with disk ...
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How to convert an extended partition to a type of Linux raid autodetect? (trying to setup raid-1)
I am using this tutorial:
http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-set-up-software-raid1-on-a-running-system-incl-grub2-configuration-debian-squeeze
Unfortunately the above tutorial is outdated for Ubuntu ...
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Can't format MicroSD card (partition table messed up)
I was using my 32gb microSD in my LG optimus Net,
and my battery died, and after charging, my phone got stuck in a boot loop.
so I removed the SD card, and restored to factory defaults,
I inserted my ...
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Ubuntu Wont Read My Phone Any More, fdisk Does Not Recognize It
My phone has USB Mass Storage Capabilities. It works on any other computer. It even worked on this computer at one point, then it stoped working all of a sudden. fdisk -l does not recognize it and ...
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C drive unable to mount, returns signal 11
I am running a dual boot system with Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7. When I try to boot Ubuntu, it return signal 11 on /dev/sda2 (C drive) and takes a long time to boot. Also I am unable to mount my ...
