Questions dealing with Ubuntu's layout of files, permissions, and files that reside in special locations on disk.
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No filesystem could mount root
I am trying to boot a linux kernel 3.7.0 on virtualbox and it keeps telling me the same message: "No filesystem could mount root tried ext3 ext4 vfat fusebk". I put append root=/dev/sda in my isolinux ...
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auto mount of file system [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to automount NTFS partitions?
How to make hdd’s mount at startup in ubuntu 12.04
I am having both windows 7 and ubuntu 12.04,my hard drive is in Ntfs file system,I ...
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I am having problems with casper-rw and Google Chrome
I am using Ubuntu 12.10
When I tried opening my casper file system I get this error message:
Unable to mount casper-rw
Error creating mount point `/media/this/casper-rw': Input/output error
This ...
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What's the difference of partition type and filesystem type?
I'm formatting my Seagate Freeagent external HDD in Linux to FAT filesystem, because it can't be done in Windows, but I'm wondering, what's the difference betweeen partition type and filesystem type?
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How do I use gnome trash for files in different partition?
I have my files in a separate partition that is not mounted to /home, but only linked to it. How do I manage to be able to use the gnome trash in those files?
For example:
partion 2: mounted on ...
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Where in the filesystem should I store shared data?
Where in the unix filesystem is the conventional location to save non-user specific data, for example data shared via nfs or ftp, or backups?
I could obviously create and use any arbitrary folder ...
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How to rollback an LVM2 snapshot
What's the equivalent of creating a snapshot and reverting to it later on in ZFS (which is automated and usually hassle-free) in LVM2?
I've looked at the progress of this LVM2 feature a while ago and ...
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What is the windows equivalent of /usr/bin, etc [closed]
This may not be the best place to post this, but my question is asking the sort of the opposite of What is the equivalent to the Windows "Program Files" folder? .
I'm new to windows and am ...
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USB devices and Flash disks mount as root instead of the user
After reinstalling Ubuntu 12.04 I am facing a strange problem. Anytime I plug in a flash key, Kindle etc., I can see it, but can't write. Owner of the device on say /media/usb0 is root.
When I try to ...
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Best filesystem for a shared data space?
I want to have a partition mounted to both Window's "My Documents" and Ubuntu's "My Documents". What are the advantages and disadvantages of FAT and NTFS? Is there an accepted standard or common way ...
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How can I edit the config files of BlueJ without root permissions?
In school I use ubuntu in my programmers class and we use BlueJ. This IDE is set to german language but I want to have an english IDE because I´m also programming in english. But to achieve this I ...
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Daemon for moving files between partitions?
I have a system with Ubuntu installed in 20GB and windows in 100 GB, two partitions - each of 100GB using NTFS. While using DC++ (multiple downloading of big file) I used to get message that system is ...
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Problem with Free space
I was zeroing out the free space on my Ubuntu 12.04 using sfill, when the command stopped responding and I had to reboot the machine.
Now, the system says that it has no space left, and that it is ...
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What is an appropriate way to install Lustre on a ubuntu 12.10 cluster
I have a 24-nodes cluster installed with Ubuntu 12.10.
What is the suggested way to install a relatively new Lustre version on such a cluster?
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Is It Possible To Recover A Partial LVM Logical Volume?
Background
It is an Ubuntu 12.04 VirtualBox VM with 5 virtual HDDs (VDI), NOTE this is just a test VM, so not well planned ahead:
ubuntu.vdi for / (/dev/mapper/ubuntu-root AKA /dev/ubuntu/root) and ...
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Which filesystem should I use?
I recently formatted my drive and now it appears as unallocated space in gparted. I want to use the drive for all my files, steam and game installation, to keep my SSD as empty as possible. What ...
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filesystem types for partitions
I am going to dual-boot install Ubuntu1 10.04 on my laptop with Windows 7. I was wondering
what filesystem types (such as ext2,
ext3, ext4, ReiserFS and whatever might come
into mind) are ...
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How to open Nautilus at current command line directory?
I was wondering if anybody knew a command that would allow me to open a Nautilus (if that's the right name for the Ubuntu 12.04 graphic/window explorer) window from the command line at the current ...
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No inodes left error, df -i command says contrary
I copied a lot of files in my mounted Windows drive from Ubuntu and I subsequently ran into Error opening file '/media/windows/<some-file-path>': No space left on device error. I checked the ...
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NTFS -> EXT4 migration, where did 120 GB go?
wim@wim-ubuntu:~/Desktop$ mount | grep media
/dev/sdc1 on /media/data type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks)
/dev/sdb1 on /media/wd type fuseblk ...
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Cannot change permission for /var/www/ [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
problems with sudo permissions - /var/lib/sudo owned by uid
I recently installed Ubuntu Server and put the GUI on so I can get the hang of Linux.
However, I can't seem ...
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Is it possible to extend filesystem using network drive?
I'm running very low free disk space on my file system.
Is it possible to extend file system size using network drive (using LVM or similar)
Preferably I would like to use Google drive (There is ...
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How do I select a root file system when partitioning?
I want to install Ubuntu on the C: partition where my Windows 7 is, simply to replace the systems. I've also tried to install it on another partition (without formating it), which failed!
All I get ...
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Cant mount cryptswap1 ?
From the reading I've done, it seems it's having issues mounting the encrypted files.
The guys here:
could not mount /dev/mapper/cryptswap1
Seem to be suggesting how to fix it, but I am new to Linux ...
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How to see real time updates of file system at terminal?
I am studying git and how it works with file system. I installed application called terminator, which allows me to open multiple terminals. I want to run git commands at the left terminal and want to ...
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'unreachable' home folder
Occasionally, when I log into my Ubuntu server, the prompt says jon@jon-server:(unreachable)/$. Running pwd at this point returns (unreachable)/, however echo $HOME returns /home/jon as expected. If ...
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Is it safe to use Btrfs?
Is it safe to use btrfs in Ubuntu 12.04?
Linux kernel version: 3.2.0-24-generic
Architecture: x86_64 (64-bit)
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What file size units do applications on Ubuntu use?
I have noticed that different applications use different units, or mean different things by them.
For example, I have come across kB, KB, KiB, Kb and K. How many bytes do each of these units ...
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On Ubuntu, which applications use binary file size units, and which ones use decimal units?
Applications on Ubuntu use different file size units. Binary units are multiples of 1024, whereas decimal units are multiples of 1000.
Which applications on Ubuntu use which system?
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Can I change personal folder locations?
I did this in Windows 7. My Documents, Videos, Music and other personal folders are in D:\ because it is my media disk.
In case of a system failure, I will always have access to these files when I ...
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2answers
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How do I install the btrfs-restore utility on 12.04?
I would like to install btrfs-restore on Kubuntu 12.04
apt-cache search btrfs-restore returns nothing.
Google "ubuntu download OR install btrfs-restore" returns nothing useful.
Also, where do I get ...
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How can I set up on-the-fly/transparent compression?
I have huge data sets to deal with, and so my 1TB drive is filling up quickly. However, the data is highly compressible when using LZMA (7zip, bzip2). The only file system with transparent compression ...
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Ubuntu Nautilus custom metadata
Is it possible to add custom metadata columns to files/folders in Ubuntu?
Is there any extension in Nautilus which can do this?
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What “file system” is supported by Windows and Linux? [closed]
I'm setting up a media centre for my living room so that I'm able to watch downloaded films and TV shows on the big screen. The media centre is an old small computer which will have XBMCbuntu 12 ...
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What folder structures are changed when doing a version upgrade
When upgrading from a LiveCD / LiveDVD / LiveUSB from any older Ubuntu version to a newer one, what folders get deleted/modified/kept intact. For example, I know that /home stays along with everything ...
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Which process creates the 'Desktop' folder?
I don't use gnome nor kde desktops because my system isn't as fast as they require it to be, but even when I don't use them, a 'Desktop' folder is always in my home dir, I've delete it several times ...
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Can/should I unmount DELLUTILITY?
I'm using a Dell with Windows and I am also using Ubuntu as a 2nd OS by wubi. When I boot into ubuntu I have two Hard drive icons one labeled DELLUTILITY and the other labled as recovery on my ...
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Not Able to boot after installing Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04
I am using an Intel based Acer laptop and the first time I installed Kubuntu 12.10 I got a blank screen. After this I tried Ubuntu 12.04 but the result is the same.
I tried many times but the ...
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Whats consuming HDD Space
I have single partition of 92GB in which I installed Ubuntu 12.04. And for some Unknown reason a message pop ups saying that I only have 1GB of HDD space left.
I ran command sudo du -hscx * on / and ...
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What to use for a working area when learning python and Linux/Ubuntu?
I am learning python from learnpythonthehardway. In Windows I had no issues with going through a lot of the exercises because the setup was easier, but I want to learn Linux as well and Ubuntu seemed ...
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How do I access the contents of my flash drive while booting from it? [Xubuntu]
I'm trying to recover some files from a Windows computer using a Xubuntu live bootable flash drive. I've found the files that I want to copy on my Windows drive, but don't know how to mount the flash ...
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watch the file changes in Ubuntu
I'm worried about my Windows apps modifying the files in Ubuntu, as there is software in Windows that can see and can modify files on the Linux partition. Can files or applications run normally in ...
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Can't Install - grub probe: error: unknown filesystem — Help?
I can't install Ubuntu on my computer, I'm using a 12.04 LTS LiveCD. I have 2 empty hard drives (500 GB each) and no other operating system's installed. The installer always seems to be stuck at the ...
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Filesystem bug horror! [closed]
I believe I have fallen victim to a bad ext4 filesystem bug. I woke up this morning to boot my computer and realized it stalled with a bunch of graphical errors. It reported an I/O error on sda1 ...
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Missing boot files 12.04
Due to a fatal mistake I made, I may lose all my data on HDD. I am hoping someone might be able to help me out of this tricky situation.
I upgraded my 10.04 LTS server to 12.04 LTS, upgrade went fine ...
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How to change the hard drive file type?
I installed Ubuntu OS. Then tried to install Windows 7 as dual boot. But i get error message that unknown file system. Not NTFS. Now there is no OS in System. How to change the hard drive file system ...
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Can't set permissions for files on an NTFS partition
I remember that I was able to run a Linux .exe that was placed on an NTFS partition earlier before I installed 10.10 RC. But if I try to run it now, I can't run it as it hasn't the execution ...
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Files copied to a NTFS partition in Ubuntu 12.04 missing
I had recently downloaded an .iso file in Ubuntu. I decided to burn it in Windows as I am well acquainted (I am using an evaluation copy of Windows 8). So I copied it over to one of the NTFS ...
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How do I mount a logfs-formatted file system?
I am trying to mount a logfs-formatted file system on Ubuntu Server 11.10. Here's what I've done:
# apt-get install logfs-tools
# mkfs.logfs /dev/sda5
...
Finished generating LogFS
# mount -t logfs ...
