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ext4 is full but checked OK with fsck and badsector and shows plenty of free space
I need your opinion on this, any idea welcomed:
I have a PC with separated / and /home FSs.
The root fs has ext4 on sda5, Ubuntu is Precise Pangolin LTS 3.2.0-40-generic-pae.
I had a package update ...
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'mount -t ntfs-3g' Fails (exit code 1) but 'ntfs-3g' Succeeds
I'm currently on 12.04LTS and I've installed a couple of updates. (not sure which)
Now my nautilus cannot mount any NTFS partition (complaining about exit code 1), and indeed
sudo mount -t ntfs-3g ...
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Fail to mount on boot
I have just created a Ubuntu server and all is working well however at boot I receive the following error message which is causing problems. I am running Ubuntu Server 12.04
Here is the error any ...
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Avoiding character code problems in file names
Even though I have always been careful when copying files between partitions of different type, I repeatedly ran into the problem that after copying file names on the target disk where corrupted. ...
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What do I do when my root filesystem is full?
My / folder is reading as full and I can't update software or do anything.
Not sure what I'm doing wrong here.
$ df -h
Results:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 ...
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How to give priority to auto-mount on boot in Ubuntu 12.10?
One of those things that I like in Ubuntu 12.10, is that for some reason my ntfs partition is automatically mounted on boot, without having to use some application like ntfs-config.
However, it's not ...
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Ubuntu goes into read-only mode randomly
For the last few days, my Ubuntu 12.10 has been going to read-only mode randomly, making me unable to save any edited files, and forcing me to restart my computer, which is a pain because this is the ...
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Mount USB drive with write permissions for everyone or specific user
I know there are similar questions but I get some specific problem I can't overcome.
I have:
HDD split into two partitions. /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdb2. sdb1 is NTFS and I don't need it. I need sdb2 ...
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Unable to Mount Location Can't mount file
I am new to ubuntu. I installed ubuntu 12.10 and then at the installation process defined the partition and mount parameters. e.g.
/dev/sda1
/dev/sda2
/dev/sda3
so on...
But after the ...
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Read-only SD cards
I've got an IcyBox USB hub/card reader combo in my computer, running Ubuntu 12.10.
It's got an issue with SD cards. It always mounts them read-only, regardless of the write-lock switch. This is ...
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how can i mount partitons in recovery mode
I am unable to login to my account and I want to back up my data from Documents folder
so I need to know how to mount other partitions from recovery mode. How can I do this?
mv ...
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Mounting system root failure
My system was working fine then evolution email shutdown by itself. I could not use any of the programs so I restarted the software. Unbunto would not reboot. Getting mounting sys on root sys ...
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mounting yaffs2 filesystem on ubuntu 11.10 [duplicate]
I want to mount a yaffs2 partition on my system. The kernel version is 3.0.16, which does not support yaffs2. So I downloaded and built it. Copied the .ko file to /lib/modules/.../fs/yaffs2/yaffs.ko ...
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How do I retrieve my files if mounting gives me a “bad superblock” error?
I got my Ubuntu 12.04 corrupted after a sudden power cut. I've tried to retrieve my data from a live USB but I am not able to mount my main disk (/dev/sda1). It gives me a error about a bad super ...
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How to mount a yaffs2 filesystem
I have a .img file that uses the yaffs2 filesystem (an Android partition image) that I want to mount. I can't seem to do it with the mount command. How can I do this? I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.
Also, I ...
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How to get internal hard disk working in Lubuntu?
Previously, I had in this Windows installed on this computer, but then I installed lubuntu. There are two HDDs in this computer, and I installed lubuntu in the other, which I had split into two ...
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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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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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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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Cdrom is mounted, but where?
A Nautilus folder will be opened automatically when inserting a CD in a drive. It is under Devices with name Audiodisk. As long as the files are accessed via Nautilus everything is fine.
The problem ...
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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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Auto-mount filesystems on boot fails (12.10)
I have a Compaq HP 8200 slim desktop running 12.10 with encrypted partitions (set up with the text-based installer). Everything's working fine, except...
When I boot the computer, my /boot and ...
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Read only file system
I'm running Ubuntu 12.10, Upon opening any shell I get the following error:
/home/jack/.rbenv/libexec/rbenv-init: line 87: cannot create temp file for here-document: Read-only file system
I ...
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Unable to mount hard disk
I am unable to mount hard disk and got this message:
Unable to mount 158 GB Filesystem
Error mounting: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1,
missing codepage or helper ...
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Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS USB not being detected after formatting with Startup Disk Creator
sudo fdisk -l lists the drive, however, I cannot find it in the file explorer.
Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors
Units ...
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Unable to change file permissions due to “read-only file system” message
I have installed Ubuntu on my Macbook Pro 8.1 (alongside OSX in dual boot), and would like to use the web projects from OSX in Ubuntu without having to sync the folders. However, my services are ...
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How to check which filesystem current kernel supports?
I would like to know if it's possible to check which filesystems my kernel supports. (like btrfs, raiserfs, exfat, ...).
Man mount shows many options, but it's not really possible to use all
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What happens to remounted data/directories
According to suggestions in this post I am trying to improve my system to run better with a Solid State Drive. But regarding to RAMdisks and /etc/fstab usage I have some understanding problems coming ...
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get device with mount point
there's a way to get the device name (/dev/sdx) with the mounted folder? i mean, get the assosiated device in a mount point using the mounted folder as the reference, or make a python dictionary with ...
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Fs is read only, “mount -n -o remount /” not working since the fs is not writeable
How can I remount my filesystem rw if the filesystem is read only?
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How to make your ubuntu filesystem read-only
I wonder whether there is a way to make my ubuntu read-only when I mount it on another linux system. Let me clear what I want. I have a usb stick on where my ubuntu is installed. However, the problem ...
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Clean mounting HFS+ partition after power failure
I have a rather large external harddrive formatted in Apple's HFS+ format, and reformatting it is not an option for me. Now that I have a linux server at home, I have turned journalling off on the ...
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I can't access my device partitions?
I can't access my files in other partitions even if I mounted them by mount /dev/sda12?
How can I solve this problem? on Using cat /etc/fstab /etc/mtab I got the following output.
/etc/fstab: ...
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How can I find out the file path for my laptop's dvd drive
Normally I insert a DVD in the drive and I get a prompt that leads me to the movie player app and all is well. How can I find the drive file in the event the prompt doesn't show up or something goes ...
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How do I recover a BTRFS partition that will not mount?
The installation for 12.04 kept failing, and the solution was to have the installer ignore the btrfs partition that I have previously been using for /home.
Now that it's installed, I've been trying ...
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Overlayfs reload with multiple layers (migration away from aufs)
I've come across one of those aufs to overlayfs migration headaches. With aufs you could specify multiple RO-layers and updating some files in them was refreshed with remount.
fstab with aufs:
aufs ...
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Mounting an unknown filesystem type
I'm in possession of a 100G disk that sports a partition that I have not been able to mount.
Using partx -o type on the device tells me the partition has type 0xa5, generally associated with BSD ...
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mounting through /etc/fstab without writing in /etc/mtab [closed]
Using mount -n, I can mount a filesystem without writing it in /etc/mtab. How can I achieve the same result permanently using /etc/fstab?
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How will union mounts be possible in 12.04?
I noticed today that Ubuntu 12.04 will not include aufs.
What, if anything, will be available to facilitate the creation of union mounts?
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Best disk partition for normal users
I have a new clean HDD in my laptop on which I want to install Ubuntu 11.10. So, as I have very less (in fact nothing) knowledge on Linux File System hierarchy, I thought some would be helping me to ...
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How to mount HFS+ drive and ignore permissions
I installed Ubuntu and Windows on my MacBook and Ubuntu is my primary OS; however, all of my media stays on my OSX partition. I want to be able to access it (at least my OSX user's home folder) from ...
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I am getting an error while mounting my NTFS drives?
friends please help me with this error when i try to mount the ntfs drive i getting an error like
for to mount the ntfs partitions i have to use the STORAGE DEVICE MANAGER every time any help to ...
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Difficulty trying to mount an ISO file “mount: you must specify the filesystem type”
I have an .iso file which I would like to mount. I have made a folder in /mnt/iso as a mount point. Now I try:
sudo mount -o loop filename.iso /mnt/iso
and the reply is:
mount: you must specify ...
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Why “df -h ” does not show the root mount, but multiple repetitive entries?
The system is Ubuntu 10.04 running on a OpenVZ VPS
Here is the output:
root@s01:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
varrun 256M 20K 256M 1% /var/run
...
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Why aren't my files getting preserved across reboots?
I've managed to get a Wubi installation onto my USB flash drive, which works on both VirtualBox and on a native computer. (The data is on the root.disk file.)
It works completely fine, except for one ...
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How do I create a file and mount it as a filesystem?
How do I create a file of size 10M, format it with ext3 filesystem and then mount it in /media/fuse?
I tried with
mkfs -t ext3 file
then to mount it
mount -t ext3 file /media/fuse
It didn't ...
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Disk won't wake up (?) after hibernate [closed]
I have a hard disk mounted using fstab like so:
/dev/sdd1 /media/DATA_TWO ext4 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 2
Occasionally after resuming from hibernate, the /media/DATA_TWO folder appears empty and I ...
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Issues harmonizing my dual boot
I tried to follow this guide:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/35807/how-to-harmonize-your-dual-boot-setup-for-windows-and-ubuntu/
I'd wish and can't figure out how to make it work.
I've been dual ...
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I accidentally made my file system read only. How can I change it back?
I accidentally locked my Ubuntu System. Now everything is read only. The closest i can remember which might have done this is, I was trying to change the authority of a fstab symllink with chown -h ...
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Recovering after a file system error, cannot boot [closed]
I was using Banshee and it crashed and caused the whole system to crash (pretty disappointing). I waited a few minutes and nothing happened, so I used the power button to turn off my laptop. I booted ...
