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Unable to extend ubuntu partiton

I'm trying to expand my Ubuntu partition, I booted up my LiveCD, opened GParted and freed some space. But when I'm trying to expand the partition, it doesn't show any free space. It does this only for ...
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Formating a USB stick with ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]

I know there's a few relevant questions answered but when I try to format it through disk utility the only answer I get is: "Error synchrinizing after initial wipe: Timed out waiting for object ...
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How do I upgrade Ubuntu on a partition using an iso image?

I've searched through some answers here, and while one was marked as a duplicate, it specifically dealt with an apt upgrade, so I don't think it applies to my question. Currently I have 12.10 on my ...
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trying to dual boot Win 8 and Ubuntu 12.10

I have been trying to install Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10 ( 64 Bit ) on a Lenovo twist notebook. I have now installed Windows 8 ( with UEFI, secure boot disabled ) and I am following the instructions ...
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Two home folder. Ubuntu 12.10

Hi to all, Recently I installed Ubuntu 12.10. It's very nice and I like it very much. I have a few doubts about folders, as I was previously using Windows. In Windows, I have 3 local disks C,D,E. Now ...
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Ubuntu and Mint errno 5

There is no way I could install ubuntu right now. I have a laptop - samsung r580 I had: installed windows 7 on ntfs partition installed ubuntu 12.10 (12.04 upgraded to 12.10) - i dont remember if i ...
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Extending the size of ubuntu partition

I have a computer which have windows 7,Ubuntu 10.04 and Ubuntu 12.10 respectively. This is my partition table The 21 GB ext4 is the primary partition of Ubuntu 12.10 and 18 GB ext4 is of Ubuntu ...
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Partitioning ubuntu 12.10 hard drive [duplicate]

About a month ago i installed ubuntu 12.10 on my computer, but i installed ubuntu on my whole 600 gb hard drive because i did not like the partition of only 30 gb that i could create from windows with ...
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How to write Ubuntu in boot.ini?

I have windows xp. It has ntldr and boot.ini on multi 0 disk 0 rdisk 0 partition 1 and load Windows from multi 0 disk 0 rdisk 0 partition 3 I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on second hard drive and I ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 and Prolong SSD life

I will be installing Ubuntu 12.10 on a SSD as a dual boot with Windows 7. I also have a HDD that will be used as a data drive. I was thinking of having: / on SSD /home on HDD swap on HDD Is there ...
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How do I verify that my partitions are being used

I have installed Ubuntu by manually specifying the partitions /, /swap & /home. I am new to Ubuntu so I would like to verify whether these partitions are working properly.
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Ubuntu 12.10 i386 installed on MacBook but not working at all

I have searched through a lot of questions but it looks that nobody had the same problem. I have successfully installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my MacBook (mid 2009) from a burned DVD. While keeping a 450 G ...
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How do I partition my hard drive to manually install Ubuntu 12.10 alongside Windows 8?

I have a Windows 7 machine I upgraded to Windows 8, so as a result I have BIOS and not UEFI. I attempted to install Ubuntu 12.10 alongside Windows 8 yesterday, and accidentally used wubi without ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 installer doesn't recognise Windows 8 partition on Toshiba C850 Laptop

I purchased a Toshiba C850 Laptop and I'm trying to install the 64 Bit version of Ubuntu 12.10 alongside Windows 8, allowing me to dual boot. I burnt a Ubuntu 12.10 DVD, disabled Secure Boot on the ...
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Partitions required for Installing Ubuntu?

I have a Laptop with 1TB hard disk space. I can allocate 100GB for Ubuntu. Currently there is only Windows 7 installed. I am new to Ubuntu & am confused by terms like mount point, root partition, ...
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Does installing Ubuntu 12.10 with 'Erase Win7' option deletes Windows partitions? [duplicate]

I had Win 7 in C:\ and other data in F:\ G:\ H:\ partitions. Installed Ubuntu 12.10 with option Erase win7 and install Ubuntu and checked LVM option. After installing Ubuntu I'm not able to see F:\ ...
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How to shrink an ext4 /home partition without using a LiveCD and losing data?

I need to shrink an ext4 /home partition (/dev/sda9) to make space for something else. I would prefer avoid live CDs (boot troubles with new EFI and. I don't have a CD/USB in hand in the office). I ...
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ubuntu installation hangs at 'preparing to install ubuntu'

I tried installing Ubuntu 12.10 by making a bootable USB but it keeps getting stuck on the preparing to install Ubuntu screen. No matter if I click install updates or not. I verified the md5sum and ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 installation options

I got a 400 GB hard disk with 200 GB allocated to windows vista and 200 GB unpartitioned space. During the installation I selected "Install ubuntu alongside windows vista". Then I clicked on Install ...
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Ominous “8.5 GB Volume” on MomentusXT under 12.10

I'm looking for people who also have their Ubunutu/Linux running on a MomentusXT ST750LX003. A partitiion/volume is shown to me that I can't mount, nor really place where it comes from. It is ...
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I want to install UBUNTU 12.10 , on a partition that I have created [duplicate]

I wanted to install 12.10, but also wanted to keep Windows 8, so I created another partition E: with 29GB space, and now I want to install Ubuntu on that partition is that possible in any way?
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Windows 8 not booting from grub 2

I have done a fair amount of research, and started of by disabling the secure booting UEFI settings as well as the Intel Smart boot. I partitioned the drive accordingly and when I restarted the ...
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expanding the current running operating system partition [duplicate]

I have dual booted my pc from windows to ubuntu 12.10v. I actually had done it by shrinking the 500GB volume to half a part to windows and half to ubuntu. Now I am facing an issue called low disk ...
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Move entire installation to blank partition

I have Ubuntu 12.10 installed on a second hard drive (sdb). I had a windows ntfs partition before that for storage but have subsequently purchased an external hard drive and transferred those files ...
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1answer
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How to get back to windows after install Ubuntu in the same partition?

I have two partition on my system. On one partition, I keep my data, and on other I install my OS. By mistake, I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on the drive I had installed Windows. Now I need to get back ...
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Is there a way to see what content is on which partition?

After trying out Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu by working in them for a few weeks, I have now decided on which distribution to use. Now I want to delete the partitions that holds the versions that I no ...
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How to remove 10.04 and install 12.10 in its place?

I have an AMD 64, 3.2Ghz, machine with Ubuntu 10.04 on it. 8Gb Ram, 1Tb sata HD, No internet access for any Ubuntu machines, or Windows machines for that matter. I've been running OS for almost 2 ...
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Replace Fedora Partition With Ubuntu

So I tried installing Fedora along side Windows 7 and after a week of using Fedora, I can't stand it and I'm switching back to Ubuntu. I'm unsure of how to install Ubuntu in place of Fedora. Below is ...
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Why does reinstalling Ubuntu from the live CD ignore the partitions I initially installed it with?

I just recently reinstalled 12.10 through the live CD (using the 'system only' reinstall option) and while it worked, when I booted back into Ubuntu it ignored my previous partitions for boot and home ...
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Problem Installing Ubuntu- hangs at preparation

I have read that this problem usually is in result of my partition not being clean? I believe I have a failed installation that may be causing trouble but not sure. Here is what my partitions look ...
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1answer
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Need to add HDD to existing Ubuntu

I installed Ubuntu 12.10 in one of my HardDisk with Windows 8 as Dual Boot. Now i use Ubuntu as my Primary OS. I found lack of space and purchased a new 3TB Internal HDD. I don't know how to add ...
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How to merge two partitions separated by another partition?

I cant merge these two partitons together like in this picture: The NTFS partition is my data, I don't want to delete it. How to merge these two so that I can install Ubuntu?
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Installing Ubuntu 12.10 + Windows 8 in SSD+Normal drives [closed]

I'm gonna setup my computer with a new HD config. I have a 320gb old SATA2 drive with Ubuntu 12.10 + Windows 7. I'm buying a new 120gb SSD drive today, and my plan is as follows: SSD - 20gb ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 does not detect my internal hard disk

I installed ubuntu 12.10 on my computer. I don't know where I went wrong but after the installation, I get an error that says "unable to mount location" when I try to access my hard disk. I ran "sudo ...
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Disk partitioning ubuntu 12.10

I am planning to install Ubuntu 12.10 along with windows. I would like to know how to partition the drive so that I can access all my data in windows and keep one separate 20 GB for Ubuntu... Thank ...
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Boot error - [22,874755] Ext4-fs (sda2): Unrecognized mount option “x-gvfs-name=Ubuntu” or missing value

I receive the above error message, followed by: Root filesystem check failed. A maintenance shell will now be started. Root@xxxx:~# How do I fix this? I have Ubuntu 12.10. I had previously ...
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12.10 won't allow Windows partition to boot

I upgraded to 12.04.2 and my windows partition wouldn't boot any more. I tried 12.10 and I still have the same problem. Here is the url generated when Boot Repair attempted fixing the issue. It ...
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1answer
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“No root file system is defined error” when installing [duplicate]

i tried to install Ubuntu 12.10 with CD but it is not detecting my Windows Installation (Windows XP SP2) and I don't want to do partioning manually. I then tried to install Ubuntu 12.10 using Wubi. ...
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Ubuntu 12.10. Can't format root partition at installation time

I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 on a Supermicro storage server and have an issue. I am using alternate (text-based) installation cd image and when I get to the Detect disks section it says there ...
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How to extend Ubuntu partation size?

I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 64BIT under my laptop, Asus K53E-B. Its hard disk drive volume 640GB. I have 3 operation systems: Windows 7, Windows 8 (I just wanted try it), and Ubuntu 12.10. I don't know ...
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Dualboot with windows 8? Problems with partitions

I'm trying to install ubuntu 12.10 on a sony vaio that runs windows 8 natively. After booting from cd I arrive at the point where I have to choose the partition: First of all, I come to a page where ...
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lost data on partition

I'm totally new on Ubuntu. Just decided to kick out the horrible windows 8: so I downloaded the last version of Ubuntu available on the web site , tried out the live cd and found it quite interesting. ...
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how can i partition the HDD in ubuntu 12.10 64bit ? - only have ubuntu as OS on notebook

i got a new notebook dell n4050 with os ubuntu 10.10 and i upgrade it to 12.10 64bit , I have only ubuntu 12.10 64bit on my notebook , HDD space is 320 GB , when i log into os , i found ...
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How to shrink Ubuntu LVM logical and physical volumes?

I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 as the only OS on my system. I told Ubuntu to overwrite everything as I was in a hurry, hence I only have the two partitions Ubuntu creates, the Boot Partition of a ...
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Bug in Ubuntu Installer?

if I install Ubuntu (12.10 64 Bit) on a MBR formatted hard disk, based on a EFI system, I should get the partition type 0xEF for the EFI System partition but instead I retrieve 0x0B what stands for a ...
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Uninstall Ubuntu 12.10 and revert back to Windows 7 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on? I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 and regretted it almost immediately. Don't ask why, I was just wondering if I can completely ...
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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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ubi-partman failed with exit code 10 during 12.10 fresh install

ive been trying to install ubuntu 12.10 on my acer aspire one 534h,using an iso from the official site and a 16gb flash drive using unetbootin. my aa1 is running factory settings (xp). it will boot ...
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12.10 installation with LUKS encryption & LVM in EFI mode

I try to figure out how to perform an installation of Ubuntu 12.10 (EFI Mode) with LUKS encryption and LVM scheme. What I've done so far: Booted on a GParted Live CD 0.14.1-6 in "EFI mode only" (in ...
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Messed up swap on clean install of Xubuntu 12.10

I did a clean install 32 bit Xubuntu using manual partitioning on 1TB drive. The swap partition is missing and the large lvm size cannot be changed using gparted. I want to reduce the size in order ...

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