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disk space lacking

My Ubuntu partition was working on 50gb . However, even-though I had not used much of the memory, I was still getting messages saying the disk space is low. I increased the partition, but am still ...
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Ubuntu Server 12.04 NAS setup, which file format to choose/partition scheme?

I just built my NAS hardware, these are the specs CPU: Intel Core i5-3570 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor Motherboard: Asus P8H77-M PRO Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard Memory: Kingston 16GB (2 x 8GB) ...
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Is swap enabled on this server? should it be?

We have a sysadmin configure a couple of servers at digitalocean. To me, it looks like swap wasn't enabled on this but it's been a VERY long time since I've had to do things like this. It's a rails ...
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Lenovo ThinkServer Ubuntu 12 Server Install: Partition Issues

During the Ubuntu 12 install, I get the a screen that says "ATA RAID Device Detected" and asks if I want to enable it. Having used Lenovo Easy Setup to configure the raid (1 array with 2 1tb drives) I ...
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Can 1 partition span multiple physical disks?

I have 4 disks on an Ubuntu Server box, can I create on partition that spans across those 4 disks?
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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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Installation doen't modify HDD

This is very strange, but I can run the Ububtu Server 12.04 64bit from the live CD to permanently install it on the HD, but when I reboot it reverts back to whatever OS was on the HD prior to the ...
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I want to extend my partition

I am currently dual booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10. I have 500GB with 300GB free space on my Windows, and have a 100GB on my Ubuntu. I want to move 200GB from my Windows partition to my Ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu Server 12.04 lts installation error

I`m trying to install Ubuntu Server 12.04 lts from usb stick. When is the partition section in installation I choose use whole disk or something like that... Then comes an error that says swap volume ...
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The /boot partition in my server is full, how can I re-size it without re-installing the whole system?

I'm having some troubles because the partition in which /boot is allocated in my server is full, so I can install neither new linux images nor upgrades. Here is the server's file system usage ...
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Full hdd capacity not recognised on new additional disk

I've added a new 3TB hdd to my Ubuntu Server 12.04 system for media (already has another drive for the OS), but it's only showing 2.2TB capacity df -H gives /dev/sdb1 2.2T ...
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What is the recommended partition scheme for my Ubuntu Server?

I am going to deploy Ubuntu server having following servers on it: Bind server DHCP server LAMP Server OpenSSH Server Ldap server Mongodb database FTP server Mail server Samba server NFS server In ...
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Resizing a partition on remote server via command line [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Resize Disk Partition on Remote VM Server Is it possible to re size the filesystem (ext4) partition on a remote server (running ubuntu server 10.04 or 10.10) by using ...
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Unable to mount Drive1 - Not Authorized

I'm using Ubuntu server 12.04 on my HP Proliant microserver. I am using webmin/vnc/ssh to administer it. I'm trying to mount a drive which I had previously used on the same kit but with ...
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Resize a 2TB partition on a 3TB disk created with fdisk

I recently added a new 3TB hard drive to a headless media server (HP proliant microserver) running Ubuntu server 12.04. I followed this tutorial, which uses fdisk to create a single partition of the ...
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Deleted Windows Partitions on drive now what do I do?

I'm new to Ubuntu and I figured it was time to learn. I am using Ubuntu server (headless?) I have a drives as such: *-disk:1 description: ATA Disk product: TOSHIBA MK1646GS ...
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How to set disk quota for multiple users within a single disk partition

I have a single disk partition (say /shared) shared by multiple users. It has a single file system (ext3). I want to put home directories for each of the user here and set their disk limit to 5 GB. ...
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2 Hard Drives.One Partition

I have two hard drives (One 500 GB and the other 750 GB). I would like to create a single partition which will include these 2 hard drives. I guess it works only with identical hard drives, correct ...
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How large should I make root, home, usr, var, and tmp partitions?

i install ubuntu server 10.04, have 64 Gb VHD. And want to separate partitions in this mode: /dev/xvda0 p on swap (2 Gb) /dev/xvda1a0 e on /boot (128 Mb) /dev/xvda1a1 e on / type ffs (local) ...
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How to shrink a partition without using GParted?

Unfortunately all the answers I found involve GParted. I thought I could be using parted, but apparently the "parted resize" command has some limitations with respect to GParted when working on a ...
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How do I modify this preseed snippet to partition my hard drive?

I'm attempting to create my first Ubuntu Server 10.04-4 LTS x64 preseed file and I'm afraid I can't figure out the hard drive partitioning aspect: I have a 2TB hard disk that I need configured as ...
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How to repartition an EC2 micro instance under ubuntu 10.10? [closed]

I want to create an instance to run a webserver under EC2 using ubuntu 10.10. That's actually quite easy, but what I'd want to change how that virtual disk partitioning is made. Using the wizard they ...
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Partitioning of Ubuntu 10.04 server on KVM?

I am installing Ubuntu 10.04 server on a KVM virtual machine. The server will be used to install Zimbra mail server, which installs under /opt/zimbra. As Zimbra is being used, it needs more storage. I ...
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Resize Disk Partition on Remote VM Server

I'm running Ubuntu Server 10.04 on a remote server as a VM. I only have access to the VM. The VM is assign a disk space of 20GB, however the drive is currently only partitioned to use about 4.7GB. I ...
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“No root filesystem” error when preseeding

I am trying to perform automatic installation of Ubuntu server (11.10). My partitioning recipe is here: d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda d-i partman-auto/method string lvm d-i ...
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How do I preseed a disk to 50% / and /tmp?

I need to install ubuntu server 10.04 by preseed file and part disk into 50% for / and rest for /tmp. I tried this: # Partitioning # use first hard drive SCSI/SATA: d-i partman-auto/disk string ...
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Ext3 partition seems to disappear after reboot

I got a local Ubuntu development server running Ubuntu Server 9.04. (Yes I know it's old!) Anyway, it froze the other day and on reboot it wanted to check the disk, errors were found. Afraid of losing ...
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Resizing partitions on a RAID 0 Array by command line

Oh boy this is a qustion and a half. Simply put when i set up the server it wasn't intended to be used for what it is now, and root (/) has run out of diskspace, while /home has tonnes of the stuff ...
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Freed up space on disk gets filled? [closed]

I recently posted a question here on askubuntu that didn't get answered about my disk space. It considerably went down, and I have been using Ubuntu for 3 days only. It passed from 25Gb(allocated ...
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How can I move a boot partition onto a Flash drive?

I have installed Ubuntu 11.04 Server onto an Acer Aspire Easystore H340-M. It was a Windows Home Server. The hardware has an integral Flash Drive / USB (SCSI11) of 256 Mb. Could I use this as the ...
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Should I put /var in a separate partition for a database server?

I will be using a Ubuntu server install as a server for a MySQL database. Is there any benefit to having /var in a separate partition from the root file system?
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Server Partitioner Hangs at 43% [closed]

I bought this server for work (a cheapy): http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7220575&CatId=2683 to upgrade our WAMP server to a newer LAMP server. It ...
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Partition tool with console UI (as in server installation)?

Back in 2006, Ray (3DLover) posted the same question in: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=309680 but none of the answers were really useful. Now with a little help from AskUbuntu community, I ...
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What's a simple/standard way to set up a secondary ubuntu server on the same machine?

I manage several ubuntu servers remotely, and occasionally, there will be a need to run fsck on the root partition. From what I've read, the best way to achieve this without physical access to the ...
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How do I list new drives so I can partition and format them?

I added a bunch of drives to an external enclosure and attached it to a server via eSATA and now need to get them ready for software raid. However they do not appear under fdisk -l I've tried looking ...
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A partitioning scheme for ubuntu server

I am setting up an ubuntu server to be used for experimentation, testing and learning. Basically with LAMP and then setting up WordPress and most likely Drupal. I also plan to experiment with setting ...
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What is LVM and what is it used for?

As a Linux/Ubuntu newbie, what is LVM and what is it used for? In terms of a web server installation, what benefits does it provide? Would you recommend using it?