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Disk partitioning is the act of dividing a hard disk drive into multiple logical storage units referred to as 'partitions'

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mounted samba share saving files to local disk

My Ubuntu computer is reporting that the local disk is full. The computer is primarily used for homeassistant and frigate and I have a Windows file server mounted to Ubuntu to save security camera ...
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Recover partition from hard drive showing wrong capacity

I have a 1TB hard drive that started making problems a few weeks ago. It was sometimes corrupting some of the data on the drive forcing me to run fsck before booting into the system. This worked for a ...
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Grub error message on boot

I followed this guide to get rid of an annoying 40 second white screen delay on my MacBook Pro (MBP5,2) during boot. As a TL;DR it involves deleting Ubuntu's /boot/efi partition and then recreating ...
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Mergerfs error: the file is of an unknown type

I'm configuring snapraid and mergerfs, with the first one I have no problems, and for the second I followed this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e46pz5Seo4 However, even after the reboot ...
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Trying to format a SSD but get "no available data" error

My Windows 11 system blue screened yesterday and I shut it down because it stucked at 0%. After that Windows cannot boot and shows 0xc0000f error code, which basically means the boot manager cannot ...
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No init found. Try passing init= bootarg

There are a lot of similar questions but none of them worked so I'm making my own post. I bought a VPS from Namecheap about a month ago. Last night, I was running a VSCode server and working and then ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Fresh Install Missing / Unknown File System

I have new huawei D15 laptop that I succesffully dual-booted with Win11 and Ubuntu 22.04. I have been using it for about a week, installing apps, configuring networks, etc.. Problem 1 This morning, I ...
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extending an exsiting lvm

hello im trying to extend an exsistant lvm /omics/tools to have more space right now it only have a maximum of 5t i want to increase it by 10 df -h shows: --- Logical volume --- LV Path ...
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How to fix: "No Space left on device" on /tmp

I'm facing an issue where my program won't compile due to no device space in the /tmp folder. After a little examine and deleting all files on tmp it stills shows me the same error: after system ...
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Unable to log in to ubuntu after failing to move home partition

I was on Windows (dual boot) and tried to move the home partition using the MiniTool Partition Wizard. After cancelling the operation (it got stuck in 100% for a while) the home partition became ...
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unable to update "grub" boot menu when upgrading from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04

I recently upgraded a Ubuntu box (a rackmount server) from 20.04 to 22.04. However, the "grub" boot menu kept listing kernel 5.4.0-40 as the default kernel entry regardless what I did - and ...
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Disk space not showing up

I'm a new user of Ubuntu who has a little problem with my storage. I have Windows on an NVMe SSD and Ubuntu on an HDD of 750 GB, but I can't use the whole storage like it doesn't exist.
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Preparing to run multiple qcow images from a new T7 SSD

I just got a new 1 TB Samsung T7 SSD and I want to be able to run multiple VM's from this drive using QEMU/KVM and virt-manager. First question: Do I need to do anything to format or prepare the SSD ...
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Problems with mounting an external harddrive on an Ubuntu server

I purchased myself a Banana Pi-M5 and a "Yottamaster 4-Bay Raidsystem". I Installed Ubuntu 20.04LTS on that Pi. My plan is to install Nextcloud using docker and store the data I saved at ...
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Ubuntu EFI is not removing

I recently tried to dual boot windows with ubuntu but I changed my mind and deleted the disk partition where ubuntu was installed. Now, when I use bcdedit /enum firmware, I still see the EFI Ubuntu ...
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The backup GPT table is not on the end of the device

I had my docker server (Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS) installed on an old 32GB SSD with two 4.0TB HDDs as data storage. but as i added more docker images soon ran out of space on the tiny ssd. So I had an old ...
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Windows destroyed Ubuntu installation

I've just got my new PC. Unfortunately I still need a dual boot. Hence I installed Windows 11 first, then Ubuntu 22.10 and all went fine. By the way here my storage settings: SSD 500 GB 260 MB EFI ...
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Trying to run R gave me "Fatal error: cannot create 'R_TempDir' "

I checked partition for /tmp and it seems to be full. >> df /tmp Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda2 23854928 23579092 0 100% / Checking all the ...
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2 partions on my windows 10 computer - Ubuntu will not install on the correct one

I have a Windows 10 Home PC with a 1 TB Samsung SS drive in it. Windows made two partitions on the drive. One is only 500 MB. It is called "NTFS Healthy (System, Active, Primary partition)&...
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How do I dual boot my laptop using a new internal Disk?

So I've been using my laptop for over a year and I've heard a lot of people around me tell me that switching to Ubuntu/Linux based systems is extremely helpful/useful and that I'd learn a lot. I ...
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22.04 takes extremely long to install

I am installing 22.04.02 LTS after shredding the old instance. Only Ubuntu will be installed. BIOS got updated to the most recent version and is set to UEFI. The machine is Asus V5-591G equipped with ...
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Ubuntu server - format partition

How to use specific partition to clear/format it and install Ubuntu server? I already have 2 partitions with 2 different linux, one Lubuntu and on other i want Server. But on install menu i dont have ...
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I messed up and made my /boot partition laughably small over 4 years ago. Resizing it will not be straightforward. What can I do?

Ubuntu version is 22.04 LTS Desktop My boot disk is /dev/sda, and it has three partitions. Here are the relevant mounts: ~$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on tmpfs ...
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Re-allocating HDD/SSDs space

This is my current "lsblk" output I want to re-allocate: $ lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,TYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT NAME FSTYPE TYPE SIZE MOUNTPOINT sda ...
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Why don't I have permission on my folder on the new hard drive?

I added a new hard drive as storage only, and wanting to save something to the folder where I mount( /hdd) the drive doesn't let me. For example, try saving an html file Failed to save 'html': Unable ...
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Kubuntu installation failures onto eMMC and/or SD card

I have an Acer Spin 1 sp111-31 c3b3 I'm trying to breathe some life into. I have already wiped windows from it through the numerous attempts I've made to install Kubuntu. This will not be a dual boot ...
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Dual Boot windows with ubuntu, lost ubuntu partition

I have a dual boot windows with ubuntu. Recently the linux partition can no longer be found. I have no clue whatsoever what the cause is. I tried booting with a USB stick, but that also fails. However ...
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Ubuntu not detecting drives inside ssd while installation alongside Windows

I have a HP laptop with windows pre installed. It has a 512gb uefi, gpt ssd with 3 drives C:, D: and E:. I want to install ubuntu in E: drive and along with the applications of ubuntu. But ubuntu does ...
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Ubuntu installation on SSD not booting: possible issue with bootloader or partition?

I am trying to help a friend fix his Ubuntu installation, he has an SSD and an HD. The HD has Ubuntu on it with the boot partition installed together, in one single partition. On the SSD there is ...
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permission denied on ubuntu ( ubuntu and windows 10 dual boot system on a M.2 NVME ssd and another harddrive used for storage)

I have a 250GB m.2 nvme ssd and a 1TB hdd. I boot ubuntu and windows on my ssd by creating 2 partition and I use my hdd for storage only. I recently install gcc on my ubuntu. but can't run c++ file on ...
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optimising (cleaning up existing) partitions for a Ubuntu install

I love using Ubuntu. I HATE installing Ubuntu. because I usually either make a bad installation / partitioning decision OR I cannot figure out how to adjust partitions and disk space. and here we are ...
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partitioning problem non allocated partition unused

I have a dual boot on my aspire 3 with ubuntu and windows 11. When installing ubuntu, I Allocated it a relatively small space compared to windows. Now I would like to allocate more space is it still ...
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Dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu onto 2 different SSD, with an ESP already present in the system. Ubuntu won't boot

I have an SSD with Windows 10 installed. Some time ago I installed Linux Mint 21-Cinnamon on an SD card and during the installation, I selected the SSD as the device on which to install the boot ...
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Ubuntu 20.04: “EXT4-fs (sdb2): VFS: Can’t find ext4 file system”-error

I am quite new to Linux and have recently started to use Ubuntu. At first it worked, but for the last three days, every time I started my computer I get in emergency mode and this error message ...
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I am struggling to dual boot Ubuntu 22.04 with Windows 10

I am currently running windows 10 on an HP Envy Laptop. I have partitioned 64GB of hard disk space to install Ubuntu 22.04. I can successfully access Ubuntu installation from USB and supposedly ...
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Ubuntu Suddenly Completely Wipes From My Hard Drive - Windows11/Ubuntu 22.04 Dual Boot

I just had a terrible moment with my computer. Just days prior I was working on Ubuntu for my robotics courses, I had reset my hard drive in January to perform a Dual Boot and it worked great. Today I ...
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Disk space has different filesystem

I bought a server that was supposed to have 1 TB of disk space, but after logging in I was faced with the following system files. How can I attach all the space to /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv? ...
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Grub boot loader Macbook Pro

I am using macbook pro 2012, i wanted single boot macbook burned ubuntu iso to Sandisk USB drive everything was okay. Reseted hard drive, made partitions manually, also kept 512 MB free space for EFI....
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Dual booting on Lenovo X270 with Windows 11 which has taken 3 primary partitions but is missing the efi boot partition

I am trying to set up dual booting on Lenovo X270 with Windows 11. I previously have installed 22.04 on this X270 machine.I have 22.04 on the USB stick. This F12s perfectly on the target machine. I go ...
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Mounting multiple home directories, for multiple users, to multiple partitions

So my family computer had a bad case of everyone using windows and it's slow AF, when there's a perfectly good ubuntu installed on the SSD... So I switched over to it, updated to JJ, got everything ...
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Both Windows and Ubuntu not booting up - stuck in "Missing Operating System" and bios

Sorry in advanced - this is going to be long but i really need help. My problem: My PC is not booting to either Ubuntu or Windows 10 and is stuck showing "Missing Operating system" and going ...
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is there is an easy method do a basic scrub of my harddrive partions now that i have ubuntu running on my old laptop?

i did a 'new install' of ubuntu on an old windows laptop. I probably will sell/donate this machine and want to 'rewrite' all the free disk space because i think when ubuntu created new 'partion tables?...
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Factory reset linux and resize the partition on dual boot

I have a windows 10 / Ubuntu dual boot. When I made it, I've only set 20 Gb to Ubuntu thinking I would not use it much. But I have discovered that it is practical for coding. Unfortunately 20 Gb seems ...
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Windows 11 not in grub menu. Do I add the windows partition or the bootloader partition to grub

I am trying to get windows 11 on my grub bootloader. I tried putting the windows partition euid into grub(had to do it manually cuz the copy and paste was being strange) Windows shows up in the grub ...
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Disk naming clash. Disk name mysteriously changed from Global-Docs-Ext4 to Global-Docs-Ext41, now different from volume name Global-Docs-Ext4

HP ProBook 6360b, Memory 3.8 GB, Intel core i5, Intel HD graphics 3500, Disk 1TB, OS Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS, 64 bit, Gnome 3.36.8, Window Sys X11 I have a separate partition on my Ubuntu laptop for ...
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Downloading 22.04 iso

I'm trying to download the latest Ubuntu for my desktop but when I try to download the iso it says " Load failed , not enough room on your harddrive". I have a 500G drive and a 4.7 G ...
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How to partitioning USB stick to act as iso image and to store files at the same time

I have 16 GB USB memory stick, I had burned a Kubuntu 22.04 iso image on it by some how. Today, I need to store some files on that stick, I realized that I have at least over 6 GB of free space on ...
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Trying to resize my Ubuntu partition (dual boot with Windows) but Gparted gives a scary warning because the unallocated space is to the left?

I am currently dual-booting Windows 10 and Ubuntu 22.04. I wanted more space on the Ubuntu side so I used Windows disk management tool to shrink that partition and that left me with 100+ GB of ...
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GParted partitions written but unable to inform kernel

On Ubuntu 22.04.2. I am attempting to resize the partition containing my /home using free space which exists immediately before/to the left of the current location of the partition. The actual /home ...
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How to recover from missing partition

my issue comes from a co-worker who has somehow corrupted an important 7TB hard drive. I believe they filled the space on the disk to 100% over the weekend and somehow messed up the partition ...
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