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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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Can I Share a Home Partition on a Multi Boot USB Drive

I have a pendrive made using mkusb. It has the standard Persistent setup with ISO9660 OS partition, boot, casper-rw and usbdata partitions. I would like to add a Full install Ubuntu partition and a /...
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sudo gparted on unmounted bootable partition - all options disabled

I've read this related question, but my partition is not mounted. I've just created it with Startup Disk Creator, then deleted an apparently extra 2Mb FAT12 partition using Disks. Disks then was ...
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How to remove duplicated Ubuntu image from boot menu?

I've installed Ubuntu 18.04.1 alongside with Windows 10 on my asus gl503ge laptop. Here is what grub detects: artur@arturGL503GE:~$ sudo update-grub [sudo] password for artur: Sourcing file `/etc/...
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Formatting a hard drive for Ubuntu

I have a 4TB second drive on a Window 10 computer. I wanted to use 1TB for Ubuntu. After spending 10 hours trying to partition that 1TB partition, I have had no luck at getting the Ubuntu USB drive to ...
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Expanding an encrypted LVM partition question

This is absolutely not a previously answered question! I have spent weeks (literally) reading these posts and documentation and for the most part the information and answers have been vague, ...
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How to use mounted device for storage

I have installed Ubuntu Core on Intel NUC which has internal storage of just 4 GB (/dev/mmcblk0). I installed some applications but ran out of storage so I added a hardisk (/dev/sda) with Intel NUC. I ...
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Safest way to remove other installed OS

This is my current configuration Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sda1 2048 743215128 743213081 354.4G 83 Linux /dev/sda2 743217150 976771071 ...
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Extend my Ubuntu dual boot partion [duplicate]

i have a dual-boot laptop with both Windows 7 and Ubuntu 16.04. Currently, the Windows side has too much disk space, and I want to resize things so that the Ubuntu side has more. I have actually 100Gb ...
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Ubuntu update on Dual boot with Windows 10

I have a dual boot windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04 on my laptop which has an NVidia graphics card and is HP inspiron 15700. The Ubuntu partition was in my D drive which was empty prior to the dual boot ...
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How to have an existing Ubuntu installation overwrite a Windows partition? [duplicate]

I am getting used to Ubuntu 18.04, and when I first installed Ubuntu I set it so that I could still run windows 10. Now I want to switch to just be Ubuntu. I would like my Ubuntu partition to destroy ...
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Can't resize Xubuntu partition using Virtual Box / Gparted

I had created a virtual machine Xubuntu 18.04.1, using Virtual Box 6.0 (on Windows 10 x64), initially with 10 Gb of space. I needed to resize it to 20 Gb through the Windows command: .\VBoxManage ...
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Filesystem - No space left error, but there is space

I have a problem with a server running Ubuntu 16.04.05. After running a python script who created more than 65 million of files I have an error message saying that I have no space left: 12 zip -r 31....
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Want partitioning scheme for Dual booting Linux alongside Windows 10 in SSD+HDD setup

I am an absolute Linux beginner installing Ubuntu for the first time. Following is the H/W config: 1) 128 GB SSD with Win 10 pre installed (55 GB free) 2) 1 TB HDD (875 GB free) 3) Core i7-7th gen @...
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gparted doesn't detect there's unallocated space [duplicate]

I'm trying to resize my Ubuntu partition but there seems to be a problem. I'm trying to do it from a live USB. I have unallocated space but when I try to resize my Ubuntu partition, gparted just lets ...
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Confused about partitions

I have a 480 GB SSD, and a 1TB HDD. I installed my Ubuntu 18.04 on my SSD. Then I made partitions on my HDD for swap area (17 GB), /home (30 GB) and / (20 GB). My SSD was showing "do not use this ...
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Windows has killed my Ubuntu partition

I have two physical HDD on my laptop. One with windows, second with with Ubuntu system. I was happy by setting bios parameters in order to boot from one or another HDD. One day I decided to look at ...
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HDD mounted as media/read only

I'm using a dual boot Ubuntu 18.04 / Windows10 in my SSD and I have my old HDD with Windows 10 installed in my laptop too. At the first time I was able to get into my HDD from Ubuntu and delete/...
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How to increase size of root partition at /dev/sda1 from /dev/sdb1?

I have an Ubuntu 16.04 system without GUI (only command line) with a very limited root partition (20GB) and 1 storage partition (1000GB) as below sudo parted -l Model: QEMU QEMU HARDDISK (scsi) Disk ...
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How do I delete a partiton and allocate the space to my main Ubuntu partition?

I have a partition table that looks like this in gparted: I want to delete the /dev/sda6 partition and allocate the space to my main sda1 partition, and also allocate the unallocated space to it as ...
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grub-efi-amd64-signed failed installation /target/

This is my system: Asus N552VW (my bios mode is Legacy): 128GB SSD: my windows 10 is installed on it 2 TB HDD (partitioned to two 1000 GB): 250 GB shrinked for Ubuntu during partitioning I create ...
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Can't format USB drive partition from Ubuntu 16.04 Disks apps

I used gparted and it says error opening /dev/sdc: No such device or address ! In Disks Ubuntu apps it show my usb drive and give me Error wiping device when I select format options: and when I open ...
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Extend filesystem after hdd-cloning 32GB to 500GB

Before anyone marks this as a duplicate, please bear with me - I'm pulling my hair for a good amount of time and went through all the other questions but I can't seem to find an answer coping with the ...
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18.04 - I keep running out of space - how can I enlarge my partition? [duplicate]

When I first installed Ubuntu I dual booted with awful disgusting windows and just decided this week to go pure Ubuntu. I love it however now I have a large formatted volume 500 gigs (where windows ...
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Make a bootable image of a VirtualBox machine?

I have been building a Linux From Scratch (LFS) System for some time in VirtualBox and I’m ready to put it on a live USB. I want to save the system as a bootable image first, but I don’t know how to ...
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Ubuntu installation , problems with partitions .. What i need to do?

Using Rufus to create bootable image on mine windows 10 (The OS came with the laptop from the store) . Laptop model Lenovo Y720 .. I tried to create MBR/GPT partition schema with ISO mode (...
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Mounting drives in lubuntu from remote desktop session

I am using a remote desktop client to connect a lubuntu server and I am having a problem mounting some drives. I have setup a bunch of auto mount hard drives. Those drives mount fine when I login to ...
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How do I resize the partition in which Ubuntu is installed? [duplicate]

I installed Ubuntu in a 50 GB partition. I felt so good with the system that I decided to use it as the main OS so I erased the other OS. I deleted everything in Windows partition. Now, how do I add ...
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GParted report query

I am returning a faulty Integral CF card for replacement but would like to understand the nature of the issue. When inserting CF card into Kingston FCR-HS3-0 card reader the file system does not mount ...
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Boot Menu Stuck at GNU GRUB

I have recently tried to replace my Ubuntu with windows 7. But it won't work. I first boot my USB drive using woeusb (winusb) but when I restart my device and boot from usb drive GRUB prompt opens. I ...
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Changed partition mount settings and can't boot now

I am using Ubuntu 18.04 and I changed my main partition settings, I just turned on the toggle for User Session Defaults to ON using the Disks utility, and when I reboot my computer it gets stuck on ...
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Is it possible to install Windows on a separate hard drive without leaving Ubuntu? [duplicate]

I have a laptop with two HDDs. Ubuntu is on the SSD, and I want the Windows install on the HDD. Relevant specs: Kubuntu 18.10, installed with UEFI SSD is encrypted LVM ext4. I have partitioned a ...
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Installed Ubuntu 18.10 without configuring UEFI on Windows 10, now can not boot into Windows

please could you help, I recently installed Ubuntu 18.10 on my windows 10 machine without configuring the UEFI settings on windows,upon installing ubuntu I opted for something-else in the installation ...
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Repair corrupt GPT partition table of OSX disk from Linux

My wife's OSX laptop won't boot. I've pulled the drive out and plugged it into a USB adapter and can see it from my Ubuntu laptop. When I plug it and run gdisk I get the following output: matthewh@...
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Change HDD partitions after installation

I am new to Ubuntu. I want to know how to re-partition my hard disk after installation. I had used the gnome-disks application during install, but now the HDD can't be unmounted as it contains the OS. ...
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Merging partitions, and preserving the data

I've got an old server that will be re-purposed. Part of this means rearranging the partitions. The current layout is: $ lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda ...
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Restore Ubuntu After deleting Partition table

I was using Ubuntu and I accidentally removed the partition table using program 'disks'. Is there any way I can restore Ubuntu or even the files that were on the Ubuntu partition? It's unallocated ...
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Ubuntu mounting partition read only error

So I have a SD card in read only mode I have put 2 partitions on it the first partition contains ubuntu with boot flags the second partition contains some files I can boot into ubuntu with the SD ...
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How to mount external hdd with ext4 partitions?

I have HHD disk from my old laptop with 2 ext4 and swap partitions. I put it into the case and plug in it. But I wasn't able to find it in /dev but after rebooting of my Kubuntu I found /dev/sdc (I ...
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Ubuntu installation on ssd, hdd and ramdisk

I have dual boot windows 10 and Ubuntu (with kde-plasma) windows 10 is currently on my SSD and Ubuntu is on my HDD but Ubuntu is reallyyyy slow right now and i want to speed up it should i reinstall ...
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How to dual boot windows 7 and ubuntu 18.04? [duplicate]

I am trying to dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 18.04. I just installed Windows 7 64 bit so it is a fresh install. I added a partition for Ubuntu in Windows disk management and then installed Ubuntu 18....
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The correct way to split hard drives with Ubuntu

I am using 2 hard drives: 100 Gb SSD (1) and 1Tb SATA (2). 70 Gb of (1) are taken for other purposes. I have installed Ubuntu on the rest of 30 Gb of (1) and soon faced a problem: all the apps I need ...
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How do I rename a volume in the Disks utility - in 18.04?

I clicked the gear icon/ edit mount options but don't know which field changes the actual label for the volume that shows upon my desktop visually.
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Merge not contiguous partitions in Ubuntu 18.04 [duplicate]

I am using a dual boot system with Ubuntu 18.04 and Windows 8.1. So is it possible and how can I merge unallocated 123GiB which I freed in Windows from my D: Drive (/dev/sda2, ntfs) and move them to /...
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Dual boot windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04.1 on separate hard drives

This is my system: Asus N552VW (my bios mode is Legacy): 128GB SSD: my windows 10 is installed on it 2 TB HDD (partitioned to two 1000 GB): 250 GB shrinked for Ubuntu My question is: looking at ...
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How can I create and delete files in an NTFS partition?

I am new to Ubuntu. I installed Ubuntu 18.10. I have 6 NTFS partitions And I want to get all access to those drives. I cannot paste, create or delete anything from those drives. Is it possible? If ...
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Move Windows 7 to another drive on dual boot machine

I have a dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 14.04 machine both using a 500 Gig SSD. I want to increase the space available to Windows 7 by adding another SSD. Since there seem to be some stories about ...
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Why does the installation of Ubuntu 18.04 with LVM and more than one Logical Volume fail into initramfs?

My setup is an qemu/KVM host which I want to install Ubuntu 18.04 on. I want to have only /boot outside the LVM, and the rest of my filesystems (like /usr, /home, /root, /var) inside my Volume Group. ...
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May have made a mistake... before I reboot help me out

I have ubuntu 18.04 installed and I recently bought a second 64 GB SSD I wanted to install windows on. 1) I powered off the machine, connected the drive, and see it in fdisk -l and saw my drive was /...
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dd - unrecongnized operand of=/dev/sdc when trying to create a bootable USB

I am trying to create a bootable USB. Currently on lsblk I have sdc -> sdc1, formatted to fat32. I am trying now to save my iso with the following command: sudo dd if=/dev/puppylinux.iso \ of=/dev/...
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Can't increase Ubuntu partition size [duplicate]

I wanted to move some space from sda2 to sda5, but when I reduced space in sda2 there appeared an unallocated space which I couldn't use when I tried to resize sda5 (sda5 was unmounted) in gparted. ...
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