Disk partitioning is the act of dividing a hard disk drive into multiple logical storage units referred to as 'partitions'
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How do I use Wubi in a “Frozen Disk” environment (aka computer labs)
I teach computer skills in a computer lab which uses a disk management system on to keep WinXP in a know state between reboots. I'd like to add a Wubi installation, but I keep getting the same error ...
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What are the consequences laptop running out power while GParted is running?
I was fixing my partition with GParted and it seemed to work well.
But, my laptop suddenly ran out of power and I didn't realize it, then it turned off while GParted was still running which was at ...
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lvm disappeared after disc replacement on raid10
here my problem:
I am running ubuntu 12.04 on a raid10 (4 disks), on top of which I installed an lvm with two volume groups (one for /, one for /home).
The layout of the disks are as follows:
Disk ...
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How do I remove the 'Write the Changes to the Disks?' question during preseed?
I am pretty new to Ubuntu and Linux. I have spent a lot of time trying to get an unattended install up and running for my Headless Server.
As it stands I have everything almost there but when ...
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How to remove one file system without removing data on that partition?
Well I've got two file systems created on my disk, a primary one occupying around 38 GB, and the other one(which I'm not using and concerned about) occupies 450 GB. Is there a way around to remove the ...
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Windows Vista Partition Deleted During Dual Boot Ubuntu Install
I recently added 12.04 to a computer. During the partitioning only two partitions were listed, recovery, and the new ubuntu partition. I shunk the Ubuntu partition and left the extra space an free ...
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Preseed create two empty partitions (“do not use”) with partman
I have a question about preseeding. I need to create a simple partition table like this:
/ 10 G EXT3 primary
swap 8 G SWAP primary
100G "Do not use" primary (to be ...
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Can't have overlapping partitions
I have a machine running ubuntu 12.04 and windows 8 on dual boot. I created a ntfs partition to do easy switching but as there were only 4 partition possible, I unknowingly deleted system reserved ...
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Problem with the allocated partition memory
I installed ubuntu 12.04 using wubi on to a 60GB partition. I installed Qt sources, which are a couple of GB in size, but once I start commpiling it started complaining about lack of memory.
I ...
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Merge LUKS-partition with partition on another HDD
I just bought a 2 TB hard disk because the home partition on the old one is almost full.
What I want to do is to extend the home partition on hard disk 1 (sda2) to also include all the space on the ...
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How to make some partitions undetectable by Ubuntu 12.04?
Background
My friend has got Windows 7 and Ubuntu installed in his Laptop's internal drive and Ubuntu on External Drive. Recently, there is some problem with his Internal HDD and it seems to me like ...
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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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Ubuntu 12.04 can't see Windows 7
I already read other questions like this but nothing seems to work.
I just had my ASUS UX31A recovered from factory with Windows 7. Everything is fine there, so I tried to reinstall Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ...
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resize2fs: Invalid argument while trying to resize /dev/sda1 (dd problems)
I was attempting to copy my Ubuntu installation to a larger HDD following this guide with the dd command. The guide says:
"It's recommended you dd to an identical partition for optimal results."
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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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Var partition refuses to unmount
I have /var on a separate partition on two computers using the reiserfs filesystem. Everytime I reboot, or shutdown my computers /var refuses to unmount claiming the device is busy. I then have to go ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 sees NTFS partition but not Windows 7
Trying to install Ubuntu on a Windows machine running Windows 7. I started by using the WUBI, but when I restarted the computer it just went straight to Windows. Then I went into the disk management ...
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root file system not found in prseed partition
I am using following partition recipe for my partition on ubuntu 12.04 precise.
d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda
d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
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No device file for partition in /dev/
I did partition /dev/sda1 using fdisk.
After creating two partitions, saved the table. And rebooted the server. But there is no device file present for new partitions.
:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk ...
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Installed 12.04 LTS onto external hard drive, will not boot
I went ahead and figured out how to install onto my external HDD using a CD to do it. The install went fine, and I made 3 partitions. One of 500mb, ext4, /boot. Another of about 200gb (wasn't sure how ...
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help me understand lvm initial setup loop device
I have a (very) rough understanding of what lvm is, I'm finding it a little hard to grasp loop devices however. Anyway here's my issue:
Someone ran an Ubuntu server install for me and probably went ...
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What happens when I expanding LVM+eCryptfs Volume (regarding encryption)
My system had a Windows partition using the beginning of a 500 GB disk, followed by a LVM setup with a Volume Group and several Logical Volumes (encrypted home, root, swap). I deleted the Windows ...
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Recommended dual boot partitioning for Asus N56VM s4089V Windows 7 64bit
Being brand new to this, although I've done alot of research, I would like confirmation that what I want to do is achievable with the current disk partition I have on my laptop.
Current set up via ...
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How to mount Apple Core Storage partition
So I wiped my Mac Mini (OS X Lion) and replaced the OS with Ubuntu 12.04.2. So far so good, it works beautifully. But I'd like to still access the external backup drive's Time Machine contents. The ...
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Secondary Storage not properly mounted
Not all of my secondary discs partitions are visible.When i open it from GParted it shows NTFS signature missing.Is there any way to fix this without lossing any data??
This drive(secondary) has 4 ...
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Why is the Ubuntu partition seen as unallocated space after Windows 8 upgrade?
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 with Windows 7 as dual-boot. Today I decided to upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 8 on the other partition. I read on some forums that I would most likely need a liveUSB to ...
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“Different filesystems on the same disk” issue on Community Ubuntu Documentation guide
Reading the Partitioning/Home/Moving guide (about to move my /home to a different partition), I came across this notice:
If you're moving from Windows and your new home partition is going to be an ...
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I broke hibernate when I set two distros to use the same swap space
I use Ubuntu as my primary OS, but I have also installed Fedora to see what all the hype is about. I made the stupid decision of making them share swap space, not thinking of the consequences on ...
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How do I find out on which partition is my Windows?
I have fully functional Windows and Ubuntu that is broken (I accidentaly broke it) and want to do reinstall. With Live-CD, I can see:
3 NTFS partitions,
one ext4 and
one unknown.
How do I find out ...
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Problem with resized partition
I have Ubuntu 12.10. I resized my sda5 from about 71GB to 43GB using gparted, I didn't get any errors. After restarting my computer, sda5 is gone both from Ubuntu and Windows (it was D: partition) and ...
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Swap bug 100% Increase with two apps running?
Newly installed operating system, nothing download except updates.
Firefox currently downloading one file. SWAP at 0%
Then I open up Ubuntu software center.. Swap starts rising slowly and slowly . ...
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mp3 files copied to ntfs partition not showing up in music library
I have recently installed Ubuntu and have removed any trace of Windows from my PC. I haven't formatted my partitions to ext though because I don't have a spare drive to take backups.
My problem is ...
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Partitioned storage [From windows] to use as regular storage?
Maybe it's a new user question, but coming from Windows 8 I was asked to partition my hard drive to install Ubuntu.
How can I use that extra space as I once did in Windows? As one big Hard Drive, ...
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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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GPT and os x - partition missing
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I'm fixing my fiends USB drive.
AFIK it was inserted into Windows, and partition were corrupted.
I did manage to fix GUID headers with gpt_surgeon.py and mount it, but then mac did got messy, ...
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Hard-drive partitioning AFTER Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS installation
How can I partition my hard drive (so as to share files between Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS) AFTER I've already installed the Ubuntu OS on the initial NTFS hard drive (which has allowed for dual ...
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Move Grub Boot loader into another partition
I am dual booting mac OS X with Ubuntu 64-bit and using the alternative install, when I got to the Grub boot loader I acidently selected the wrong partition to install, I installed the GRUB on the MAC ...
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Unable to resize LVM partition just after Ubuntu install with 'use lvm' option
During installation of Ubuntu 12.10 x64 I checked the "Use LVM" option. My partitions:
/dev/sda1, ext2, mount: /boot, 243.00 MiB, flag: boot
/dev/sda2, extended, 698.4 GiB
/dev/sda5, lvm2 pv, ...
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Create fully encrypted disk with 2 logical partitions?
Ideally I'd like to use full-disk encryption but have two partitions. Anyone know if this is possible? (Even better, I'd like to resize the one I have and add a partition, but this looks very ...
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Building and migrating to software raid 5 array
I am hoping to build and migrate to a software raid 5 array. I am working with ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS 64-bit. I currently have three drives:
/dev/sda1 which is a 60G solid state drive which contains ...
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Need help with testdisk output
I had (note the past tense) an ubuntu 12.04 system with separate partitions for the base and /home directories. It started acting wonky, so I decided to do a reinstall with 12.10, intending just to do ...
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How to make a partition Ubuntu can read?
I have Windows Vista and I installed Ubuntu 12.04 along with it.
I have three partitions on my hard-drive on Windows, but when I open the laptop through Ubuntu it only reads the first and second ...
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How do I make my computer boot the ubuntu partition?
I have just installed ubuntu on my PC so I have a Windows and a ubuntu partition. When I turn my computer on, it automatically boots to windows. How can I make a menu pop up that lets me select the ...
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How do I fix my partitions after a crash?
The last time I used Virtual Box Windows XP, I was copying file directories in the background with Ubuntu 12.10 at the same time. These were files on my 1.4TB Seagate GoFlex external HDD; I was trying ...
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Can't mount windows partition?
When I try to open the Windows Partition from Ubuntu I receive the error:
Unable to mount 55 GB Filesystem
Error mounting: mount exited without exit code 13: ntfs_mst_post_read_fixup_warn:
magic: ...
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Installation stops after selection installation type
After selecting to install alongside windows 7, th installer ejects the disk, and asks me to remove it. After doing this, the system restarts and loads windows 7 with no further information. How can I ...
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ubuntu installation i can't make more than one partion
i installed Ubuntu several times but in none of options free space is available from which i can make partitions.It has automatically installed Ubuntu in 158 GB and has taken 1 GB for swap.I have 1 ...
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Recovering deleted ext4 Ubuntu partitions using TestDisk (None partition media table type)
Recovering deleted ext4 Ubuntu partitions using TestDisk
Question
How do I write (recover) found partitions from [None] None partition media table type (unallocated space?) in TestDisk?
Problem
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How do I access my Backtrack 5 R3 partition from Ubuntu 12.10?
I can't seem to find the directory in the file system to access my partition of Backtrack from my Ubuntu partition.
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Partition table BSD
I messed up the partition table of my HDD and i guess now its in the BSD format and windows/ubuntu both cannot read it. Does this mean I need to format my HDD and lose my entire file system or is ...
