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Deleting dynamic partition to fix windows - urgent
I created new volume in order to install Debian in it.
Once I succeeded.. Windows was unable to start. Freezes on Windows logo screen.
After a painful attempt of installing Debian, I just ruined my ...
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Installing Debian 7.6.0 on Lenovo Y50
I was trying to install Debian on my new laptop: a Lenovo Y50 64bit running Windows 8. I got together with a friend and installed Debian in his computer first and had no problems. However I've tried ...
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What Linux partitions must be bootable?
Specifically regarding / and /boot partitions. What dictates a Linux partition be bootable (requiring a bootable flag)?
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GRUB unknown filesystem error after managing Windows 7 partitions
I'm using Debian and Windows 7 located on one HDD, in dual boot. Windows 7 had two partitions (system partition C: and general-use partition G:). Recently I've cut the G partition in size and created ...
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Using same home partition with same username while reinstalling
I use Debian Lenny and would like to change over to Squeeze. My system consists of two partitions: lenny installation & home directory partition. I have all my personal files in the home directory....
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Moving from 1 Linux Partition to Many over USB Mount
We have devices which use Compact Flash for storage. They work OK, but we recently got industrial-grade CF cards to start using.
One of the major problems we get is corruption on the flash card. As ...
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Mac Partitioning Error (-69624)
I'm trying to create a partition on my Mac so I can run Debian, but whenever I try to partition my disk I get this error:
I've factory reset my Mac, and tried partitioning in recovery mode. I'm not ...
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Cannot resize partition on SD Card for beaglebone
I've been through a few different tutorials and I've been unable to resize my BeagleBone Black's filesystem.
After running /opt/scripts/tools/grow_partition.sh, I get this output:
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Dual bootin windows and linux
Hey firstly I don't know where to ask this question and I have not seen this type of question asked before. Although I have seen this question been asked here Linking Ubuntu Documents to Windows ...
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Debian 10 disk clone to lower sized disk
I am trying to clone my Debian 10 disk image that is currently installed on a 1TB HDD. I have resized the Linux filesystem Partition to 16GB and the rest is unallocated. The allocated space is at the ...
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Bootable USB with Windows Server 2016 not installing, loading after many attempts
Windows Server(2016) put on bootable USB not loading. Have tried to load from both mbr and gpt partitions. I am trying to load it on my Debian machine to turn it into a Windows Home Server 2016. I ...
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Linux (debian 9) - root partition full: move directories from / to external drive
I have a Debian 9 system which is installed on a single storage device.
The size of the device is a bit less than 4 GB, and there is a single partition, onto which the debian image has been written.
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Partman doesn't allow set mount point to a LVM on Debian installation
While installing Debian the partman doesn't allow set an LVM as root file system, cant set / as mountpoint to a LVM filesystem, but when choose "use entire disk and setup LVM" partman comes with a ...
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Resize extended partition on Linux
The setup (Raspberry Pi Desktop for PC and Mac - Debian Stretch 9.5 x86_64)
fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 931.5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
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Linux Partition full but it is really not
I experienced a weird phenomenon right after the installation of Debian 9. It seems like my 2To /home partition (sdc1) is already full though I don't have much things in it yet
root@ripper:/home/...
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