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BTRFS and disk usage mystery
# df -h /
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2 119G 113G 5.5G 96% /
and BTRFS agrees:
# btrfs fi df /
Data, single: total=111.00GiB, used=110.53GiB
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Is it possible to install Debian within a Windows filesystem in the same manner as Ubuntu can be installed with Wubi?
I have a Windows 7 laptop whose hard drive has four primary partitions out of the box.
The first partition is labeled "SYSTEM" (209 MB NTFS) and seems to contain the Windows boot loader.
The second ...
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The attempt to mount a file system with type vfat in /dev/nvme0n1p1 at /boot/efi failed
Trying to install Debian dual boot with windows 10 on SSD but I have this error message : The attempt to mount a file system with type vfat in /dev/nvme0n1p1 at /boot/efi failed I forced EFI ...
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Debian root partition greater than 2TB
I have two internal hard drives: a 4TB drive and a 750GB drive. After selecting RAID0 and installing Debian (wheezy) to a single partition, I ran fdisk -l which reported that the size of my root ...
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debian installer doesnt allow for specific LUKS combination of multiple drives
so i have these 3 drives in my PC:
/dev/sda 240GB SSD Sandisk SSDSDA240G
/dev/sdb 1TB HDD WDC WD10EZEX-08WN4A0
/dev/sdc 2TB SSD TS2TSSD230S
i want to install Debian Bookworm (12) on /dev/sda. my plan ...
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Linux Root volume partition without losing the data
We have this scenario : we want to increase the disk space of one of our vm
root@Test-01:~# blkid
/dev/vda2: UUID="0eae0eb4-92ed-45ec-aa99-6d606f17e70a" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="...
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Choose install location on Debian installation
Noob here
I'd just like to know if I can choose where to install Debian during the installation.
Because I'll use a valid PC to boot up the installer to install on a HDD of an old PC that cannot ...
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Debian installer can't access eMMC Card
so for some backstory: a couple days ago, i bought a cheap laptop (a Lenovo Ideapad 1 with an AMD Athlon silver) and planned to install gnu/linux on it, replacing windows 10. previously i set up a ...
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Combine Debian netinst with a regular partition - USB
I wonder if it is possible to have a bootable Debian netinst USB drive while also retaining the ability to store regular files on that same drive. What I would like to have in the end is USB drive ...
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How to risize VirtualBox dynamic disk for Debian guest (windows 10 host)
I created a debian virtual machine with current version (5.2.2 r119230) of virtual box. I set up a dynamic disk with 20GB maximum. Current size as stated by VirtualBox is 8.31GB.
The problem is that ...
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ext4 SD card formatted on Linux, and will not show on OSX
I formatted an SD Card as ext4 on my Debian machine. Before I formatted I deleted all partions, created a single partion, and write the changes.
I was able to mount the SD card on my Debian box and ...
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Debian don't login as user after partition resize
I have a workstation with a Debian 8 with a XFCE and 8GB hdd. I want to resize a partition. I do:
e2fsck -f /dev/sda1
resize2fs -M /dev/sda1 #resize fs to minimal size;
fdisk /dev/sda1 #remove ...
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MBR and GPT confusion: installing Debian on macbook air
I'm following this question and trying to install Debian on my MacBook. I've lost that account so I couldn't accept that guy's answer (I'm sorry, I'll not loose this one).
So, I followed with his ...
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Installing Debian on my macbook air
I want to install Debian on my macbook air 13" from 2011. I'm following this tutorial: https://wiki.debian.org/MacBookAir4%2C2Testimonial
It starts by telling me to use bootcamp on OS X. I don't have ...
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Debian is installing to USB instead of HD?
I am trying to install Debian onto an old PC to practice some Linux sysadmin stuff but it continually install onto the USB instead of my hard drive. I have tried the guided and manual partitioning ...
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