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Tagged with external-hard-drive linux
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Can I boot my notebook via eSata pci-xpress card?
I would like to boot directly from an external hard disk to improve performance over my internal notebook hard disk. My notebook has no native eSata jack but a pci express card.
As my BIOS doesn't ...
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Install deb packages in another directory (or equivalent)
I have a netbook with a tiny hard drive, and an external drive to go with it. It's running Ubuntu. I want to be able to install some packages to that external hard drive, so that when the hard drive ...
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USB external disk works ok with linux?
I'm about to buy a samsung USB G2 5ooGB, or a western digital 500GB USB Essential
In their specs, none of them say they work on linux. I'm almost sure they do work fine, just like my 4 GB pen drive
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My NTFS Partition keeps becoming "unusable" on Ubuntu, Any Ideas?
I just purchased a new 2TB Drive External Seagate, My main system uses both Windows and Ubuntu So I am pretty much stuck with keeping my drive as NTFS. I have done this without any problems before ...
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Proper way to set permissions on an external disk's ext3 partition
I have a new external disk and just made an ext3 partition on it. I'm wondering what's the best way to set permissions on it (so that it's rw for certain users). I guess I could chmod ... /dev/sdb1 ...
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Poor Man's Hybrid Storage under Linux
Hybrid Storage harddisks use a large non-volatile cache to save power and improve speed.
I wanted to ask if there's a reasonably simple way to simulate that under Linux. Ideally there would be a FUSE-...
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external hard drive is no longer recognized, gives buffer I/O errors
The external hard drive which contains all my photos and where I backed-up all my important documents is no longer recognized. It is a three month old 500GB Iomage Prestige Desktop Hard Drive.
When ...
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Automatically distinguish difference between multiple HDDs in linux?
I'm running Ubuntu Server 9.10. I have two external USB HDDs. I use them each for different backup reasons. So certain data gets stored on one HDD, and different information gets stored on the other ...
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Upgrade internal 2.5" hard drive vs external usb hard drive for an old laptop?
I got a dell inspiron 1501 laptop with a 80Gb sata drive what is the best solution to add data storage space for someone that love to have multiples operating systems at hand ...
Note: I use mostly ...
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grub2 error: out of disk
I'm trying to make a 250G USB hard disk Ubuntu-bootable on a Compaq nc6220 laptop.
I've removed all other disks, so /dev/sda (the USB disk) is the only disk other than CDROM.
I installed Ubuntu 9.10 ...
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external disk suddenly unmounting
Platform: Ubuntu 9.10
Disk Brand/model: WD My Book
The external hard disk suddenly unmounts after a while. I suspect it's due to it "sleeping" to save power.
I don't recall the problem having ...
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External Hard Drive bad sectors recover/mark utility in linux
I've just installed the new version of Ubuntu, Karmic Koala, in my laptop. Everything is fine, except for the fact the system identified about 300 bad sectors in my 1TB external hard drive. I'd like ...
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USB resets with Ubuntu 9.10
Since the upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10 I have issues with getting USB device resets on my Maxtor OneTouch USB harddrive:
Nov 9 20:54:37 localhost kernel: [32459.100021] usb 2-2: reset high speed USB ...
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Automatically mount external drives to /media/LABEL on boot without a user logged in?
This question is similar, but kind of the opposite of what I want. I want external USB drives to be mounted automatically at boot, without anyone logged in, to locations like /media/<label>.
I ...
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Linux File system for a 1 TB External Hard drive
I have a 1TB external seagate hard drive that i use it with my dell inspiron 1525 laptop running UBuntu 9.04. I dont intend to share my hdd with anyone, so my laptop is the ...
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