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How to Extend primary partition(/dev/sda1) in linux?
Im having a problem, my primary partition is running out of space. Due to this, I can't access linux machine remotely (through vncserver). I have another drive (/dev/sdb) having much more free space. ...
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Is there a performance difference when installing an OS on the last partition?
I have a laptop with Windows installed on a GPT hard drive. I want to have another partition to store data and yet another to install Linux Mint (or Ubuntu, still deciding). Should I install it on the ...
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Do I have to make a partition before installing dual-boot Ubuntu?
I am trying to dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 10. On the guides I have seen online, people generally make a disk partition prior to installation. Then on the installation screen when they are asked ...
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Where can I find a comprehensive explanation of hard drive partitioning? [closed]
I have been messing around with linux distros and have been asked to create partitions. I generally just click through the standard options without really knowing what I am doing. Since this kind of ...
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Accidentally Formated /dev/sda1
I was messing around with some partitions on a PC that has both Windows 7 and Ubuntu 15.04 installed on it. In gparted, I distractedly formatted /dev/sda1 as fat32.
Upon rebooting, I got the message "...
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File system concepts (df command)
I'm finding it difficult to understand some stuffs about the df command. Suppose I type df and I have the following output
Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
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Install Arch Linux (or any os) to a computer with no USB or ethernet?
I have a Microsoft Surface Laptop whose usb does not work. It had a short and the device is permanently disabled (I'm fairly certain it is broken hardware-wise). Regardless, that is the only port this ...
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installation of kali linux in windows
I have twice "disk". One is my windows I have another unallocated disk. Should I make it a volume to install Kali Linux?
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Windows 8: Drive partition is missing
wanted to run 2 operating systems on the same laptop so downloaded manjaro ( I have windows 8). When i opened 'Gparted' (after booting manjaro) in order to partition my disk i got the message "...
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Which partition should i shrink the volume size to install linux ? Are there are limit of primary partition? [closed]
I am windows user. Now I want a dual boot with linux. A screen shot of my computer's disk management:
Which partition do you recommend I shrink? And if I'm not mistaken, operating system must ...
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Install Multiple OS on USB Drive
I would like to install multiple OS on USB Drive with as less partitions as possible.
One way I thought of doing that is via Ventoy. I haven't tested this approach but it goes like this.
Install OS ...
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Why my pc doesn't display the boot menu to choose an OS when I start the pc? [duplicate]
I originally had a Windows OS and I wanted to also have a Linux OS. So I added Ubuntu in dual boot with Windows. However, when I start my pc, it doesn't display the boot menu and goes on the Windows ...
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How can I install and launch Windows Server in dual boot?
I my Server, I have a sda disk, on it I installed a Windows Server 2008, and a CentOS7.2 system.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 209717247 ...
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Is there any way to block some partition unaffected
I am working on some application where i need save some system state configuration files related to my application. So i want to save(Backup) it some where in the hard disk partition(as hidden or ...
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Linux Mint VM in VirtualBox freezes with DISKFULL error
Disk partitioning guide for Linux Mint Debian
This guides shows me how to partition my HD for Linux Mint. I'm trying to install Mint as a guest client on Windows 7 hosted VirtualBox. I used to let it ...
