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Extend/resize boot partition [closed]
Currently i have /dev/sda disk on which i have root partition (as /dev/sda1) and boot (as /dev/sda2)
As my boot partition is only 100MB i need to extend it. Unfortunately i can't add space to disk /...
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Stopped on initramfs prompt after reinstalling "initramfs-tools-core"
Executed the command sudo apt-get install --reinstall initramfs-tools-core after facing some dependency issues on installing a package using apt-get. Then laptop got stuck on initramfs.error
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16.04 not booting. Mounted it on 18.04, data seems fine. Repaired Grub
Been raked over the coals with this one.
16.04 crashed while running. Could not even get grub to come up. It is not a dual boot system. Only 16.04. Just screen flashing. No command line access with ...
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Deleted a Logical Volume to free space - Ubuntu still looks for it on bootup - need help
In an attempt to free up some space on my Home media server, I deleted a Logical Volume from a Raid 5 Array (MDADM). Now when booting, Ubuntu fails to load due to a timeout trying to mount the ...
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unable to disable swap after reboot
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why is my swap partition being used after reboot?
Context
My system has two swap areas in Linux Ubuntu:
sudo swapon --show
NAME TYPE SIZE USED PRIO
/dev/nvme0n1p7 ...
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Which paritition do I chroot for recovering kernel with dual boot?
I was trying to install a new package on 16.04 last night, but received an error indicating /boot was full. I've run into this before, and the solution was to purge files, so I decided to just purge ...
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Changed Fstab file using gnome-disks utility, now stuck in login loop
I wanted to auto mount my hard disk on startup, and used the gnome disks utility - disk mount options and this changed the fstab file. I have separate root, home and swap partitions.
When I try to ...
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Error opening /dev/sdf1: No such device or address (udisks-error-quark, 0)
My computer`s hard-drive started to give some boot-related errors after a reboot. After running the in-built diagnostics tool of my computer, it found out that, it can no longer detect the hard-drive. ...
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Read Only on Whole Drive
is there anyway to fix my ubuntu server 16.04 LTS from read only error?
Before that, I tried to update grub and update initramfs for disabling swap, then after reboot, it happens... it quite sucks ...
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Ubuntu 16 not booting [duplicate]
I've been using Ubuntu 16 and yesterday it was taking too much time to boot.
So I forced restart it by pressing and holding the power button.
Later when I tried to boot it,it's "Unable to mount root ...
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Error "The disk drive for /tmp is not ready yet or not present. Continue to wait" after 16.04 upgrade
I updated to 16.04 from 14.04 and now i have this error, i have searched on the internet and for some people doing:
sudo mv /tmp /tmp_old
sudo mkdir /tmp
sudo chmod 1777 /tmp
but it didn´t for me
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Can't boot linux because of Windows drive mount error [closed]
Formatted Windows disk C:, now can't boot Linux Mint (Ubuntu 16.04) cause Linux cant mount the disk during start up: seems disk UUID changed or something like this. It asks me to press C to continue, ...
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(nvme0n1p1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
$ dmesg | grep nvme
[ 1.017031] nvme0n1: p1 p2 p3 p4
[ 7.487584] EXT4-fs (nvme0n1p1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[ 7.624166] EXT4-fs (nvme0n1p1): re-mounted. ...
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Ubuntu is no longer loading
I have an encrypted SSD which i can't seem to get into anymore. It is/was the main drive of my computer with the Ubuntu OS installed on it.
I have made a dd of it with sudo dd if=/dev/sdb5 of=/home/...
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Normal boot hangs on "Scanning for BTRFS files systems" after conversion from ext4
I have a headless server with an installation of Ubuntu 16.04. The default installation comes with an ext4 file system and reinstalling it from scratch is not possible, but I need the snapshot and ...
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