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root and efi mounted as external HDD - Ubuntu 20.04

After inserting a corrupted USB stick trying to format it, sometimes root and /boot/efi partitions were mounted as external HDD, as in this picture This problem isn't happening at any boot but only ...
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eMMC replaced with SD, showing incorrect storage size

I'm attempting to get an SD card to mount on boot for permanent storage and I'm pretty sure I screwed it up. This is my first time with Linux and I'm not a programmer. I've never even partitioned ...
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Initramfs problem on booting [duplicate]

I'm getting an error while booting ubuntu after a long time and need help in fixing it. [1.506193] Initramfs unpacking failed: ZSTD-compressed data is corrupt /scripts/local-premount/resume:line 73: ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 kernel panic unable to mount root file system

Last night I upgraded from 20.04 to 22.04, and after doing so I am unable to start the OS properly. I get a kernel panic message: [ 2.499793 ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable mount root ...
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How do I IPXE boot and gain or mount access to my IPXE Boot Server so I can run a program that uses database?

My problem is: How do I IPXE boot and gain or mount access to my IPXE Boot Server so I can run a program that uses database? I need to PXE or IPXE and then run the program, but I need data after the ...
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How to locate and clean /dev/nvme0n1p2?

When I execute df -H I get: /dev/nvme0n1p2 63G 42G 18G 70% / I'd like to clean this partition as it has 70% used space, but how do I locate it? Where are the files? If I do disc space check ...
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What to do now? [duplicate]

/dev/sdal contains a file system with errors, check forced. /dev/sda1: Inode 12849237 extent tree (at level 2) could be narrower. IGNORED. /dev/sda1: Inodes that were part of a corrupted orphan ...
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when booting ubuntu EXT04FS

when booting Ubuntu (after checking graphic card - clean) has this error message In Ubuntu 20.04 164.000 EXT4-fs (sdb1) : VFS:can`t find ext4 filesystem 200.000 EXT4-fs (sdb1) : VFS:can`t find ...
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Can't repair ext4 partition after power outage, e2fsck keeps crashing, can't find out what is wrong?

After power outage, Ubuntu couldn't repair ext4 and throws the same error as below with e2fsck: So I use the latest SystemRescue LiveCd and try to manually do fsck. e2fsck /dev/sda2 : /dev/sda2: ...
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Should I change filesystem back to read only after resetting password?

I needed to reset my Ubuntu password in VM, so I booted into recovery mode, remounted the filesystem to rw, and successfully updated the password. Then I resume normal boot. My question is, do I need ...
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Is there anyway on livecd with persistance to write the original file system on the pendrive?

I couldn't find my pendrive in "this computer"section when i boot a live system from it.But later i found it mounted at /cdrom Unluckily for me, I have to modify a word doc on the pendrive(...
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Cannot create a regular file - Permission denied upon copying a file, but files are copied with different permissions

I am copying a set of files to a directory on which the SD card is mounted via $ cp -a * /media/BOOT but I get cp: cannot create regular file '/media/BOOT/u-boot.img': Permission denied With sudo $ ...
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Undeletable phantom directories with question marks in ls causing ZFS mount to fail

After an apt updgrade, I ran into some boot issues involving systemd dependency cycles (like in zfs-linux#1875577). So, since I’m running 20.10 on ZFS (with encryption), I decided to revert the system ...
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Read only filesystem (/dev/sda7) and booting into intrafms. (WIndows 10 dual boot)

Whenever I try to boot into Ubuntu I get the Intrafms prompt. I have found that I can fix it using fsck /dev/sda7, say yes to all the troubleshooting prompts, and when that finishes I useexit. This ...
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Ubuntu read-only filesystem, then initramfs, how run fsck?

Apparently corruption got into my Ubuntu 20.04 samba server. At first it would still launch as a read-only filesystem. A number of forums and blogs recommended running fsck from a live disc. But that ...
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