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Extend LVM partition created on a raw device
My Ubuntu 14.04 is running as a Hyper-V guest. So far it had a 140 GB extra virtual "data" disk (in addition to the main Ubuntu OS image). I have now resized the disk in Hyper-V to 200 GB. How do I ...
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How can I extend disk space (logical and physical) on Ubuntu 14.04?
I have a Linux Virtual Machine Server with Ubuntu 14.04, without free space, and I want to extend my disk.
$ df -h
File system Dim. Usati Dispon. Uso% Montato su
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Encountered problem resizing LVM drive with GParted
I've been running a virtual version of Ubuntu via Virtualbox on Windows 8 (host) for a while. However it's recently started to run low on space so I've been using this tutorial to resize it:
http://...
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Unresponsive harddrive unlock screen after kernel upgrader 4.4 -> 4.8
I have this strange error after upgrading my kernel from 4.4 to 4.8. I have an encrypted harddrive and the unlock screen only responds when I boot in 4.4. Whenever I choose 4.8 the unlock-screen is ...
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Turn on num lock before request for passphrase to unlock full encrypted disk
How can I automatically switch on num lock before request passphrase to unlock full encrypted disk (LVM)?
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How to extend storage space on VPS (LVM) 9GB to 40GB
My VM came with a 9GB setup but a 60GB drive. I'm trying to extend it to it's full size. I have to do this on several servers. I tried to follow a guide else where but when creating a new partition I ...
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Updating 14.04 to 16.04. Can I do it without impacting LVM?
I'm not a Linux whiz by any means. A few years ago I struggled through learning how to set up my 3 drives as one large drive using LVM. I'd just as soon not have to re-learn or risk the data that's ...
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Ubuntu is broken after attempted LVM installation
I am trying to install LVM on an Ubuntu 14.04.4 machine, I have the system booted on /dev/sda1, and want to create an LVM partition on /dev/sda2. These are the steps I have followed:
apt-get install ...
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mount unknown filesystem type 'lvm2_member'
After upgrading from 14.04 to 16.06 my system failed.
I have done a fresh install on a new drive, but that failed too...
I have done another install but now when trying to mount my original drive ...
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Re-size boot drive partitions
I recently swapped out a smaller drive (320gb) for a larger one (500gb) because I was getting warnings about space. I had done all of the logical things I knew about to free up space and decided it ...
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What exactly is written to disk with an LVM basic install on 1T drive?
I need to reverse an LVM install to an Intel MAC 1T disk, if possible. Even if it's not possible, I still want to know what exactly is written to the disk after pvcreate, vgcreate and lvcreate are ...
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Ubuntu - messed up partition table
I have an ubuntu 14.04 server vm on a Xen server.
I have 40Gb disk space allocated to it and my partition table looks like this
df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% ...
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How to fix non-working USB (keyboard, mouse) after grub menu for full-disk encrypted installation?
I have a freshly installed Ubuntu 14.04 on a Dell E5450. The hard disk is fully encrypted on installation.
The laptop's keyboard is working fine, yet I have trouble when trying an external USB ...
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How do I start my Laptop with root partition on lvm2 thin pool
My Laptop is configured as dual boot system with Ubuntu 14.04 (and windows 8.1). Lately I replaced the dedicated root and swap partitions with a lvm2 partition (VG (Volume Group) LinuxBereich) ...
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ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/... does not exist (after lvextend and aptitude upgrade) [closed]
After resizing the lvm of my machine and - some time later, updating kernel of my machine, the machine does not start. Error: ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/... does not exist
What can I do here? Just ...
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