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How to shrink the root parition after Ubuntu install? root partition is already installed
I installed Ubuntu 24.04 with advanced features ("Use LVM and encryption"), but I couldn't find more options to partition the disk during the installation. Here is the partition layout that ...
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Stuck in GRUB 2.06 command line after copying disk with CloneZilla
I have two identical HDD disks both have the same size. Because my main disk had some bad sectors, I decided to move my Ubuntu 22.04 system to another newer disk. Following the advice of people on ...
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Is my SSD dying?
I have a home server that I use for Home Assistant with Ubuntu Server. All was good but someday the server stopped responding. I plugged it into a monitor and it was requiring a manual filesystem ...
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/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv is full
I'm new to Ubuntu so I apologize in advance. I got my server up and running this week and set up jellyfin, which has been working fine up until now. I dont know if this is the cause but my boot drive ...
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Volume group "encrypted" not found - error message during boot - I did not set up any volume groups
It was working the previous days normally, but suddenly I got this error message during the boot somewhere around the end of init-premount or beginning of local-bottom or in-between.
Volume group &...
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extending partition to root in ubuntu [duplicate]
I'm working on a Ubuntu 22.04 VM of 300GB , I got a warning " / is using 95.0% of 97.87GB" , I tried to increase my hard-disk space by adding additional 300GB of harddisk.
This is the result ...
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lvextend root partition causing (initramfs) ALERT! /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
I'm building an Ubuntu 22.04.02 image using packer qemu builder.
I then dd the raw image to a baremetal mini pc.
On the first boot of the Ubuntu image I have a procedure that extends the root ...
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Install Ubuntu 22.04 Server with RAID 1 and LVM on machine with UEFI BIOS?
I followed the instructions here - Install Ubuntu 20.04 desktop with RAID 1 and LVM on machine with UEFI BIOS but used the Ubuntu Server Installer to configure the partition layout and added an extra ...
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Problem with boot - initramfs: Waiting for /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-ubuntu--lv to appear
initramfs: Timeout while waiting for devices for / (and possibly /usr) filesystems to appear (did you specified correct ones)
initramfs: Will cause kernel panic in 10s...
I chrooted to /dev/mapper/...
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Fresh install on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on RAID 0 using LVM not booting
Just created 2 HDD drives 1TB RAID 0 array with bios after starting installation from USB stick everythings works just fine on partitioning page selected LVM with no encryption and LVM gives me report ...
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Is dd for /boot and LVM snapshot for root logical volume the proper strategy for full backup of UEFI PC Ubuntu Server?
I'm planning to create full backup of my Ubuntu Server installation in UEFI mode on 512GB disk.
There is one mandatory UEFI Parition (1GB), /boot is standard EXT4 separate boot partition (2GB) and the ...
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Ubuntu boot partition size problem
I have this constant problem with Ubuntu boot partition size, however I can't resize the other partition because it's an LVM encrypted partition.
Resize the ext4 boot partition to give some 200-300MB ...
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I messed up and made my /boot partition laughably small over 4 years ago. Resizing it will not be straightforward. What can I do?
Ubuntu version is 22.04 LTS Desktop
My boot disk is /dev/sda, and it has three partitions.
Here are the relevant mounts:
~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
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How to disable GUI for password prompt for encrypted LVM volumes on boot?
How to disable GUI for password prompt for encrypted LVM volumes on boot and how to remove all strings on console output? I just need cleared prompt with blinking cursor.
And yes, I want to confuse ...
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22.04 (LVM, encrypted) stopped booting, drop to shell: Error: vgubuntu-root does not exist
I'm running Ubuntu 22.04 with LVM/encryption. This morning, the normal boot sequence stopped working: it does not prompt me for my encryption password, but instead drops to a shell with the following ...
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