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How to move hard drives with Fat32 & EXT2 boot partition(s)?
I'm trying to update the SSD on my desktop to a larger one. The computer was originally built around 2011 and has the ubuntu version upgraded over the years (currently on 18.04; I believe started on ...
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2 alternating lvm luks encrypted ssd drives with a USB booting issue
I hope everyone is healthy and safe.
I have one lvm luks encrypted ssd let's call it "A" and it is the main drive inside the laptop, and one lvm luks encrypted ssd on USB let's call it "...
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Lost LVM after MBR to GPT
I accidentally deleted (not formatted) my Ununtu LVM partition on Windows today using it's Disk Management software. After a long night, I've managed to boot into Ubuntu again with my data intact.
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Ubuntu installer attempts to mount an untargeted partition
I have a machine with two disks. Both were LVM and encrypted. I wanted to install Kubuntu 20.04 on /dev/sdb and formatted it and created a GPT partition table and the necessary partitions. When I run ...
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GRUB boot to run Clonezilla on a server with LVM (Ubuntu 20.04 Server)
On a Ubuntu 20.04 Server.
How to setup grub so that it can boot on a recent Clonezilla image (ISO preferred, but also possible ZIP) ?
I've found great post here https://askubuntu.com/a/490206/30535 , ...
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Optimal Disk Partition Scheme for Normal User
I am new to Linux, I have installed Ubuntu Desktop to my machine, and this post is about Ubuntu Desktop, not Server. However, as I do researches about Ubuntu and learn something about it, I have ...
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Dual booting Ubuntu with LVM and FDE & Windows 10 on separate hard drives
So I am planning on dual booting Ubuntu and Windows 10 on my desktop. Ubuntu as my main OS for everyday tasks, learning and dev stuff, and Windows just for gaming.
I want to install Ubuntu on my NVME ...
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grub2: Booting operating system booted last time, the "saved method", throws "error: Diskfilter writes are not supported". How to resolve?
I have found excellent solution to dual boot configuration selection of default OS to be last saved OS (great for update restarts). Editing and update of grub file went without any problems, but after ...
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Kubuntu and Windows 10 on a single encrypted LVM SSD
I want to install Kubuntu 20.04. (encryprted LVM) and Windows 10 on the same SSD disk. Kubuntu will delete and encrypt the full disk. How can install both in dual boot then? Normally I install Windows ...
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Desktop doesn't start after upgrade to Ubuntu 20
I've a dual boot ( windows + ubuntu ) with grub2.
I had Ubuntu 16 and I upgraded it via UI ( I was informed about some crashes about packages it couldn't get, but the process continued until the very ...
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Installing 18.04 on a preexisting Ubuntu 16.04 LVM setup
I'm trying to install Ubuntu 18.04 on my computer.
I have one harddrive that looks like so:
sda
- sda1: /boot/efi
- sda2: /boot
- sda3: [LVM:ubuntu-mate-vg]
- swap_1
- cryptswap1
- /...
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Trying to resize a lvm
So I used Gparted to decrease the size of a partition. The partition has a minimum size of 206598 and a maximum size of 476939. I try to resize the partition to be 206598, but when i do. I get the ...
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Is there any Logical Volume Manager solution exist that supports Ubuntu and Windows both Operating System?
I know there exist Logical Volume Manager like "LVM" for Ubuntu or "Storage Space" for Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 (I am only given example here, there may exist multiple similar solutions for the ...
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Install Ubuntu Server on unused unformated partition (or on free space) - DUAL Boot
Context:
- 1 SSD
- Secure boot UEFI
- 50 GB space
I want to install Ubuntu Server on a system that has a newly created "shrunk" space from Windows 10. I have tried both partitioned and by setting ...
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Installing Ubuntu 18.04 while planning to install another OS alongside in the future
I'd like to install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on a 512GB HDD. I'll definitely not need the whole space for one OS, and I plan to install other distros alongside Ubuntu for short term projects, removing them ...
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