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How to resize disk partition CentOS
I have parallels mac os desktop and I run centOS. My problem is that I can't make this Disk /dev/mapper/vg_host-lv_root bigger.
Disk /dev/sda: 549.8 GB, 549755813888 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/...
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Login prompt does not appear after editing /etc/fstab
I am currently using CentOS 6.4. I've added 4 entries to the /etc/fstab to auto mount 4 disk.
/dev/sdc1 /usr/bin ext4 defaults 0 2
/dev/sdc2 /usr/sbin ext4 defaults 0 2
/dev/...
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Not enough space on disk when installing second Linux
I have the following problem: I installed a CentOS version 6.4 on my new computer that has 1 TB of HDD and I decided to use all the available space in this disk.
Right now, I want to install a ...
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Creating a USB stick for installing centos 6.x using DVD1 and DVD2 iso files
First, we create 2 partitions on the USB stick that
is let's say 16GB.
first partition is let's say only 1GB
and the second partition is the rest of what is available.
after we "w" write the changes,...
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How to partition a USB drive into 2 sections for Centos ISO files
I actually once did this but forgot how it's done and also did not take notes.
i think i need to create 2 partitions.
one needs to be 500 mb and the rest needs to me whatever is left in the USB ...
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New partition still showing old files?
I have a relatively new installation of Centos 6 installed as a virtual machine on VMWare Workstation. The original issue I was getting was that one of the partitions was created too small in the ...
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Add new partition under raid-1 array
I have small /tmp partition, and I want to create new partition with size 10 GB than current one, I have two hard disk on raid-1 array
# mdadm --query --detail /dev/md0
/dev/md0:
Version : 0....
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Extending the /home partition
I currently have all my backups in /home. I added a new 2 TB disk in the machine and would like to extend my current /home partition by 2 TB (possibly with LVM). However, I don't want to lose my data ...
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Move home to partition or resize home to fit partition
I've two disks in my PC. My /home is in the /dev/sda3 so it's on sda1. Then I have another disk formated and mounted as /data in /dev/sdb1. I want to move /home to /data or delete data complety and ...
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resizing/moving LVM volumes
I have a server machine running CentOS 6.2. It is configured using LVM mapping as it is the default and I didn't see any problem with going that way.
I have a 500Gb drive in there right now, and 54Gb ...
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When installing Linux, what does remove all Linux partitions mean?
The Linux installation screen offers me the option to remove all Linux partitions and to create a default layout however what does this mean exactly? Does it mean that if I have Fedora installed, it ...
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Parted Resize doesnt show up in mount
I used GParted to resize/move a partition on disk. The initial size was 50MB, but I shrunk my C:\ partition in windows, and then moved the start back 50GB
This shows up in parted
Model: ATA TOSHIBA ...
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Centos 5.5 Installation - Configuring Root Partition
I installed the Centos 5.5 on a WM instance. Run out of space after doing the updates. It is very difficult to keep re-partitioning /
I tried to install a new instance but it doesn't let me configure ...
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How can I resize a partition managed by LVM?
I have a fresh CentOS install on my machine and I would like to make space on the drive available in order to install Arch Linux.
Unfortunately, LVM is new to me and doesn't appear to work well ...
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clonezilla moving to bigger harddrive
I successfully cloned my hard drive from 250gb to 1Tb using -k1 on expert mode.
but when I explore the folders, why is it still acting like a 250 gb hard drive. It is still showing that 180gb ...
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