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How can I recover my data after I changed formatting type?
To better explain what is wrong now with my harddisk let me tell you the series of events:
I was trying to expand a CentOS root partition. In order to do that I first tried to unmount and remove the ...
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Error checking storage configuration (centos 7)
I tried to install linux centos 7 (dual boot), this is the first time i install linux so i've been following some tutorial. In the installation destination I've got an error message Error checking ...
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CentOS 7 : How to increase disk space with additional disk so as if there was only one disk?
I have a VPS running CentOS 7 with an original 10 GB disk on which everything is installed /dev/vba1and formatted in xfs.
I ordered from my provider an additional 50 GB disk that I need to format and ...
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How to give permission to user after mounting a hard disk on Centos 7?
I have a HP Microserver gen 8 that i'm using as a NAS at my home, with Centos 7.
And i just got a new hard disk 2 TB, after i installed it in the bay, and rebooted the system.
I've used fdisk to ...
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CentOS 7 Linux resize filesystem after partition resize
I am running CentOS 7 on a HyperV virtual server. I recently increased the size of the hard disk from 32GB to 64GB and used GParted Live to extend the partition, which seems to have worked as shown ...
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CentOS 7: How to support a 3tb, 4tb, or 5tb drive, as a single partition, without UEFI
My CentOS 7 server is running on a system that is non-UEFI and I need to clone a 500GB HD to a 5TB HD to be used as the new boot drive. What is the cheapest, least time-consuming option to support ...
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fdisk - do i need it or can i make a filesystem directly?
i read about fdisk being able to creation partition / which is to break down a physical disk into several logical partitions.
If i intend to utilize the whole disk as a whole, is it still necessary ...
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No disk space on CentOS VM while my data is only 1.8G?
I am just beginning to learn some stuff on Linux. I have virtual machine on CentOS and suddenly my website does not coming up since morning and I get et internal 500 error while trying to login my ...
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Where is Linux root filesystem on an attached drive
I have a CentOS system with many configurations/applications installed on a hard drive. I have installed a new CentOS system on a different hard drive. I have booted from the new system/hard drive and ...
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How many drives do I have?
This is the first time I ordered a dedicated server with 3 HDDs and I am quite confused. My limited knowledge tells me that
/dev/sda
/dev/sdb
/dev/sdc
are the 3 drives that I actually have.
But, ...
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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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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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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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