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Used 4 primary partitions, now need to add more space
I currently have CentOS 6.5 running on a VM in a live environment. The need to increase space has arrisen several times, and after following guides online it has worked successfully until today.
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Has anyone encountered this error? read error on /dev/sdc - cannot read sector 0?
/dev/sdc: read failed after 0 of 1024 at 0: Input/output error
/dev/sdc: read failed after 0 of 1024 at 2499819012096: Input/output error
/dev/sdc: read failed after 0 of 1024 at 2499819130880: ...
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How can I merge partitions in Linux without losing data?
So, I'm working on a couple VMs for a high-profile site, and they have /home partitioned separately from / (root). The owner has asked me to merge the two partitions so that /home is not partitioned ...
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move folder on a linux partition
my os is CentOS 6 running as a virtual machine under ESX. I don't know why /home folder is mapped to the biggest partition. I want my own folder /data (which is next to /etc, /root, /home and others) ...
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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
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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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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
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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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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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