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Clone a Linux partition to a new SSD and keep both partitions in GRUB
I have the following disks and partitions:
sda 8:0 0 238,5G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 16M 0 part
├─sda2 8:2 0 174,5G 0 part
├─sda3 8:3 0 529M 0 part
└─sda4 8:4 0 63,...
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Issues with Os-prober
I booted Garuda Linux Gnome , an Arch based Linux distro from ventoy , after which I went into Gparted to delete the previous root and efi partitions from the previous installation.
To my surprise, I ...
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Debian GRUB installer partitioning step - Intel MacBook Pro
I am trying to install Debian to a partition on my SSD. Currently I have three partitions on my SSD:
Container disk1 - AFPS container
macOS AFPS Volume Group
Linux - PCI-Express Internal Physical ...
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How to merge /boot partition into root partition
I'm trying to remove the dedicated /boot partition and merge it into root partition /.
I found https://askubuntu.com/questions/741672/how-do-i-merge-my-boot-partition-to-be-a-part-of-the-partition ...
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/dev/disk/by-uuid/... does not exists - Fedora Server 38
I'm trying to get my Fedora Server from VirtualBox to USB drive.
I've used "VBoxManage clonehd blablabla --format raw" and then dd to copy the whole disk to USB drive. I did the same trick ...
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Difference between "grub-mkconfig" and "update-grub"
What is the difference in functionality between grub-mkconfig and update-grub? Aren't they the same?
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How do I install grub on a drive separate from my root partition?
I currently, have a root partition from an arch install I did before, on an NVMe drive, but because my motherboard doesn't support booting from NVMe, I have to have my boot partition installed on a ...
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Copy partition and boot from new copied partition
I am trying to create a script to create an image of an entire partition, restore the image in another partition and boot from the new partition.
I am having problems with the last part, i.e. making ...
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I have Windows installation on NVMe and Installed debian on a SDD partition. PC only booting in Windows, can't use Debian
This is a lsblk output from a live USB with pop_OS used to access to my files, sda and nvme0n1 are the important disks.:
NAME FSTYPE SIZE MOUNTPOINT
loop0 squashfs 2.5G /rofs
sda ...
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How to create a swap partition after instalation
I am running endeavourOS and I want to create a swap partition, I have already installed the OS but did not choose swap when I installed the OS.
I tried to shrink a partition to make it into a swap ...
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"Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda" fatal error when reinstall ubuntu
I have recently tried to reinstall Ubuntu to my Lenovo X1 Carbon but I'm getting the following issues (all my data is backed up):
I tried installing ubuntu from live disk. I selected "reinstall&...
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Update-grub only work in sda1
Introduction
I have 3 linux distribution:
1. Ubuntu (22.04) on /dev/sda1
2. Ubuntu (22.04) on /dev/sda5
3. Manjaro (22.04) on /dev/sda9
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When I try to run update-grub from except /dev/sda1 ...
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Write a bootable image of system into an internal disk, without removing a data partition
I have an internal HDD like partitioned like this:
[---- 100 GB unused ----|----------- 800 GB data ------------]
100 GB of unused or "to be deleted" old partitions /dev/sdb1, /dev/sdb2, /...
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Problem adding Android Bliss OS to GRUB
Here's what's going on: I have an ACER laptop and it has Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Windows. It had an old Linux Mint Sarah partition that I reformatted into NTFS for a Bliss OS installation.
I went through ...
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dracut warning: /dev/mapper/foobar does not exists
I'm trying to install Void Linux with LUKS encryption on the root partition, currently, my /etc/fstab file looks like this:
/dev/sda1 /boot/efi vfat rw,relatime 0 2
/dev/sda2 swap swap rw,noatime,...
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