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Arch Linux 6.7.2-arch1-1 sporadically crashes / reboots
I have recently built a new PC rig. At first everything seemed to work fine, but after a while, the system started crashing seemingly randomly.
"Randomly" meaning that it sometimes happens ...
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SSD with Arch Linux not booting after adding another SSD
I added a new SSD to the desktop machine that had an SSD with Arch Linux (wuth a rolling distro, no specific version). After I tried to boot, I had an error:
Initramfs unpacking failed: invalid magic ...
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How to understand the output of the nvme command?
To optimize performance of an SSD, the Arch wiki says to run nvme id-ns /dev/nvme0n1 and evaluate the output, specifically of the last lines starting with lbaf. If there's more than one lbaf entry, ...
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How should I enable discard and no workqueue for LUKS in Arch/Manjaro
So I've read the wiki and this answer, and I'm still a bit overwhelmed. In the wiki it feels like a lot of these are optional.
Here's what I did. I used Manjaro to install into a single partition, ...
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Disk corruption after updating arch and restarting
I had Arch installed on a 128GB SATA SSD in BIOS/MBR mode. I did an update, (which also updated the kernel) and rebooted. Instead of rebooting properly, I got a GRUB rescue shell. I took the SSD out ...
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SSD failed command: FLUSH CACHE EXT
I have a fairly new SSD (516 Power on hours according to SMART) which fails to boot. Windows is installed on the SSD which can't boot (since an update) The disk can't written from an Arch Linux USB ...
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Installing Manjaro 18 on HP Spectre NVMe SSD
I recently picked up this lovely laptop (HP Spectre X360 13), and want to install Manjaro on it. It has a Toshiba NVMe SSD (KXG50ZNV1T02).
Seeing that this will be my first install of Linux onto an ...
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SSD Encryption / dm-crypt
I have bought a Samsung 850 EVO 250GB yesterday and I am preparing to install Arch on it. But I have some questions before starting.
My SSD supports encryption (ENCRYPTION SUPPORT: AES 256-bit ...
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Cannot attach cache device to backing device
I have an LVM and I wanted to use bcache to cache one of its LVs. (Yes, I know I could use lvmcache, but I was having issues booting and I gave up using it.)
First, I used blocks to convert the LV ...
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Device timed out on boot after enabling lvmcache
I added an mSATA drive to my laptop and used it as an lvmcache for the LVM stored on my (spinning) hard drive. This LVM contains /home (as well as /var, /opt and /usr).
Upon booting (with kernel 4.9....
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Installing Arch Linux on caching SSD [closed]
I installed Arch on a VM and I liked it, so I would like to install it on my laptop.
My laptop is a Asus Zenbook s55l, which has a 24G SSD that was previously used for intel SRT.
I would like to ...
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Defining the Arch Linux bootloader on a Chromebook?
I'm planning on installing Arch Linux onto an Asus Chromebook Flip C100P. After enabling developer mode and creating a compatible live USB, I'm ready to start partitioning the device.
Whenever I've ...
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Recommended partitioning scheme for Arch Linux when using two hard drives [closed]
I want to install Arch Linux on my laptop, which has two hard drives: a 25GB SSD and a 700GB HDD.
I'd like to have the OS installed on SSD and have my data stored on the HDD.
Which partitioning ...
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What is the order in which physical volumes are used in a volume group?
I have a volume group which contains 2 physical volumes
400g on a 7200rpm hdd
250g on an ssd.
Can I ensure that the ssd is used first/ the hdd is only used when the ssd is full? Note I will have var ...
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Problems with secondary hdd in grub
I had some problems installing Linux mint and or any other Linux distribution in combination with Windows. When I booted my machine it would hang before the grub bootloader showed up. Now i have some ...
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