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My SSD filled up mysteriously; now I can't boot Debian 12

I have a (new) Lenovo notebook and was using Debian 12.  I was working in a Google Docs file and suddenly received a message saying that I should empty my SSD because it was almost full.  When I ...
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Dual Boot Issue: Arch Linux SSD Not Recognized in BIOS After Windows Installation

I’m currently facing an issue with my dual boot setup. I have two NVMe SSDs: a 1TB SSD with Arch Linux and GRUB configured, and a newly installed 4TB SSD with Windows. To avoid any complications ...
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SSD not showing up in Bios - but working under Debian

I bought a new m.2 pcie 3.0 1TB ssd for my laptop from Samsung, and it works for storing and transferring files from Debian. But it doesn't show up in the BIOS, and I cannot boot from it. What could ...
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Newly Cloned NVMe won't boot on laptop

In my fairly old laptop running Fedora 38 I have an normal 2.5" SSD drive. The laptop has a NVMe slot so I added a NVMe drive into the laptop. I Installed the NVMe drive into the laptop and ...
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Internal SSD not detected in boot or lsblk

I had a Linux mint system which was working fine until it froze and the "safe restart" of alt+Sysreq+REISUB didn't work, so I had to hard shutdown. After this the bootable SSD stopped ...
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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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Cannot clone a full SSD (LVM) to another SSD unless is exact same type

I have a CentOS 7.9 installation and I want to move all SSD contents including OS to a new/faster SSD (both are M.2 nvme). The disk is setup using LVM. I tried cloning with Macrium Reflect and other ...
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Slow boot due to SSD mounting?

Im seeing a weird problem, which i dont know where origins from. im running Pop_OS! 20.10 and kernel 5.9.10 Running sudo dmesg i see: [ 13.453986] rfkill: input handler enabled [ 41.356512] EXT4-fs (...
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In UEFI Class 3 how install centos 8

I recently bought a sf514 ACER laptop. The BIOS of this laptop is UEFI Class 3, so it does not have AHCI mode. When I installed centos 8 it could not detect the nvme ssd hard drive, how do I install ...
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I have ubuntu on SSD and HDD. How to boot into ubuntu on SSD instead of ubuntu on HDD

I had ubuntu 20.04 installed on my HDD and i copied it to my new partition (/dev/sdb4) on SSD, then i installed grub. Now whenever i select ubuntu on /dev/sdb4 (i.e. ubuntu on SSD) boot option, my ...
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CentOS 8 Installer not detecting the internal Hard Disk(SSD)

I have a Dell Latitude 7400, which came with Windows 10 OS. I'm trying to install CentOS in it, but the CentOS installer is not detecting the internal SSD. My Laptop Configuration, System Type ...
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Should you use external hdd storage device and/or usb sticks for booting linux system for long term uses?

Hi sorry I am a newbie in linux and was just wondering if it is a good idea to use usb/hdd to boot linux?? I used samsung usb 3.1 128GB to boot Kali linux and it heated up pretty quickly which made ...
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My SSD has unexpected inconsistencies showing up after some time of usage

I have Ubuntu installed on my Kingston SSD. 4.15.0-55-generic #60-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 2 18:22:20 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux The system itself is quite smooth, but I have a major data ...
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Root partiton size on Mint 19.2

I want to install Linux Mint 19.2 (Cinnamon DE). My laptop has a 96GB ssd plus a 1TB hdd. Of course my intention is to boot from ssd , so the '/' partition will go there, but here is the point: should ...
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ata6.00: failed to set xfermode (err_mode=0x40) Gave up waiting for root file system device

I'm trying to get a working dual boot with Windows 10 (working) and Kali Linux (not working). After the "installation" (I'm not sure the term is correct), Kali was booting for the first boot and this ...
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