Disk partitioning is the act of dividing a hard disk drive into multiple logical storage units referred to as partitions, to treat one physical disk drive as if it were multiple disks.
0
votes
0answers
7 views
EFI dual-boot problem on HP Pavilion 15 with Windows 8 and Debian 8
Context
HP Pavilion 15 Notebook, when I bought it there was Windows 8 pre-installed.
Yesterday I partitioned my hard disk and I installed a fresh new Debian 8 everything fine, here's the table:
...
1
vote
1answer
35 views
How do I resize the active partition (in Ubuntu 15.04)?
When I first created this virtual server with VMWare it was 16G, but that has proven to be insufficient space. So I recently resized it with GParted to 32G using the Live CD. Judging by the results ...
0
votes
0answers
9 views
How do I identify which disk(s) make up a vxfs disk group?
In case it matters, system in question is Solaris installed on SPARC.
System contains two HDDs, same make/model/capacity.
On one HDD are the root and var partitions/slices.
/etc/mnttab shows me that ...
0
votes
0answers
7 views
Load root partition on embedded linux system
I'm using a zynq-7000 SoC, running a custom petalinux build, which is on an SD card. The boot partition contains a boot.bin (the bootloaders etc) and an image (containing the kernel). The root ...
1
vote
0answers
7 views
Shrinking root partition on Debian
I'm using a headless Debian Wheezy server with 2x3TB disks. It was installed automatically with RAID1.
This is the output of df -h:
$ df -h
Sys. fich. ...
-1
votes
0answers
33 views
problem accessing one of the partitions [on hold]
I have elementary os installed with four partition.
One partition I can'nt access. This partition was previously NTFS partition, which I formatted to ext 3 using gpart utility. After I format ...
-2
votes
1answer
32 views
Exam question about Partitions [on hold]
Which Partition is required in Linux?
a. /dev-partition
b. /home-partition
c. /swap-partition
My answer was .a (/dev )
1
vote
0answers
34 views
Startup problem: invalid partition table or use UEFI BOOT
I'm working on a Dell Latitude E5430. Recently I booted pcbsd from USB using this file:
PCBSD10.1.1-RELEASE-01-31-2015-x64-DVD-USB_0.iso
But I guess I did something wrong. I was trying to install ...
3
votes
3answers
52 views
How to format a partition inside of an img file?
I created an img file via the following command:
dd if=/dev/zero bs=2M count=200 > binary.img
It's just a file with zeroes, but I can use it in fdisk and create a partition table:
# fdisk ...
2
votes
1answer
45 views
Problems with partition table on 3tb NTFS drive
I have a 3tb HDD which was formatted with NTFS and put in a USB enclosure. It was used under Windows and Linux, with no problems for a year. Recently it stopped mounting under Linux and Windows, and ...
1
vote
1answer
26 views
“grep: memory exhausted” error on large partition
I was editing a text file with my notes on linux commands when I noticed a big chunk of it was missing (copy without paste, probably). The problem is that I already saved the document. (And this is a ...
0
votes
1answer
33 views
Where did my free space go after reducing a partition?
I have a machine running Centos 6.x, with only one hard drive, 2 TB in size. I found that it had almost all of that space partitioned to the /home directory, so I decided I wanted to reduce that ...
1
vote
0answers
18 views
How to recover ext2 if all superblocks are gone? [closed]
I have a 120 GB hard drive that consisted of an ext2 partition (which occupied all but about 1GB of the disk) and a swap partition. I had mounted it successfully and was browsing files, before I ...
3
votes
0answers
31 views
Expanding root partition CentOS 6 With using fdisk
I am trying to expand the root partition on a VM which is not using LVM and I do not have (nor want to try and create then use) a disk to boot from. As such I followed what I felt was the logical ...
0
votes
1answer
63 views
Centos 6.6, resize partition
We have a Centos server as a virtual machine where the / path is getting full.
So we want to resize the partition from 50GB to 70GB.
I followed this guide
...
2
votes
1answer
23 views
Unable to mount new created partition on virtual machine running CentOS
I have CentOS 6.6 (32-bit) running in VMware Workstation 10.0.3 build-1895310. I have just modified the Virtual Machine Settings, expanding the Hard Disk from 20 GB to 30 GB. I also created a new ...
0
votes
1answer
32 views
How to set MBR to Linux Partition instead of GRUB
I have a Linux Mint 17.1 Partition at /dev/sda1 and another Mint 17.1 Partition at /dev/sda5. How do I set the MBR to boot into /dev/sda1 instead of the GRUB menu? I know how to use GParted to delete ...
1
vote
1answer
20 views
How to clone an MTPFS partition of a mounted Android phone?
Using mtpfs I've mounted a Samsung Galaxy S5 and I need to make an image of its root partition. I want to use dd or the like, but nothing seems to be able to detect/reference an MTP and/or FUSE ...
0
votes
1answer
17 views
Copied Arch Linux partition broke original partition's mount point
I have an installation of Arch on an ext4 partition on a 250GB SSD. My intention was to copy the partition containing it to a different HD on my system, and resize the copy. So from a separate ...
2
votes
2answers
51 views
Problem to Install CentOS 6.4 (Second) after that Win7 (First) - dual boot
I want to install CentOS 6.4 in my PC, this image shows my Windows 7 partition before to install it
But when I was ask to select my option (mode) of install CentOs like this:
Or this (really is my ...
1
vote
0answers
25 views
How to create separate usr partition during arch install?
How do I modify and add the hooks needed in mkinitcpio to have a separate usr partition?
Also, am I mounting the other partitions correctly?
http://imgur.com/Rxt6o1g
Basically I'm using UEFI with ...
1
vote
0answers
7 views
partprobe equivalent on OS X
After I manually edited a partition table on a device in OS X, the corresponding devices don't get created automatically under /dev.
How to I tell the OS X kernel to reread partition tables as I ...
1
vote
2answers
30 views
Moving 4 system folders to 1 separated partition
Some background:
I have installed Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon on my laptop SSD on a 10GB formatted partition and i have another HDD with 75GB, both ext4 formatted.
The question part: I have two partitions ...
3
votes
1answer
40 views
Odd output from fdisk -l: overlapping and missing partitions? [duplicate]
I am running Debian 8 as the only operating system on my Toshiba Satellite laptop, though I previously had other operating systems installed.
Running the command sudo fdisk -l produces the following ...
1
vote
2answers
34 views
Partition table-less HDD [duplicate]
Just this morning, I accidentally created a hdd filesystem without a partition table. I didn't even know it was possible but it happened. Now the issue is to undo it or leave it alone.
For this ...
0
votes
1answer
36 views
Mounting Windows 8.1 partition in fstab fails even when FastBoot is turned off
I'm using Arch Linux, and with this in my fstab for mounting my Windows partition:
/dev/sda2 /media/windows ntfs-3g josh,exec 0 0
it panics and goes into emergency mode on boot. I turned off ...
1
vote
1answer
39 views
Creating separate volume for /var/log/ and /var/log/audit/
I need to migrate /var/log/ and /var/log/audit to separate volumes. Currently the entire /var/ directory is on a logical volume with ample space (45G). I understand how to shrink and create new ...
0
votes
1answer
46 views
“fdisk -l” output: what are Disk label type“ and ”Disk identifier"
fdisk -l output:
.
.
Disk label type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x0006a8bd
.
.
what are Disk label type" and "Disk identifier"
Also, apart from the manuals, where else can I find more information ...
0
votes
2answers
47 views
SD-Card doesn't work anymore
I have a SD-Card and it doesn't work anymore. If I enter dmesg, this console will show this:
[ 646.467407] mmc0: new SD card at address d555
[ 646.468578] mmcblk0: mmc0:d555 SD032 30.6 MiB
[ ...
0
votes
2answers
37 views
Unable to mount Volume Group [closed]
2 drives connected externally to a new server both are merged using LVM as one drive.
vgscan
Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while...
Found volume group "vol_grp1" using metadata type ...
0
votes
2answers
39 views
rsync partial LVM volume to Remote Directory
Can I rsync a full hdd partition (which is inaccessible) to a remote directory?
Inaccessible means it cannot be mounted, it was part of LV volume merged with other HDD which is faulty and removed ...
0
votes
1answer
35 views
Hard Disk Clone Image Size
I've created an image backup for HDDA (partition) from HostA and saved on HostB
ssh -c blowfish user@ip-or-hostname "dd if=/dev/sda1 | gzip -1 -" | dd of=sda1.gz conv=sync,noerror
The HDD size is ...
-1
votes
0answers
41 views
Cant copy / delete files on usb partition
I'm currently running xubuntu 12.04 on my computer.
I am having some problems copying files from my home folder to a usb drive with 8 GB.
Now, i am having several problems like:
the computer cant ...
2
votes
0answers
24 views
recover lvm formatted partition
I had 2 old drives having LVM installed showing as 1 drive. They were attached by the datacenter to the new server to migrate data but they weren't able to be mounted I tried everything possible until ...
2
votes
1answer
36 views
/dev/mapper in fdisk
After installing CentOS, I see several lines like
/dev/mapper/centos_jackpc--11-swap and
/dev/mapper/centos_jackpc--11-root when I issue fdisk -l.
What is the purpose of these? And why do they not ...
1
vote
1answer
38 views
fedora 21 installation problem
I have created an unallocated partition of size 45GB in windows, now the partitions are:
200 MB
388 GB C: space
45 GB unallocated
lenovo D: drive
Now I tried installing fedora21 and when I log ...
5
votes
0answers
30 views
How to restore an LVM container to a bigger physical partition?
The setup is an encrypted LVM container/PV that holds a few ext4 partitions. I am moving these to a new machine, but there is more room on the disk. So, I have created a bigger encrypted LVM ...
0
votes
2answers
28 views
CentOS 6 Partitioning Root Drive
I have recently installed CentOS (into a machine with only one hard drive) and I would like to know how to Partition the main hard drive into two.
As it is a fresh install there is no data to lose ...
0
votes
1answer
48 views
Linux Hard Drive Partitioning
I've decided to do a fresh Linux CentOS 6 install onto a small computer which I intend to use as a basic server.
The OS has been installed and I would like to partition the 31gig sda drive (there is ...
1
vote
1answer
36 views
Remove all traces of GPT disk label
I've got an USB pen drive and I'd like to turn it into a bootable MBR device. However, at some point in its history, that device had a GPT on it, and I can't seem to get rid of that. Even after I ran ...
2
votes
4answers
242 views
how UUID of a partition is generated
Can anybody explain me how UUID (Universally unique identifier) of a partition is generated in Linux based distributions ?
0
votes
0answers
17 views
Changing the sda partition number in a clonezilla img
I want to copy a linux system from a computer to mine. That linux system is using two partitions. ("/" and an other one)
I used clonezilla to copy thoses two partitions and put them in an image. But ...
2
votes
1answer
50 views
Scripteable GPT partitions using parted
I am partitioning eMMC using following commands in the script,
parted /dev/mmcblk0 --script mklabel gpt
parted /dev/mmcblk0 --script mkpart primary ext4 32MB 132MB
parted /dev/mmcblk0 --script mkpart ...
0
votes
1answer
13 views
testdisk partition recovery
Looking to recover data/partition index from this disk..
⚡ root@jg ~ ls /dev/disk/by-label
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 10 May 4 21:06 4tb1 -> ../../sde1
drwxr-xr-x. 7 root root 140 May 4 21:06 ..
...
1
vote
1answer
38 views
Login to user's session with chroot
I have an USB thumb stick with the following partition scheme:
sdb
sdb1 -> root partition '/'
sdb2 -> /home partition
If I boot from a live CD, or just from my current Ubuntu OS ...
0
votes
1answer
78 views
Create unformatted partition from unallocated disk space
The parted output is as below:
$> parted /dev/sda print free
Model: ATA Hitachi HUA72302 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 2000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
...
0
votes
0answers
25 views
Can't read 2TB Hard Disk , don't exist dispositive
I have a new 2TB external USB HardDisk, and I can't open or format it. I'm gotting diferent kind of errors, for example: If i execute:
sudo mount -a /dev/sdb
sudo mount -a /dev/sdb1
The response ...
0
votes
0answers
42 views
How to dual-boot windows 7 and Debian with UEFI and 2HDDs?
I'd like to install Debian near my windows 7 x64 installation, as I know to set up Linux on the second HDD (Windows 7 is installed on the first one) I need to manually configure the partitioning, ...
1
vote
2answers
55 views
Why it is not recommended to put boot partition on lvm?
I read somewhere that it is not recommended to put boot partition on lvm based partition. But, I'm doing it anyway. Then the only problem I've faced on this is sometimes when I install a new Linux ...
0
votes
0answers
42 views
no more space on home but on dev/sda4
I have no more free space in my /home but on the whole filesystem I have enough. How do I use the free 37GB on /home?
I am running Fedora 20, by the way.
[stefan@heimo ~]$ df -h
Dateisystem ...
