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How to move System Reserved Flag to another partition? [closed]
I have a Dell PE R310 that came with Windows 2008 R2 with a 2 GB FAT32 partition that I want to delete. But I can't because, because it currently has the "System" flag set. How do I move it to the ...
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Different uses of term “EFI partition” [migrated]
I installed Kubuntu on a Macbook Pro 8,2 and am trying to get it from legacy to EFI boot.
Kubuntu forced me to create an "efiboot partition of at least 1 MiB" (fs id 'ee').
Thats just the successor ...
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Apache Disk space full
I am using centos linux server, Apache uses 100% disk space. Out of 10GB, cpanel is using 8GB space.
Can anyone guide me what are all the files we can remove from the server to provide some space on ...
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Creating a /home partition
root@host [~]# df /
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 955486988 12629636 894321444 2% /
root@host [~]# cat /etc/fstab
#
# /etc/fstab
# Created ...
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Windows 2012 installation, couldn't create partition or locate existing
I've seen this error all over the place for 2012 and 8 Windows' versions. I have tried multiple methods of getting around this issue to no avail.
Some methods I tried: Disk part from command prompt, ...
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PowerShell doesn't like the -AssignDriveLetter option of the New-Partition cmdlet
I'm trying to create a partition on the USB flash drive using the New-Partition cmdlet. But when I use the -AssignDriveLetter option I get "New-Partition : Invalid Parameter" even though this option ...
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Cannot create partition on disk using PowerShell: “New-Partition : Not enough available capacity”
I'm trying to create two partition on the USB flash drive. The first small 350Mb partition is created fine, but the second throws "New-Partition : Not enough available capacity" even though there is a ...
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Are there any significant differences between raid volume and partitions?
I have an option to create a single raid volume and partition it in the OS, or create multiple raid volumes (one for each partition)?
What are the performance or access time differences between two?
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Volume group not created
I have a Professional XXL with 2x 1TB HDDs (1TB RAID) server from velia.net and i want to create a volume group in it but when first i create pv it's showing.
[root@xen17 ~]# pvcreate ...
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“rm: can not remove xxx: No Space left on device” on BTRFS
Running OpenSuse 12.2.
Suddenly the root parition seems to be full (99%) but I can no longer remove files manually.
"rm: can not remove xxx: No Space left on device" although 450mb are still free ...
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Ubuntu: How to find unallocated partition/free space?
I've a legacy dedicated server with Ubuntu onboard (console mode only). Based on docs (prices etc.) I see that server must have 250+ GB, but I see significantly less:
$ df -h
Filesystem ...
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How can I get MDT 2012 Update 1/SCCM 2012 SP1 to NOT apply my OS to D: when using USMT?
I have a UDI deployment task sequence setup with MDT 2012 UPdate 1 and SCCM 2012 SP1, and when I try to deploy Windows 7 to a machine with an OS already on it, WinPE assigns the System Reserved ...
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Server with RAID10 basic partition management
First of all i must say that i'm totally noob to server management.
I've rented a server with 8x3TB HDs and RAID10 installed.
In the Disk Management section (I use windows server) i see two ...
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Disaster recovery for RAID and mdadm
I´m having a software raid 5 with 5 2TB members.
After partitioning with gparted, my RAID doesn´t work any more...
How can I check the consisty of each member?
What would be my options, if the ...
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Resize LVM partition DomU Windows
I have a xen DomU running with Windows Server 2003 on a lvm partition has 10GB but i need more.
if a Linux partition, I would do:
# umount
# lvextend -L +10G /dev/<VG>/<LV>
# resize2fs ...
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Is it possible to convert a basic disk to dynamic disk without losing data in Server 2008?
I am not able to extend partition in windows server 2008. We have two different partitions which we want to join and make one partition. I came to know that basic disks have limitation of 2 TB each ...
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Can LVM and Traditional Partitions Coexist?
Can you set up a machine in which different drives are formatted as either LVM volumes or as traditional partitions and mix and match the two? For e.g. have the LVM volume mounted as / and /home and ...
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Create new partition on live production CentOS server [closed]
I have a production server that is running on CentOS. I'd like to create a partition on the server without having to reinstall everything. I have CLI and VNC access to the remote server. Is there ...
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extend size of partition
I am asking for help on how to properly extend the size of partition
Here is my situation.
Running fdisk -l, give this result
root@ ~]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes
255 ...
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Is there a tool that can take partition table information and partition another based on it?
Is there a tool that can read the partitioning information of a disk and partition another disk based on that information?
I don't know whether parted for instance can partition a disk based on a ...
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disk showing busy
Want to create LV Group but when i unmount /dev/sda5 this showing
[root@xen01 ~]# umount /dev/sda5
umount: /: device is busy
umount: /: device is busy
This means disk /dev/sda5 is ...
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How to shrink Linux partition (sda2, type is Linux LVM)
I have sda disk with 2 partitions. The second partition sda2(which is LVM) is 1.4TB in size and want to shrink to 50GB. I reduced Logical volume to 50GB but when I run vgdisplay it shows Free PE / ...
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Creating a new Partition on Centos Linux
I installed a Centos and partitioned it as:
/root - 100MB
/ - rest of the disk.
I need to have a /log partition. is it possible to do it after the Linux
was already installed?
Thanks!!
Dotan.
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How to resize /dev/md1
I notice today that my /dev/md1/ is almost full:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/md1 10G 8.7G 798M 92% /
tmpfs 7.8G 0 7.8G 0% ...
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Resize base XenServer 6.0 partition
I've extended my hardware RAID device on LSI MegaRAID controller by adding disks to the array. While making Linux notice the block device size change was not straight forward, I've found that one can ...
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Boot CD for partitioning hard drives? [closed]
I am in an odd situation where Backup Exec system recovery won't talk to a new disk because it doesn't like the MBR or partition table. The built in system recovery partition tools are insufficient.
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Setting up a Pagefile and Partition in Server 2008
I am setting up 18 new machines for our company, and I have instructions from my new boss on setting up a Pagefile and Partition. I have looked at their existing machines to base the new setups off ...
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How to extend a partition in Windows 2000 Server
I have a Windows 2000 Server set up with RAID 5. I initially defined 2 136 GB logical disks 0 and 1. I have a small utility partition on disk 0 along with the C drive. I wish to extend the C drive ...
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Increase the size of sda1 on Debian 6 Linux
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 10G 1.1G 8.4G 11% /
tmpfs 983M 0 983M 0% /lib/init/rw
udev 10M 140K 9.9M ...
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Can I Use Win2k8 R2 to Extend Partitions on Expanded Windows Server 2003 R2 Dynamic VHD Drives?
I inherited a Windows Server 2003 R2 virtual machine that was previously running under a failing Windows Virtual Server 2005. Both the C: and D: VHDs were within a few hundred megs of being full.
I ...
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Postgresql 8.3 out of disk space on Debian Lenny
I didn't pay attention when i installed postgresql with aptitude, but it installed the databases in the wrong partition.
Now my partitions look like this:
# df -h
Filesystem Size Used ...
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changing the mount point of software raid enabled disk
Basically what I want to achieve is the following.
I have two disks and have enabled software raid on these. The df shows the following:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
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Extend windows server 2008r2 default 100 mb system partition?
I need to extend my 100 mb system partition, but cannot figure out how to do so! I cannot do it in disk management because the c:\ partition is "in the way", ment as when I resize c:\ partition, any ...
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Ubuntu Webhosting Server: RAID1 with LVM to run OpenVZ powered shared Apache hosts
About my confusion.
I'm trying to setup Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS onto two 1 TB physical hard drives built into a server. I don't have a lot of experience with Ubuntu Server yet but I'm familiar with ...
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How does the process of disk partitioning actually work on most HDD's? [closed]
From what I know of most laptops, you are able to "partition" your disk into as many other drives as you please. The more you cut it up, the smaller your partitions are, but from an organizational ...
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Dell PowerEdge t710 raid configuration for newbie
My company bought a Dell PowerEdge t710 server with:
48 GB ram 4x4
GB ethernet ports.
RAID 5 for PERC H700
4 x 1TB, SATA, 3.5-in, 7.2K RPM Hard Drive (Hot Plug)
My job is to configure Hyper-V ...
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Looking for a diagnostic DVD or CD creation tool [closed]
I am looking for a diagnostic DVD utility (which tests hardware, create partition, fix partition, etc..) which can boot directly when the computer start.
I am looking a solution which support ...
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How to claim unallocated space on disk
On windows 2008 R1 server, I have a 1Tb disk that has about 400Gb at the end that's not used. I have the boot partition, then a logic volume, then the free space. I want to create a new simple volume ...
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Mounting an existing partition of an unmounted disk
I ran the fdisk -l command to show me all the disks and partitions. Here's the output:
Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of ...
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copy boot-able partition
I have an disk image with 3 partitions:
first partition (hd0,0) is boot-able with GRUB1 with the following configuration GRUB file:
default=0
timeout=5
title Bank A
root (hd0,1)
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Disk Manager for Windows Server
I'm working with a Windows 2008 Server, and I'm currently trying to allocate unused space to the C Drive. I've run into a bit of an issue however as my disk partitions are in the following order:
C ...
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Do you have to partition before running mkfs on a single partition disk?
I see that some people don't use fdisk to create a partition on /dev/sdb... what is the difference between making and not making a partition for a single partition disk?
I just added a partition on a ...
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Proper way to partition filesystem with Xen
I'm coming from a vmware environment, wanting to play with Xen. I have a server with 2 x 500G SATA drives (no hardware RAID available, have to use software-based RAID1).
My partitions are all RAID1 ...
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Convert Logical Partition to Primary
I have a very simple, yes or no question, hopefully. I have a logical partition inside of an extended partition, along with some free space in the extended partition. On server 2008 r2 if I drop the ...
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Server 2008 R2 Disk Management Green Outline Extend C Drive
In the Server 2008 R2 disk management snap-in I have Disk 0 which has these partitions:
boot partition - 71mb
a Recovery partition 3gb
OS (C:) 40gb
DATAPART1 (D:) 150gb
Free space 40gb
Disk 0 is a ...
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Resizing this particular partition, Mac OS [closed]
I am currently running on Apple Mac OSX Lion 10.7 (11A480b) and I am trying to resize my partitions on the disk for one of our servers. I already downsized a previous installation of Mac OSX Lion ...
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Lost power during XP CheckDisk - Can't See Partition Now
I initiated a reboot to perform a disk check, and during the check I lost power to the machine. Now it doesn't boot.
I ran disk utilities on the HDD and everything checks out, but windows won't boot.
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Set device offset in Linux due to failed hardware RAID?
I have a failed hardware RAID card. This card had two drives in a RAID-1 mirror. Plugging one of the drives into the motherboard shows no partition table. Using a program like testdisk, I can see ...
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“ALERT /dev/sda1 does not exist dropping to shell” after Ubuntu 10.10 install reboot
I am attempting to install Ubuntu 10.10 desktop on a Dell T7500 with two SAS drives in hardware RAID 0. Running from the CD works fine. The install process works fine. I have configured several ...
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cfdisk quits with a fatal error in regards to the partition table
fresh install. 'cfdisk /dev/sda' gives the following output:
"FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 2: Partition ends in the final partial cylinder"
what could be the reason for this to happen and what ...
