Questions tagged [partition]
A partition is a means of logically dividing a computing resource (most frequently disk storage)
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On having my own way on a Compaq Presario F700 [closed]
Besides the work laptop, I just got to keep a Compaq Presario F700 for 3 months after which I need to return it "just like I had got it".
There are a few emotions involved here however that makes ...
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How do I restore a partimage image to a smaller drive?
Without thinking, I made a partimage image of a ~1TB ext3 partition, which only actually contained about 2GB of data, so gzipped down to that size. I then wiped it and used it for something else.
I'd ...
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Can I repartition/reconfigure Debian to use extra disk space without wiping everthing?
I installed Debian inside a Virtual Machine on my mac using WMWare Fusion using the default settings (8gig harddrive space) but it's now full.
I've upped the disk allowance in the VWWare settings but ...
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Help with formatting C:\ drive on Dell Inspiron E1505
I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 which I formatted recently to install Mac OSX. Basically this is what I have done:
Formatted the c:\ drive creating a separate partition of about 50 GB ( out of 80 GB..so ...
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What is the difference between a DOS and Solaris MBR?
I have been playing around with a VM trying to install Gentoo, and it seems there are two options for my Master Boot Record : DOS and Solaris.
What is the difference? Which should I choose, or are ...
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What should I use to Partition a Windows 2003 server?
I'm trying to partition a Windows 2003 server, and I was wondering what my options are to partition the drive. Currently the 1.9 TB is dedicated to the C:/. We're using an IBM server with a 8 drive ...
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Xen image file vs partition/LVM volume performance
I read quite a lot of advice to switch from file-image VM storage, to partition/LVM volume based.
The claim is that partition/LVM are much faster then image files.
The downside in my opinion, is ...
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Partitioning a new system
I am building a new system. While my current focus is on what to buy and how to wire it, I have been thinking ahead about how to partition the disks. I know that on a dual boot (win7/ubuntu) that it ...
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Hard drive partitioning software for Windows
I'm looking for a good disk partitioning/management software suite. I've been using Acronis Disk Director but I've had a few data corruption issues which I think might be related to it (especially ...
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Linux: "Found duplicate PV XXXXYYYYY: user /dev/sdb1 not /dev/sda1"
I'm trying to resize my virtual hard disk, so I've cloned it, and right now I have two disks in my virtual machine.
I'm trying now to boot off the old virtual disk and then resize the new hard disk's ...
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Ubuntu: Resize the root LVM(2?) partition
I have an Ubuntu virtual machine running in VirtualBox 2.2.4, and I created it on an 8gb virtual disk which is too small.
So, I am trying to increase the size of the disk. So far, I have done this:
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Maximum paritions on single harddisk?
How many maximum partitions can we create on a single drive? I remember getting error once when I had created somewhere around 16 partitions on same disk. Why put this limit? What is the problem with ...
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Primary vs. Extended partitions
while studying for my MCDST cert I learned about Primary partions and extended partitions. From the textbook:
****Primary A primary partition can be set as the bootable partition. A computer
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Merging a Windows disk partition with a Linux partition on Ubuntu
How to merge a Windows HPFS/NTFS partition with a Linux partition in Linux?
I have a large partition left on my hard drive after my previous Vista installation. Now I use Ubuntu and want to utilize ...
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FreeBSD disk partitioning for web-application server(Apache/MySQL/PHP)
Folks, how would you recommend to partition a server disk? Server would operate under FreeBSD, with primary use as a web-app server(i.e. apache, mysql, php) for multiple applications/websites.
Disks ...
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Does a resize of a partition typically stretch the existing size of the used space on your file system? [closed]
On a dual boot system (Vista/Jaunty) I wanted to take some unallocated space and enlarge my ext3 partition. Upon doing so I noticed that the disk check that runs from parted kept failing at the end ...
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How to mount a LVM partition on Ubuntu?
#fdisk -l
/dev/sdb1 * 1 9702 77931283+ 8e Linux LVM
I tried the following command:
#mkdir /media/backup
#mount /dev/sdb1 /media/backup
mount: unknown file system '...
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Reread partition table without rebooting?
Sometimes, when resizing or otherwise mucking about with partitions on a disk, cfdisk will say:
Wrote partition table, but re-read table failed. Reboot to update table.
(This also happens with ...
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Why do i need bios emulation?
I asked the question why i have a 100mb partition and its apparently for bios emulation
Additional partition being created when installing Windows 7
My mac intel has that partition, this laptop i ...
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Additional partition being created when installing Windows 7
I was formatting one my PCs to perform testing.
The first partition seems to be EFI or something that I shouldn't touch.
When creating a partition, Windows 7 automatically creates a 100MB blank ...
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Recommended raid setup for a 500Gb RedHat/PostgreSQL server
I'd like some advice on common ways, if there is such a thing, to set up the partitions and raid on a RHAS5.3 server running postgressql which is expected to maintain a 500Gb database.
The database ...
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How can I set the disk partition alignment using linux tools?
After reading Disk Partition Alignment Best Practices for SQL Server, I just want to give those advices a try, but on my linux test server. What are the required parameters in order to set the ...
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How to resize a HFS+ Partition? [closed]
I am about to upgrade the hard disk of my MacBook. (From 60GB to 320GB, which I know is below the limit of 500GB).
I was both able to install an OS X on the new drive and also to transfer the old ...
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New Windows 2008 Disk Partitioning Offset question - should I worry about it?
We're about to hardware upgrade our exisiting Sql 2008 Server. So, I'm checking out some best practices with regards to hardware, like .. RAID levels for the HD and making sure the TempDB is on a ...
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How to resize Linux partition under a dual boot environoment with Win Vista?
I am a newbie and have just made a mistake installing Linux with a very small partition.
Is there any way to resize the partition without any footprint and overhead?
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Protecting Windows Machines From Users
What are some good methods to protect staff machines from the staff who use them? I am looking for something that is totally seamless, that the user would not notice...something that would not hinder ...
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Howto migrate the system partion to another disk on Windows 2008 enterprise
I'm trying to move a windows 2008 system partition, on an older 1/2T drive to a new partition on a new drive. What would be the best way of doing it. I've had a look at the bcd registry using bcdedit ...
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How to create dynamic volume in stripe configuration, aligned to 1024?
I am trying to create a software stripe setup with two physical disks (underneath they are 128K stripe, RAID5 for each). I've read that one can use diskpart, but I am unable to come up with a command ...
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"fdisk -l" like list of partitions and their types for LVM logical volumes?
You know how "fdisk -l" lists drive partition tables and shows the partition id/types for each partition?
Is there a similar way to get the partition id for LVM logical volumes?
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When can I adjust partition sized in Leopard?
The version of Disk Utility that comes with Mac OS X 10.5 will let you resize existing partitions on a partitioned drive -- some of the time. What determines if it will let you adjust partition sizes ...
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Create image of Windows partition on Linux
I'd like to create an image of my Windows partition (so a can restore it later) and I was wondering if anyone could recommend any utilities that are capable of this? Either command line or GUI (pref. ...
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Server Disk Partition Software
Is there any free (reliable....yes I know..) disk partition software for Windows Server? I am checking before I do make a purchase. I just need to resize a disk.
Edit ~ I have a windows server 2003 ...
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How can I increase the size of a Windows 2003 NTFS partition?
I have a very important server running Windows Server 2003 and my System partition is becoming too small, it's slowing down the machine.
I have already tried all the cleaning stuff and transferring ...
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Large Microsoft Backup
We recently added a new server to our system with a 6 TB RAID array for file storage of completed audio and video projects. We have traditionally been a Microsoft house, so I used Windows Server 2008 ...
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What's the way to access Linux partition from Windows?
On a standard, dual boot Vista Home and Ubuntu, I'd like to be able to access the Ubuntu partition from Windows. I imagine that there must be software to let you do this.
Can anyone recommend a good ...
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Recommended disk/partition setup for a SQL Server
I'm looking for some advice regarding the best way to set up my disks/partitions for SQL Server. Here are some of my major concerns:
How should the SQL files be seperated (data files, logs, temp)?
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How big should the swap partition be?
for some years, I've read that it's a good idea to create a swap partition having the double space of my RAM. does it still apply today? or this isn't needed anymore?
I have a server with 8 GiB of ...
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Easyest way to setup encrypted volume
What is the easyest way to set encrypted volume under linux?
Basically, what I want is to have fixed size file in my home folder. When I mount it and type password, it should appear as regular folder....
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How to create a folder on linux that contains my windows C drive
If any of you have ever installed Ubuntu via the program Wubi, you'll have noticed an extra folder on your partition named "host".
When you open this folder, you get to see the contents of your ...
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What is the recommended size for a server 2008 system partition?
What is the recommended size for a server 2008 system partition? I've seen 20GB as well as 49GB suggested but I can't seem to find any white papers or best-practices documents on the subject.
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Best way to partition 1TB drive for windows7?
Linux admins usually split their hard-drives into partitions for /usr space, os space and whole other kinds of swapness.
I know windows7 requires 20GB at least for the OS to be installed. What is the ...
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Can a Virtual HDD be shrink down?
I have a Virtual machine and i am using VMWare Workstation to run it. The vmdk file, which is the virtual hard drive, is in excess of 40GB. When i start the virtual Machine i can see that i have only ...
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How can I resize a LVM partition in Red Hat without lose of data?
My partition detail is like this
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
57G 8.8G 46G 17% /
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol05
259G 7.0G 239G 3% /home
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How can I combine blocks of unallocated space to make a new, larger partition?
I'm trying to create a new partition on my Vista laptop. Unfortunately, Lenovo put on a fairly large partition after my main C: I want to free up space from both the C: and Q: drives and somehow ...
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Linux partition device not being created in FS
I recently created a disk with a single xfs partition in ubuntu 9.04. I tried plugging it back in as a USB disk using an enclosure, and it shows up as /dev/sde. Unfortunately there is no /dev/sde1. ...
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Using a VHD as a data storage location?
I asked previously if there are good reasons to partition disks on Windows, and one of the big ones was for splitting data and OS. So that should you reinstall, you do not need to worry about the data ...
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How to prevent gnome from auto-mounting a partition?
I have a partition on my Hard Drive that I want users to be able to mount, but it shouldn't be automatic, so I've put this in my /etc/fstab:
/dev/sda5 /media/data vfat defaults,user,...
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Does repartitioning on an SSD effectively reduce the lifespan of the device?
When repartitioning to a different size on an SSD, is the data in the partition rewritten to the SSD, or is an aggressive rereferencing method used?
Specifically, when using gparted under Ubuntu to ...
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If I resize a Linux partition using GParted will my data be safe?
I would like to shrink the size of a partition containing an Ubuntu distribution and files. Is it safe to assume that I will not lose or corrupt any of the files as long as I don't make the partition ...
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What directories go on which drives so as to make Windows re-installation as painless as possible?
I'm getting a new machine and will be installing Windows 7 RC1 on it.
I want to partition drive(s) to make OS re-installation as painless as possible.
I'm going to try to figure this out for NT/XP/2k/...