Make another set of root(/), /boot, /home and other partitions?
Hello,
As a purely learning purpose I am trying to make another set of partitions along my existing Ubuntu11.10 box. The reason to do this partition is to try a new Linux system by myself following "Linux From Scratch" (LFS). Because the instruction of LFS seems for very advanced user (I am trying to become!), I post my question here to get some help in detailed, or best scenario a step-by-step tutorial, if possible:
My current Ubuntu11.10 was installed on the single and the only partition of the hard disk.
I have an issue with booting NTFS partitions with Grub.
I have two HHD
1st HDD with Red Hat 9.0 and Grub as bootloader
2nd HDD with 8 Win partitions all ntfs.
I have added the following line in my grub.conf:
title Windows2000/Domino 6
root (hd1,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
When I... (4 Replies)
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I just want to know how to set $HOME.
I cant see $HOME in my profile.
Below is my profile.
export PATH=.:/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:$HOME/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:/mai
lservice/sybase/12.5/OCS-12_5/bin:/mailservice/sybase/config:.
#export $PATH
export... (2 Replies)
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of the server .
I tried to mount manually all the partitions that appear in the /etc/vfstab... (4 Replies)
I am using Solaris Sparc 10,and facing some issues.
HD:80gb ; Root = 11gb(currently using) , I have made a parttition in the c0t0d0s2 slice(which is of 60gb & the partition tag is 'usr'),and I have done newfs on -> /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s2 which is mounted on /export (having ufs filesystem).
Now... (6 Replies)
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I'm new to the Linux world and whilst I've been learning the ropes, I've read some conflicting opinions regarding the creation of separate partitions for /home and other directories during OS install.
Some say that having these directories in separate partitions allows you to reinstall without... (12 Replies)
I need to list users in /etc/passwd with root's GID or UID or /root as home directory
If we have these entries in /etc/passwd
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
rootgooduser1:x:100:100::/home/gooduser1:/bin/bash
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Suppose I have a file named intro.txt and its content is as follows
My name is Ankit.
I am 18.
I am a college student.
So I want make partitions in this and store it as
1. name.txt - I am 18.
2. age.txt - I am 18.
3. student.txt -I am a college student.
How do I do that in terminal?
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