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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I m not sure if this is a right question to ask .
During the installation of the OS, installation sw does partitioning for you.
I m not quit sure if they have used parted or fdisk to partition the disk.
(If they are using fdisk then you can't make partition > 2Tb )correct me if i m wrong.Also... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: pinga123
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2. Red Hat
Hi Everyone,
I have added new Virtual disk to OS. The main point is I need to bring this whole Disk into LVM control, is it necessary to partition the disk using fdisk command and assign partition type as '8e', or can I directly add that disk into LVM, by running pvcreate command with out... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: bobby320
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3. Ubuntu
Hi folks,
Ubuntu 10.04-1 64-bit
HD - 1T SATA3
I ran graphic installation installing Ubuntu-10.04-1 desktop from Live CD
The partition on the new HD is as follow;
/root
/home
/kvm
(kvm is for keeping the guests of KVM, the virtualizer)
Installion went through without problem abd... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: satimis
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4. Red Hat
I'm new to Linux 5, going through initial phases of installation and setting up devices, etc,, and much to my surprise discovered also an existence of a 2nd hard drive to try to initialize and partition perhaps using any built-in command i.e. "fdisk" or similar, but I couldn't get the command to... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: su
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5. Solaris
Hi all
I'm having difficulty setting up a proper disk structure on a 72GB HDD. The drive was previously part of a zfs pool. The zpool has ben destroyed and now I want to use the disk in a raid 5 array. I need to partition the disk accordingly though.
This is what the partition table currently... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: notreallyhere
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello!
I need to write partitioning script wich would work in rescue mode. It will prepare partitions and unpack linux on it. However I need to calculate whole size of the disk and create:
/dev/sda1 --> One big partition (minus (2*size of memory) for swap)
/dev/sda2 --> Swap partition... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: pug123
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7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Dear Sun gurus,
I have Sun Fire V240 server with its StorEdge 3300 disk-array. Following are its disks appeared in format command. I have prepared its partitions thru format and metainit & metattach (may be i have made wrong steps, causing the errors below because I have done thru some document... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: shafeeq
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
To run UNIX, can the hard disk be partitioned so I could use that part for UNIX and the other for my existing Windows '98? At the moment there are hard drives C: & D:. Also, where can I obtain the UNIX software?.....Your response is appreciated. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: hpin
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I would like to install Redhat 7.2 on my Windows machine. I only have one hard drive and I dont want to lose Windows. Which method is best for partitioning the HD?
I tried it once with Partition Magic and I was installing Corel Linux First Edition and Corel wiped out my entire HD (not good when... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: primal
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