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Changes to files don't show up until the partition is unmounted
I have a FAT32 filesystem mounted. After changing a file on it, I can read the file back and still see the old version. My changes don't actually persist until I unmount and remount the partition. Is ...
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Problem mounting my iRiver story HD on Ubuntu
I would like to connect my iRiver Story HD to my ubuntu 12.04 machine but as I connect it I get this error:
Unable to mount Story HD
Error mounting: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad ...
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What causes /dev/disk/by-label to be populated?
I've noticed that Linux distributions typically have a /dev/disk/by-label directory, but this isn't always the case (For example, the CirrOS Linux test image doesn't have one).
What's required on a ...
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Disk size management
I am using Fedora 16. My /dev/sda2, mounted on / (root) with something like 50G got filled 100%:
[foampile@~ 13:13:39]> df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs ...
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What are the differences between the current Linux kernel and the Unix SVR4 kernel in terms of device drivers+i/o and virtual files systems?
Yes I realize that Linux supports many more file systems and recognizes more devices than Unix SVR4. I'm interested in what the differences are in the abstraction on top of an actual file system, or ...
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What do first column in /proc/mounts really mean in Linux?
Run cat /proc/mounts and I get this (simplified):
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/sda1 / ext3 rw,relatime,errors=continue,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
io /etc/blkio cgroup ...
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What do the device files in /dev actually do?
(Not a duplicate of Understanding /dev and its subdirs and files)
I was browsing around my filesystem and for the first time I took a second to analyze my /dev directory. I was surprised by the ...
