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How to check if hot-swap or hot-plug are activated on my Linux machine
I have Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS 64-bit on a PowerEdge 2900. My current setup has two 300GB disks (no RAID), but I want migrate the system to three new 600GB disks. I'm trying to connect the new disks, make ...
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What modules in the Linux source code take care of hot-pluggability?
Could someone shed more light on the code/modules that are responsible for the hot-pluggabilty of the hardware used in Linux machines?
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How to mount removable media in /media/<LABEL> automatically when inserted, without any desktop environment?
I have a Debian sid system (Wheezy), without any desktop environment (and no Xorg at all).
I can mount my SD-cards, USB sticks, external HDD by label into a specified directory in /media/ manually ...
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How can I safely remove a SATA disk from a running system?
I sometimes need to plug a disk into a disk bay. At other times, I have the very weird setup of connecting a SSD using a SATA-eSATA cable on my laptop while pulling power from a desktop.
How can I ...
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VirtualBox guest: 16 CPUs detected but only 1 online
I am running VirtualBox (using the Qiime image http://qiime.org/install/virtual_box.html)
The physical hardware is a 32 core machine. The virtual machine in VirtualBox has been given 16 cores.
When ...
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How can I switch to my USB headset automagically when it's plugged in?
I'm running Funtoo Linux, a Gentoo derivative. My two new Plantronics USB headsets (one wired, one wireless) work nicely. I plug one in, ALSA notices it, and if I manually set an application to use ...
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How do you force Linux to detect a PS/2 device (e.g. mouse) on demand?
I plugged in a PS/2 mouse while inside my Gnome desktop, but Linux doesn't recognize it.
Linux will only recognize the PS/2 mouse if it is plugged in before booting the machine (like a normal ...
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cfgmgr like command under Linux?
cfgmgr is a command under AIX/ksh that checks for new hardware; e.g. new HDD's that have been added without a shutdown.
Question: Are there any similar commands under Linux? If "fdisk -l" doesn't ...
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What happens when a USB drive is plugged in?
What is the flow of USB events from kernel space to user space? I get a popup on my desktop when I plug in a USB drive -- what is the sequence of events that leads from detecting the new USB drive to ...
