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Linux/GParted can see partition table but dd bs=512 count=1 can't
I have an MBR formatted sd card and when connect to a Linux machine (xubuntu 12.04) it can mount a partition and parse the file system (as can GParted). However, when I try to read the MBR from the ...
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fdisk, dd, and the Rapsberry pi
I was trying to wipe my 4GB SD card which acts as the hard drive for the Raspberry Pi, so I went into Mac OS X Disk Utility* and Erased the entire disk, and specified that the whole disk be one big ...
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Where to find the VBR on the /dev/sda1 partition?
I have one built-in hard disk /dev/sda which looks like this:
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders, total 312581808 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * ...
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Moving /boot and MBR to a new drive
I have a CentOS 6 server with two hard drives in it. My old 3TB drive has been giving me some issues so I'm moving things over to a new drive. Because my / and /home partition are managed by a LVM ...
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Can I safely resize my partition from its beginning?
Currently dual booting Windows 8 and Linux Mint 14, sooner or later I will give more space to my Linux system.
Is resizing my Linux partition from the beginning a safe operation ?
If yes, could you ...
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Determine what program is in my MBR code
I've done a lot of partitioning / dual booting on my Macbook Pro. Right now I have Mac OS X installed along with Ubuntu 12.04, with Grub installed on the Ubuntu partition.
I am wondering - what is ...
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Remove GPT - Default back to MBR
I keep receiving this error:
Warning!! Unsupported GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected. Use GNU Parted
I want to go back to the normal MBR. I found some advice here and did:
parted /dev/sda
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How to restore GRUB after windows XP installation?
After I've installed windows xp for dual booting, I need to restore grub of my archlinux installation. I did it a lot of times with windows 7, but this time heavens decided to torture me.
I have ...
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Fdisk partition alignment, NAND, not showing specified heads
I ran fdisk with these options,
fdisk -H 32 -S 32 /dev/sdc
Then I made a new label, and created an aligned first partition.
Disk /dev/sdc: 7743 MB, 7743995904 bytes
32 heads, 32 sectors/track, ...
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Location on disk to write a byte-flag?
I am writing an update utility for an embedded Linux device for which I am responsible.
I'm creating a basic side-by-side setup, where updates are applied to a staging partition and then the ...
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How to use ms-sys to restore MBR to boot /dev/sda2?
My brother screwed up a multi-OS install on his laptop and asked me to help fix it. I'm a basic linux user and I know my way around the terminal a little but beyond that I might need some hand-holding ...
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Unable to boot the operating system
I installed Lubuntu 11.10 and it run without problems. I decided to install Ubuntu 11.10 mini instead of Lubuntu 11.10.
After the installation the operating system didn't boot. I only saw the black ...
