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Fixing ssd card filesystem

While transferring media, my sansa was disconnected due to cable issue, and now I cannot remove the broken folders from the ssd card in windows. Format did not work, so I've decided to solve it quite ...
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Is there a robust way to cache contents of usb on local hd?

I'd like to switch between working on a laptop with a debian vm and a desktop pc running debian while carrying all my work files in a usb. Is there a robust way to automatically start caching the ...
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grub-install from the grub2 shell

I am trying to follow this answer but keep getting stuck with the following errors: me@greenlane:~$ sudo grub-install --boot-directory=/boot /dev/sdc /usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: warning: File system ...
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Directly convert Archbang live on a USB drive to one such with persistent file-system

I have installed Archbang 2012.12.03 from ISO image on my USB drive, now I have a USB drive with a live Linux installed on it but at end of every session and rebooting system I faced with a fresh ...
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How to restore a Fat32 filesystem under Linux

Here is what happened: I used the Laptop and accessed some data on my usb stick. Then I closed the Laptop putting the system into sleep mode. The USB-Stick was still plugged in. After the laptop was ...
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Ubuntu 11.04 and large external drives

I have a Hitachi USB external 3 terabyte drive attached to a Dell Precision T1500. When connected to the computer running Ubuntu 11.04 (2.6.38-11-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 12 21:17:25 UTC 2011 ...
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How do I remove a Read-only file system from a usb drive

During an ill-fated attempt to get tinycore linux to boot from a USB drive I managed to create a bunch of files that I now cannot remove. fortino@rebel:/media/working/boot/isolinux$ rm *.* rm: ...
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Formatting external drive in CentOS previously used on OS X

I have a USB key they I want to use on a CentOS box. The USB key was previously used on OS X so I want to erase it to make it writable by CentOS. Can someone help me with the commands I need to run? ...