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How to soft reset Linux disks

Sometimes disks stop responding and cause issues/slowness to the whole system, simply because the system is expecting some sort of response.
In these[……]

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Author AndreaPosted on November 27, 2017Categories How To, TipTags Bash, Hard Disk, LinuxLeave a comment on How to soft reset Linux disks

Find sdx device/ATAx mappings

When dealing with hardware, you often see messages in the logs about disk issues or warnings.
Messages like:

ata9: hard resetting link
ata9: SATA[......]

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Author AndreaPosted on March 18, 2017Categories How To, Programming, TipTags Bash, Hard Disk, Linux, One-linerLeave a comment on Find sdx device/ATAx mappings

How to shred/wipe disks/partitions

If I decide to sell or when I have to return a hard drive I want to make sure not everyone can access my data.
To do that I’ve often used the command[……]

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Author AndreaPosted on October 11, 2012January 25, 2017Categories How To, TipTags Bash, Hard Disk, LinuxLeave a comment on How to shred/wipe disks/partitions

Formatting a partition from command line

Formatting a new partition from the command line is pretty straight forward.
I do it quite often when playing working with LVM.

So, long story short[……]

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Author AndreaPosted on May 31, 2012January 25, 2017Categories How ToTags Bash, Hard Disk, Linux, PartitioningLeave a comment on Formatting a partition from command line

Logical Volume Management basics

I’ve explained how to activate a LVM Logical Volume before but never talked too much about LVM itself. Here is a brief introduction.

I’ve been play[……]

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Author AndreaPosted on January 31, 2012January 25, 2017Categories How ToTags Hard Disk, Linux, LVM, OpenSource, PartitioningLeave a comment on Logical Volume Management basics

How to fix GRUB 2 with Ubuntu live cd

Sometimes happens to “break” the GRUB and make our computer unbootable or, anyway, not booting the way we want it to.
Usually this happens when we te[……]

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Author AndreaPosted on June 30, 2011January 25, 2017Categories How ToTags GRUB, Hard Disk, Linux, Partitioning, UbuntuLeave a comment on How to fix GRUB 2 with Ubuntu live cd

Mount Windows share on Linux

Sometimes I still have to deal with Windows. :-/
This time it’s an office shared disk/device.
I was able to mount it automatically but only root cou[……]

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Author AndreaPosted on May 23, 2011January 25, 2017Categories How ToTags fstab, Hard Disk, LinuxLeave a comment on Mount Windows share on Linux

Linux: what is partition UUID and how to use it

UUID stands for Universally Unique Identifier and is used to univocally identify a partition.
This is more reliable than /dev/hd* or /dev/sd* since i[……]

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Author AndreaPosted on May 21, 2011January 25, 2017Categories How ToTags fstab, Hard Disk, Linux, PartitioningLeave a comment on Linux: what is partition UUID and how to use it

Load LVM partition manually

Sometimes you have to load a LV (logic volume) that is “not part of the main file system”.
Other times you might have to mount a LV from a live CD, m[……]

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Author AndreaPosted on May 7, 2011January 25, 2017Categories How ToTags Hard Disk, Linux, LVMLeave a comment on Load LVM partition manually

How to install “as many Operating Systems as you want” in one machine

Do you often have the need, or want the pleasure, to try a new operating system?
Do you prefer using a “real machine” rather than creating a virtual[……]

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Author AndreaPosted on February 11, 2011January 25, 2017Categories How ToTags gParted, Hard Disk, PartitioningLeave a comment on How to install “as many Operating Systems as you want” in one machine

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