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Linux: Mount Disk Partition Using LABEL

by on September 22, 2011 · 1 comment

How do I mount the filesystem (disk partition) using the filesystem label on the ext3/ext4 file system located on USB disk or hard disk under Linux operating systems?

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Linux Delete / Remove MBR

by on August 12, 2011 · 6 comments

I‘ve installed an usb image on Pen drive along with MBR. Now, I need to use this USB pen for other purpose. Is there a way in Linux to delete the mbr (just like dos fdisk /mbr command)?

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CentOS / Redhat: Create Software RAID 1 Array

by on May 26, 2010 · 16 comments

Recently, I’ve added another 73GB SAS disk to my Linux server after the installation. I’ve 30GB empty partition on old hard disk. How do I convert old /dev/sda3 and new /dev/sdb1 (both 30GB) into RAID 1 to improve NFS server speed and reliability?

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Mac OS X: Read Linux ext3 / ext4 External USB Hard Disk Partition

by on May 12, 2010 · 11 comments

How do I read (mount and access files) ext3 / ext4 external hard disk partition under Mac OS X?

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What do I do if my Linux Server / Workstation does not boot?

by on January 8, 2008 · 0 comments

Q. I’m using Debian Linux and CentOS operating system. My question is what do I do if my server refused to boot? How do I troubleshoot the problem? A. Usually most Linux distribution provides rescue mode. It allows to access to disk partition and you are allowed to solve the problem. To use the rescue [...]

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Howto Find Out or Learn Harddisk Size in Linux or UNIX

by on August 8, 2006 · 14 comments

How do I find out my installed hard disk size in Linux or UNIX like operating systems?

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How to: Formatting Linux Filesystem

by on January 30, 2006 · 8 comments

Q. How do I format Linux file system? Can you tell me command names to format and create a Linux file system? A. Formatting linux filesystem required for many reasons. If you want to expand file system or you just added new hard disk drive or create separate partitions for security and performance reasons. Whatever [...]

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