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Linux: Mount Disk Partition Using LABEL

by Vivek Gite 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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HowTo: Reload (re-read) Partition Table In Ubuntu Linux

by Vivek Gite on May 25, 2010 · 9 comments

How do I reload the partition table in Ubuntu Linux without rebooting the systems?

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Linux RAM Disk: Creating A Filesystem In RAM

by Vivek Gite on March 5, 2010 · 19 comments

Software RAM disks use the normal RAM in main memory as if it were a partition on a hard drive rather than actually accessing the data bus normally used for secondary storage such as hard disk. How do I create and store a web cache on a RAM disk to improve the speed of loading pages under Linux operating systems?

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Linux: Skip or Bypass a Fsck

by Vivek Gite on December 20, 2008 · 12 comments

Q. I know how to force fsck on the next reboot using /forcefsck file. But how do I skip or bypass a fsck on reboot? How to stop a FSCK from prompting or running automatically when rebooting server.

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How to: Formatting Linux Filesystem

by Vivek Gite on January 30, 2006 · 6 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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