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Ubuntu: Mount Encrypted Home Directory (~/.private) From an Ubuntu Live CD

last updated May 13, 2010 in Ubuntu Linux

Recently my old desktop system crashed and I brought a new Ubuntu Laptop from Dell. To access my data from old hdd; I’ve attached my desktop harddisk using an external USB case. Now my old data is stored using external USB hard disk. How do I recover data from encrypted ~/.private home directory using an Ubuntu Live CD and copy it to existing laptop drive using known passphrase?

Linux Create A Bootable USB Pen

last updated March 11, 2010 in CentOS, Fedora Linux, RedHat and Friends, Storage

How do I create a bootable USB pen drive to start my CentOS / Fedora Linux? How do I create a bootable USB flash pen for installation of Linux, and for creation of rescue and other special-purpose boot disks using command line options?

Show Linux Partitions Command

last updated February 9, 2011 in Linux

How do I display or show a list of all hard disk drive partitions under Linux operating systems?

Linux Create Software RAID 1 (Mirror) Array

last updated February 2, 2010 in File system, Linux, Storage

How do I create Software RAID 1 arrays on Linux systems without using GUI tools or installer options? How do I setup RAID 1 array under Linux systems?

See Filesystems In Linux

last updated December 3, 2010 in Linux

How do I see filesystem status in Linux?

Linux Remove All Partitions / Data And Create Empty Disk

last updated January 12, 2014 in File system, Hardware, Linux

How do I remove all partitions, data and create clean empty hard disk under Linux operating systems?

How To Add A Second Hard Disk on FreeBSD

last updated January 10, 2018 in BASH Shell, File system, FreeBSD, Hardware

How do I add a second hard disk to my FreeBSD server? How do I partition, label and mount a new hard disk under FreeBSD operating system for backup or to store additional data?