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FreeBSD Unix Show Mounted File Systems

last updated February 2, 2015 in File system, FreeBSD, FreeBSD Jails (VPS), UNIX

I recently switched from MS-Windows server to a FreeBSD Unix server. How can I see list of mounted file systems on a FreeBSD based Unix server using command line options?

OpenBSD: Mount An ISO Image Command

last updated May 16, 2013 in OpenBSD

How do I mount an ISO image in OpenBSD operating systems using command line options?

Linux WARNING: Duplicate VG name server1 LVM2 Error and Solution

last updated May 5, 2013 in Linux, Storage, Troubleshooting

I recently added SSD to my home server and reloaded the operating system. However, when I try to access my dm-crypt based old disk, I am getting the following error:

Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... WARNING: Duplicate VG name server01: Existing bc7YA8-eEXt-1aA1-OHTr-zJkA-ucd0-DsbRTc (created here) takes precedence over RIKiar-w3MG-Gzh5-VFWq-bkRT-9IFc-ia8k87 WARNING: Duplicate VG name server01: Existing bc7YA8-eEXt-1aA1-OHTr-zJkA-ucd0-DsbRTc (created here) takes precedence over RIKiar-w3MG-Gzh5-VFWq-bkRT-9IFc-ia8k87 Found volume group "server01" using metadata type lvm2 Found volume group "server01" using metadata type lvm2

The problem is my volume group. I set to to server01 on both old and new hard disk. How can I rename old LVM2? How do I access my old hard disk?

Linux Security: Mount /tmp With nodev, nosuid, and noexec Options

last updated December 19, 2012 in Linux

How do I mount /tmp with nodev, nosuid, and noexec options to increase the security of my Linux based web server? How can I add nodev, nosuid, and noexec options to /dev/shm under Linux operating systems?

gnome-terminal: There Was An Error Creating The Child Process For This Terminal

last updated December 4, 2012 in CentOS, RedHat and Friends, Troubleshooting

I am using CentOS 5 on my laptop. If I open gnome-terminal by right clicking the desktop, I am getting an error that read as follows:

There was an error creating the child process for this terminal

How do I fix this problem and open a terminal by right clicking the Debian / Ubuntu / CentOS / Fedora / RHEL / Red hat Enterprise Linux 5.x desktop system?

Linux: Mount FreeBSD UFS 2 File System Command

last updated July 16, 2012 in FreeBSD, Linux

I need to copy files from my second hard disk. This hard disk formatted with UFS 2 file system. How do I mount UFS 2 file system created by FreeBSD on my Debian Linux 6 based system?

Linux mount: Bind or Remount Part Of File Hierarchy At Another Directory

last updated July 16, 2012 in Linux

How do I mount the contents of /home/multimedia in two places under Linux operating systems?