Can you expand a linux partition while it's in use?
I'm running a linux server and I need to expand the /tmp partion. Everything I come across using fdisk or parted is saying that I need to unmount before expanding. Is this true, or can it be safely...
View ArticleShould I format all disks after fdisk?
I created disks with fdisk: Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * xxx xxx xxx 83 Linux /dev/sda2 xxx xxx xxx 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda3 xxx xxx xxx 8e Linux LVM (Sytems are created...
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Canot format MicroSD. File system is read-only
I formatted it for my special needs some time ago using fdisk. Don't remember the partition table, but there was 1 fat32 and 1 ext4 partition. Now I want to format it fat32 clean, but I get the...
View ArticleFdisk doesn't recognize Macbook's file system
I need to mirror a MacBook, which was functioning properly. But when I ran fdisk -l, I got this: Disk /dev/sda: 113 GiB, 121332826112 bytes, 236978176 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes...
View ArticleLVM: Problems in adding disk to an existing Logical volume
I have a disk under a Logical Volume.$ lvdisplay --- Logical volume --- LV Path /dev/vg_prod/lv_prod LV Name lv_prod VG Name vg_prod LV UUID mXj3Qv-t0GK-4idW-mRBA-17Nb-PSPK-Roulf3 LV Write Access...
View Articlefdisk -l + why fdisk show diff size from real disk size [duplicate]
fdisk -l show the following os disk size fdisk -lDisk /dev/sda: 247.0 GB, 246960619520 bytes, 482344960 sectorsUnits = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytesSector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512...
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