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Installing Ubuntu over Windows - not detecting SSD
I had Windows 11 on my laptop until it decided to have BSOD every 5 minutes. I tried to check if the OS was a problem and then I booted into a live USB and everything went smoothly.
However, when I ...
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Using the /home of a broken Linux installation as the /home of a fresh install on a different partition
I have been using Manjaro in dual boot with Windows for a while but I completely messed up my Manjaro installation, likely when trying to install printer drivers. Manjaro does not boot anymore as the ...
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Manjaro Linux Installer cannot find a partition to install
I recently started trying to install Manjaro Linux, but the installer could not find a partition to install. I opened GParted and THE ONLY PARTITION it found was my USB drive i was booting from. I ...
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Install Fedora Xfce 37 to existing (empty) partition
I have Fedora Xfce 37 installation .iso on a ventoy thumb drive. I want to install it on my M.2 drive in partition 6, which is currently formatted ext4. I get just so far: after I've selected custom ...
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installing ubuntu 22.04 into existing lvm
I installed kubuntu 22.04 onto fresh machine. It turns out, that its "quirks and features" blocks my workflow, and I need to go away from KDE. But it would be ideal for me, if I could keep ...
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Choose install location on Debian installation
Noob here
I'd just like to know if I can choose where to install Debian during the installation.
Because I'll use a valid PC to boot up the installer to install on a HDD of an old PC that cannot ...
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How to install Linux ubuntu and not lose data on other partition
I have five partitions: C, D, E, F, and G, each of which has 195GB. I want to switch from Windows to Linux completely. My D partition contains all my important files, like recorded classes.
Can I keep ...
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FreeDOS doesn't find partition
I have a computer with Windows 10 and I would like to install FreeDOS on a separate partition and make a dual-boot. I did a flash drive with the FreeDOS USB image because my computer doesn't have a ...
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ubuntu 20.10 installation setup: unable to manage paritions. message: Your installation medium is on /dev/sda1
I'm having trouble to install the new Ubuntu 20.10. I made a bootable USB (via Ubuntu 20.04 Startup disk creator)
and booted it using UEFI. A fews steps into the setup let you manually manage the ...
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From dual boot Ubuntu with Windows 10 to clean Windows 10
I had Dual boot Ubuntu with Windows 10 on my machine. Then, wanted to make the computer like factory new and did some work around the partitions including deleting the one with Ubuntu content. This ...
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windows disk partitions are not coming up while downloading popos in a uefi bios system
So I finally decided to download Linux and chose popos for the purpose.
I had already turned off the secure boot but my SSD and its partitions are not showing up while trying to install it only the ...
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Install Alpine Linux without formatting the whole disk
I'm very new to Linux world, I have tried many Linux distros as Ubuntu, lubuntu, linux mint and finally Alpine Linux that I liked so much after installing it on a vmware virtual machine, and now I ...
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Windows could not prepare the computer to boot into the next phase of installation
Nota Bene: Not a duplicate! I've checked the following questions and didn't find the working solution.
Nota Bene 2: I've got a lot more details. Check them in the bottom of the question!
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How will Ubuntu 18.04 installation will handle the partitioning if I choose Install Ubuntu alongside Windows 10?
My goal is to dual boot Ubuntu 18.04 alongside Windows 10 Home. What have I have done so far is:
Downloaded ubuntu-18.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso
Used Rufus and created a bootable USB device.
Turned ...
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Expand lvm volume using all existing free space
How to expand a volume given the following situation?
Looks like there is enough space on sda2 but I do not know how to make the volume centos-root use it.
#> parted /dev/sda print free
Disk /dev/...
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