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Cannot deactivate LV due to partition device

I need to be able to deactivate an LV but cannot after partprobing it and finding gaining access to its partitions in /dev/mapper. It seems I need some way of 'un-partprobing' the disk, but I have no idea how and would welcome some advice. Here's…
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Null audio driver for windows 2008 r2?

I want to use an audio/video transcoding program on my server. The solution that I found it's free and easy, so it fits my needs. But... apparently that program needs an audio card to work. (I installed the user experience role for wmp and the…
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duplicate block device and UUID

Today I ran fsck on two partitions of our Ubuntu 16.04 server. Fsck has fixed various problems and afterwards I rebooted the server. After rebooting there were duplicate block device assignments with the same UUID, I don't have a clue where these…
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Mounted device showing in df and /etc/mtab but missing from /proc/mounts and /proc/self/mounts. Why?

I have an ec2 instance that is booted from an ebs snapshot. The boot device is /dev/sda1. When I call mount, df -h or cat /etc/fstab I can see the device: $ mount /dev/sda1 on / type ext3 (rw) $ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use%…
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Nginx failed space when upload

I've a problem with my nginx server. He is a storage server, and when i want to upload a file (2,5G) i can show any error on my error.log 2016/02/08 03:26:24 [crit] 7843#0: *1154 pwrite() "/var/lib/nginx/body/0000000388" failed (28: No space left on…
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Proper Steps To Upgrade My Server 2008 R2 Machine From HHD To SSD

I'm working on upgrading a server's hard drive from a standard HHD to an SSD drive. I have cloned the drive with a program called "EaseUS Todo Backup Free 8.6" (which I think does a bunch of extra steps than just cloning the partitions) and that…
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Detect which application mounted a device

On my system, from time to time there is an automatic mount/unmount of a plugged device. I guess it's done by some software on the machine. is there any way to monitor PnP mount/unmount events on the system and detect which application triggers the…
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How to retrieve a list of disk devices from Windows Server 2012R2

In Windows Server 2012R2 Event Viewer shows error ID 15: Log Name: System Source: disk Date: 9/29/2014 3:16:49 PM Event ID: 15 Task Category: None Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: …
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windows 2012: search additional folder for device drivers

I am building servers that have loads of devices that windows can't find drivers for. I have the USB with all the drivers plugged in. I have to click each device and update it one by one manually. I need to know how to do them all at once. The only…
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mdadm confused on minor number

Recently replaced a faulty disk in my Raid 6 group. All went as expected, no problem. After getting everything rebuilt using a new /dev/sdi1 as a replacement for the failing /dev/sde1 I decided to try an unplug /dev/sde1. I guessed wrong. I…
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Change USB device owner

I have a USB printer that when I connect to the computer it's owned by the user root and the group lp, and it's file permission is rw-rw----, so I have to print via apache/php script. To solve this problem I change the file group or the files…
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why i cannot start new ssh connections to remote server?

this question is not the same as others, who asked for that they cannot connect to server, the issue i have is that i cannot start more new ssh connections... now i am connected to remote server using ssh, but when i try to start a new ssh…
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Multiple ethernet interfaces same IP address space

Am I allowed to have multiple ethernet interfaces on a WinXP/Win7 host, that share the same IP-subnet? Scenario: There are multiple USB adapters, that are using RNDIS (usb-ethernet-gadget) and Zeroconf to communicate to the host. Thus if I plug in…
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linux /dev/sd? read failed

I couldn't find the answer to this anywhere, so I'm posting this in the hope it helps someone else... My scenario was linux system with an external drive that was connected (and mounted) was suddenly disconnected. I'm not sure why- it may have been…
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How harddisk works

Looking at how hard disk works. Found that it has a number of platters and a read/write head. But in texts it shows read/write head between each platter. Is it like that in real situation? Also when I give the following command in…
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