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A partition is a means of logically dividing a computing resource (most frequently disk storage)

Partitions are a way to logically divide a computing resource. Most frequently this is applied to MBR Disk storage. For instance a hard drive or other storage media so that each partition is logically independent of one another. This can be done for a variety of reasons including security, separating multiple operating systems, utilizing multiple file systems, or other benefits realized by the logical separation.

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CentOS partition reporting out of space

I have CentOS server with 7 partitions and 2 of them are LVM partitions one is divided as 2 LVM partitions. While working with the production software the disk suddenly gets full in a folder that is stored in one of the LVM partitions that are…
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Partitioning advice for dual boot with Windows XP and two separate Linux installations

Main goals is to have/being: Windows XP Main Linux installation "Some other" Linux installation which I am currently experimenting with. All three OS installations completely separate (at least to begin with). I won't share /home between my Linux…
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Logical Volume Recovery

I have a machine with 180 or so logical volumes as well as an OS partition that were wiped out with a format when reinstalling centOS6. I made a terrible mistake, not being familiar with the interface to not notice that it was formatting the entire…
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kpartx verbose info: what does it mean?

When mounting images with the wonderful kpartx in verbose mode it displays some, likely very useful, information: # kpartx -av wheezy_cln.img add map loop0p1 (252:2): 0 131072 linear /dev/loop0 2048 add map loop0p2 (252:3): 0 7825408 linear…
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Error 5 partition table invalid or corrupt

I'm trying to add a second SSD to a Centos 6 system. But I get the Error 5 partition table invalid or corrupt at boot. The system already has a single SSD (sdb) and a pair of HDDs (sd{a,c}) in a RAID 1 array from where it boots. It is as if the new…
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Can I split one RAID1 partition in two?

I have a linux box with CentOS 6.2 and a RAID1 (2x 2Tb) configuration: /dev/md1 -> / (10G) /dev/md2 -> /home (1.9T) I want to split the md2 in two different partitions, so I can get the following configuration: /dev/md1 -> / (10G) /dev/md2 -> /home…
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Moving Windows 2003 boot+system partition

I have a Windows 2003 server with: - C: (15 Gb boot+system) on an old PATA disk - G: (20 Gb empty) on a SCSI hardware RAID - H: (220 Gb datas) on the same SCSI RAID I want to move C: to the RAID. I plan to use the 20 Gb empty partition. So I will…
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Directly Formatting a Device on a Linux System

I've just 'inherited' a system that consists of a bunch of Linux servers (running Ubuntu, but probably not important) that uses iSCSI devices. These show up as /dev/sdb, /dev/sdc etc. when you log them in using the iscsiadm command. However, the way…
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How to increase /var directory size?

First question: When I run df -h I can see this: # df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad4s1a 9.7G 8.0G 918M 90% / devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev /dev/ad4s1d 1.8T 6.7G 1.6T …
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Can I install Xenserver with larger local storage?

I installed XenServer 6.0 on a machine with 2 drives (80GB SSD and 1TB SATA). My goal is to have some space for local storage where I can put ISO (since it will be very difficult to access the box physically, and I would prefer to install VMs from…
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Move /var to new set of disks

I currently only have remote access to this CentOS box, I need to move /var form the primary RAID to a new set of disks that was installed with more space, My current thoughts on how to accomplish this is to temporarily mount the new RAID to…
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Repartitioning two disks without a loss of data

I am interning at a software company and I have hit somewhat of a brick wall. Here is the deal: The Problem: We have some boxes around here that were incorrectly partitioned for 2 x 500 GB drives. The actual drives are 2 x 1 TB drives. These are…
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DCDIAG CrossRefValidation test fails because of the dnsRoot value of ForestDnsZones

A while ago I promoted our DNS server (running 2003) from being a member server to a domain controller so I could enable AD integrated DNS. Often, I am seeing error 9906 (Event ID 4512) pop up in the logs. The body of the message error is: The DNS…
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ZFS - how to partition SSD for ZIL or L2ARC use?

I'm working with a Sun x4540 unit with two pools and newly-installed ZIL (OCZ Vertex 2 Pro) and L2ARC (Intel X25-M) devices. Since I need to keep these two pools in the near-term, I'd like to know how to partition these devices to serve both pools…
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Which filesystem for 16TB under CentOS 5.5?

We have a PowerVault NX3100 from Dell here. I have to install a Linux Server on this system and don't know which filesystem I should use and which partition layout would be useable for the RAID with 2x8 2TB disks (effectively 14TB, RAID 5). I know…
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