How to install “as many Operating Systems as you want” in one machine
This post is over 3 years old, so please keep in mind that some of its content might not be relevant anymore.Do you often have the need, or want the pleasure, to try a new operating system? Do you...
View ArticleLoad LVM partition manually
This post is over 3 years old, so please keep in mind that some of its content might not be relevant anymore.Sometimes you have to load a LV (logic volume) that is "not part of the main file system"....
View ArticleLinux: what is partition UUID and how to use it
This post is over 3 years old, so please keep in mind that some of its content might not be relevant anymore.UUID stands for Universally Unique Identifier and is used to univocally identify a...
View ArticleMount Windows share on Linux
This post is over 3 years old, so please keep in mind that some of its content might not be relevant anymore.Sometimes I still have to deal with Windows. :-/ This time it's an office shared...
View ArticleHow to fix GRUB 2 with Ubuntu live cd
This post is over 3 years old, so please keep in mind that some of its content might not be relevant anymore.Sometimes happens to "break" the GRUB and make our computer unbootable or, anyway, not...
View ArticleLogical Volume Management basics
This post is over 3 years old, so please keep in mind that some of its content might not be relevant anymore.I've explained how to activate a LVM Logical Volume before but never talked too much about...
View ArticleFormatting a partition from command line
This post is over 3 years old, so please keep in mind that some of its content might not be relevant anymore.Formatting a new partition from the command line is pretty straight forward.I do it quite...
View ArticleHow to shred/wipe disks/partitions
This post is over 3 years old, so please keep in mind that some of its content might not be relevant anymore.If I decide to sell or when I have to return a hard drive I want to make sure not everyone...
View ArticleFind sdx device/ATAx mappings
When dealing with hardware, you often see messages in the logs about disk issues or warnings. Messages like: ata9: hard resetting link ata9: SATA[......] Read more
View ArticleHow to soft reset Linux disks
Sometimes disks stop responding and cause issues/slowness to the whole system, simply because the system is expecting some sort of response. In these[......] Read more
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