I am totally new to linux, and I was wondering about making swap spaces on my hard drive partitions.When I call mkswap on a certain partition, does it erase everything there? or does it just find all the free space to use as swap?
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i erase the partition of ubuntu by disk utility in mac oswhen i restart my laptop and select windows os partition but windows os not bootingand the screen show to meerror: no such partition.
View 1 Replies View RelatedDoes deleting files using the Ubuntu One web interface delete the files stored on my computer?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI had a laptop with a partition for windows and linux, but I decided to thorw away the partition for windows and add it to the linux partition. So i read this was possible with gparted, burned a cd, deleted the windows partition and resized the linux partition to the full space.
GParted did it work, but when it was nearly finished it said it failed. When I rebooted the laptop, it gave me hard disk errors of the type: DRDY ERR UNC. I couldn't solve the problem, so I wanted to clear the whole disk. I have been trying to accomplish this with the Debian boot CD, but it says it can't do that anymore. How to completely erase my hard disk?
I got an ubiquity error when installing using erase entire disk option.Install just hangs after this error. I have an oldish p4 pc, 40 gb hard drive with faulty windows xp installed on it.
View 1 Replies View Relatedthat's my problem, can't find a way to erase 2 files that apparently don't want to move to the rubish bin. it says: can't move the file to trash, wan't to erase it permanently? I click on erase and the thing still there! could you please get me some commands? and by the way, how do I find how to use the command line so I don't bother you all the time? would it take me a hole engineering carrer or something? any 'document' recommended?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI use a Kingston 1 GB USB to install a Acer one with ubuntu 9.04 and works perfect, the problem come wen i try to erase the USB. I can't erase the files or format the usb. How can I mount the unit with the RW options. The sistem say "the unid is label Read Only"
View 1 Replies View RelatedI bought a new 2.5 inch SATA laptop hard drive and mounted it in an external enclosure for use as an external backup drive. I had a whale of a time getting it formatted (ref post), but finally did by putting the bare drive into a laptop and used Ubuntu to partition and format as part of installing. Then I remounted the bare drive back into the enclosure and sure enough now I can now see the drive.
So now I want to erase the files from the backup drive. Problem is, Ubuntu won't let me delete or add any files. In Nautlis, if I select the files and "right click", Move to Trash is grayed out. If I press the delete button, nothing happens. If I try to copy a new file to the backup drive it says "permission denied". If I go into the Properties .> Permissions for the drive everything is grayed out so I can't change the permission. It also says "You are not the owner so you cannot change permissions".
There are many Zune threads - all stating that zune won't work with ubuntu - so I get that. But I am curious... Why can I mount the zune player and see the files on the zune - and then when I try to add to the zune or remove them get an error message. Ubuntu can see what is on the Zune, so why can't it copy/erase the files?
View 2 Replies View RelatedDuring the ubuntu installation I am most afraid by this question. If I select to "erase and use entire hard disk "
what will happen. For example I have 20 gb Hard disk divided in 4 logical drives 5 GB each. Whole 20 gb data will be arased, or Data on one of those 4 drives will be erased.
I am fully aware that these following photo's are not all required for a full understanding of my issue, but I will post them regardless. Checklist to see if my computer meets best results possible for the installation. Screenshot.jpg These photos showing here are where I plan on Installing Ubuntu
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NOTE: The installation has started, but only to shortly be stopped by my error message.
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This is my ERROR!!! message
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No matter what I try to click on, the window simply ignores the command, regardless of the amount of times I issue the command.
I work for a public school and we are implementing a number of Ubuntu NBR 9.1 netbooks. I wanted to use Likewise Active Directory for authentication, but have problems with the software so now I'm onto another solution for our problem.
We are going to have one login for all users (Students, is the name). The problem with this is that Website passwords can inadvertantly be stored, potentially compromising users personal data. Additionally, I don't want to have any files left in the Students profile in case people accidentally save personal information in their files.I'm thinking there are potentially two solutions:
1. The Students profile is deleted when the user logs off. This will erase web history and files
2. The Students account is always logged in with a temporary profile (or no profile, if that is possible) that deletes itself at logoff because it is temporary.
I'm having a hard time coming up with search terms for a solution like this, so I thought I would put the question to the experts.
Several moths ago I installed Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat alfa3 in a newly created partition while I was using Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. After I installed the 10.10 alfa3, I realized that it also installed its grub. Moreover that grub could not detect the kernel updates of 10.04. Thus, I recovered the grub of 10.04 via live CD. Interestingly after I returned the grub of 10.04 the boot time of 10.04 has considerably increased.
For example, the Ubuntu splash screen appears 20 seconds after selecting Ubuntu in Grub menu. I thought that a fresh installation for 10.10 final release would solve the problem but it seems that I'm still getting the same boot time until the splash screen is the same. It seems that I need a fresh installation of Grub. The methods that are introduced following url are just recovers Grub. I need to erase and reinstall the Grub. [URL]
job installing windows XP and a partion ubuntu (?) on my desktop compooper. telling him i have no knowledge of ubuntu, he still isntalled it. I am giving this computer to my parents, and want to just put Windows XP on it. here is what a half *** job means, windows XP doesn't have the sound and ethernet driver. he couldn't find them to install them onto the computer...and i keep getting errors all over the place when i try and do things on ubuntu.
I downloaded Windows XP Professional 64bit Corporate yesterday and burned it to a CD. Restarted the computer so it will boot but it just keeps going to the screen asking which system I want to log in to. NOW HERE IS THE KICKER.... when i try to go onto the windows XP side, it is coming up with an error that says I need to activate windows. when i click yes, it says i have already activated. when i click on the user it repeats what i just stated. so now i can't even get into the windows xp side.
I'm having a problem trying to uninstall Quicksynergy all the way.first i did sudo apt-get remove synergy then sudo apt-get purge synergy.Checked in synaptic manager and software center that they did not show it. reinstalled synergy through the software center. and it is still showing me the name/ ip of my client.so this tells me it did not uninstall everything. i have searched the file system for synergy.conf with no luck been high and low on the web but no luck.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI got 8.10 to load and run on my set up, got disc burned ready for fresh install but won't boot from disc? erasing the drive is no issue so no problem there, i at least have a taste for this now and are liking it.is there a way to erase the hard drive, to get the disc to boot so i can install a supported version? i have kubuntu 11.04 ready to go.from playing on this kde version am really impressed and like this.smokes windows all to pieces, though i like my games for window too
View 8 Replies View RelatedI am looking for a PDF editor for Ubuntu that has the ability to erase all metadata from a document. I want to do this so that even if the PDF file is posted publicly, I would be at no risk.
I know Adobe Acrobat can do this completely and well, but it isn't free. Does anybody know what else might be able to do this job? I need a utility that can erase everything, including deleted/cropped content.
I am running a dual boot system under ubuntu and Vista on my laptop. Many months ago the Windows partition crashed completely so half of my computer is practically dead. I would like to erase Vista and integrate their partition in the Ubuntu one. The best case scenario would be if I could just merge the two partitions into one and just have one large Ubuntu partition. If this is not possible, could I create a second hard drive within the linux partition?
I would just erase everything and reformat the whole hard disk to run under Ubuntu, but unfortunately I need my computer on a daily basis for work and I have installed so many programs that it would be really painstaking to reinstall them all from scratch... I am not so skilled with informatics, and I'm really scared of losing data, so if anyone could spend some time for a step-by-step solution description I'd be really grateful! Or, of course, eventually write a link where the problem is treated. I am running under Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx.
I have a Debian Squeeze installed on my old iBook G4 mid 2005. The computer has been giving me hard time and I want to sell it for parts. Before that however I'd like to erase the hard drive securely. Is there a software that this forum recommends for erasing hard drives completely and securely? Is there Linux equivalent for something like DBAN which can be installed on a CD and then boot the computer from it?
View 14 Replies View Relatedi want to remove some of my app such as dragon, juk all of them are installed on my computer at installation of fedora ,now i want to erase them how i can do it?i tempted to remove them by this commands:
yum erase juk
yum remove juk
rpm -e juk
but none of them works and messages cannot find juk or dragon.
I have recently installed ubuntu on a previously vista operated laptop, now i need to eradicate all of vista i care not for it at all, I've read some of the threads here and saw someone say something about ubuntu overwriting everything on my hard drive including vista, is that dangerous, easy, and the most efficient way of doing this. i also tried removing the partition of vista by following a response to a thread, using gparted but now im stuck and i failed horribly (very limited computer knowledge).
View 11 Replies View RelatedIs there any way of being able to access data/files from a disk with Ubuntu operating system on it with another disk running Ubuntu? Don't worry, I'll give an example of what I mean, haha. For example, I used to use hard disk 1 as my main drive with the Ubuntu operating system on it. I removed that drive a long time ago and am now using hard disk 2 with Ubuntu on it. Is there any way that I can just retrieve files from hard disk 1 without having to boot into it, ie, treat hard disk 1 like a data drive and be able to copy and paste files from there onto my now main drive, hard disk 2?
If possible, would the process be more complicated if hard disk 1 used a password to log in?
I've installed Karmic after having used Jaunty in the past and it's working great, but I have a couple of security questions...
I opened the Disc Utility (Palimpsest) under System>Administration and was amazed that it looks like it will let me delete partitions on my hard drive, and without even asking for a password. This seems like an enormous security oversight, what am I missing here? Is there a bug filed for this?
Also related, why does Ubuntu allow a user to disable startup applications without requiring a password?
I have an external hard drive I use for backups. This drive has entire operating system on it(don't know which one, but I think it's intrepid), from when I did a complete backup eons ago. I have added new stuff since then. I tried to erase the system files on it, since they take up space and aren't likely from my current system. I don't run the drive all the time, only when I'm backing up files. The rest of the time, it's off. When I did this, I couldn't run any programs on my main computer( the bin directory was gone), and it wasn't in my trash on the main drive or the external drive. I tried re-installing without erasing my home directory on the main drive; it went okay, until I tried to open a file.
My /home apparently had nothing in it, so i downloaded my backup files, only to run out of room. The files were there; I just couldn't see them. I tried to open several programs, but was told I didn't have root access. Finally, I just reformatted the whole drive and re-installed everything. What I'd like to know is:1. How do I clear the junk from the external drive without hurting the main drive?
2. Why did erasing the old bin file on the external drive whack the same file on the main drive?3.Several times before, I have upgraded or re-installed xubuntu, leaving my home directory intact. The upgrade either can't find my files, or forgets half my settings. How can I keep my files and settings? I hate having to re-install everything from scratch each time I upgrade. I thought having a separate /home directory was supposed to protect all that.
Stupid question time, but just to make sure (I really don't know anything about hardware):
If Ubuntu LiveCD (or a dual-boot) works on a laptop, is it safe to completely erase Windows from the harddrive - including the hidden partition?
I installed ubuntu from the live cd,and I have xp on here to so I can boot on either one at startup.Now I want to get rid of the xp partition and just have one big ubuntu partition.
View 2 Replies View RelatedABRT 'sucks' Will my system die if I remove abrt* will this work:
Code:
yum remove abrt*
and what is the difference between 'yum remove' and 'yum erase' ?
I have a CF card I'd like to erase. My CF card reader is connected to my Linux machine via USB. How do I do a secure erase (i.e., the ATA Secure Erase functionality) of the CF card?
I have tried hdparm --security-erase NULL /dev/sdc, but I get an error: ERASE_PREPARE: Invalid exchange. In fact, any hdparm command gives me the same error:
# hdparm -I /dev/sdc
/dev/sdc:
HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(identify) failed: Invalid exchange
I read somewhere that hdparm can't do an ATA Secure Erase of a drive that is connected over USB. Is this true? I tried using sdparm, but sdparm doesn't seem to have the capability to send the ATA Secure Erase command to the CF card. So, what is the proper way to do this?
What will be an easy and reliable way to completely erase a hard drive excluding with a hammer.I have several 40G IDE Hard drives, running Linux or Windows, for disposal. A friend of mine needs them. I want completely erase all data before delivering them to him. Googling "How to completely erase a hard drive" brought me many suggestion.
View 9 Replies View RelatedAssume I have a computer on which I want to use ubuntu for a while (single boot). Assume also that in about six months I want to give this computer to Mr. X, but I do not want Mr. X to know that I have been using ubuntu. I don't want to install anything over top of ubuntu, I just want the computer to be completely (or as nearly completely as possible) blank so that Mr. X cannot infer what I've been doing on it. The trick here is that I can't use operating system x_{1} to delete operating system x_{0}. I don't want Mr. X to know anything about which OS I have been using. Mr. X, by the way, is a sophisticated computer user but not particularly interested in tracking me down. Once he sees that the computer is blank Mr. X will just install his own operating system and everybody will be happy.
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