Ubuntu: BusyBox solve UNEXPECTED INCONSISTYENCY error

In this tutorial, I will tell you how to resolve the UNEXPECTED INCONSISYENCY error when starting the computer in BusyBox mode. During a sudden shutdown with a disk access problem, it is possible that your Linux starts in BusyBox mode with a disk error and you have a prompt (initramfs) as shown in the screenshot …

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Ubuntu: add an LVM disk and volume

In this tutorial, I will explain how to add an additional disk to an Ubuntu machine and create a new LMV volume for this disk. To explain this tutorial, I will start from a concrete case, I have a virtual machine on Hyper-V where Ubuntu 22.04 is installed. There is a first disk which is …

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Proxmox: partition a disk

In this tutorial, I will explain how to partition a disk on Proxmox and then assign the partitions to storage. In this tutorial, you can see that I have two “disks” sda and sdb. In fact, these are two virtual disks created on a RAID 5 disk group on the server itself. The sda disk …

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DUF: show available disk space on Ubuntu

In this tutorial, I will explain how to install duf to show available disk space on Ubuntu. DUF is a command line utility that allows you to view available disk space on Linux and Windows in a terminal. If you are used to using Linux, you probably know the following command: df -h which allows …

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Ubuntu – Extend LVM partition and disk

In this tutorial, I will explain how to extend a disk’s partition and then the LVM disk. To understand what we are going to do in this tutorial, I have a virtual machine with Ubuntu Server 20.04 installed on an LVM disk, following the addition of data, I must increase the storage capacity, for that …

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DISKPART : delete all partitions

In this tutorial, I will tell you how to delete all partitions from a hard drive with DISKPART. I am using this procedure to remove OEM partitions on computers from manufacturers like HP / DELL. Before performing this operation, make sure you have a backup of the data. Now that I have warned you, we …

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Linux: extend a partition

Intro In this tutorial, I will explain how to extend a partition on Linux (Ubuntu). This type of operation is common when using virtual machines on Hyper-V for example or on VPS (Virtual Private Server). Before doing anything, you need to make a backup of the virtual machine or the data on it even before …

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Hyper-V: Merge a virtual disk without snapshot

Symptom Solution: Merge virtual disks of differentiation Using the Hyper-V console, you will have to merge all the control points to the parent disk. Before performing this operation, it is strongly recommended to make a backup. Disk merging must be done virtual machine off. Repeat the process until the fusion of all differencing disks and …

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Storage Pool: Change a Physical Disk

In this article, we will see how to change a failed physical disk. When a disk is in error, an icon appears at the pool and virtual disks. Change the disk Open a command prompt and enter the command below to view the physical disks and identify the disk in error. Enter the command below …

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