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clone a physical disk to a virtual disk
using Virtualbox and a live CD

see my similar tutorial from 2017 here:...

Now I know the solution for this situation was quite simple.
In fact, all I had to do was remove the HPA and the LUKS partition and data would come back after restarting the computer:

1st step -...

For anyone facing a similar problem, don't make a partiton and at the same time create a filesystem like I did (mkpart primary ext3 2048s -1s).
This parted command is fine in normal conditions, but...

Read also this link, for more info on HDA and why it is a curse:
https://forums.lime-technology.com/topic/10229-hpa-aka-why-are-two-identical-drives-different-sizes/

I've found the cause of this in here:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=171759
Excerpts:
"I suspect you motherboard set a HPA - that's what some gigabyte motherboard tend to do (or used...

I still haven't found the solution for this.
And my disk is still awaiting for me to take some time to figure it out.
I have a backup of its data, but I lost some data from the time interval,...

I've finally made it happen!

Thank you oldfred!
Your reply made me think and find the error:
I used GTP while partitioning the new disk because I use GPT to large 3TB data disks.
But I've...

I agree clonezilla (that uses dd) is an easy way to do it. It's what I've been using.
But, it has some disadvantadges, like the need to have a same size or bigger hard drive and being slower...

I'm trying to clone my system using rsync and following bits and pieces of instructions I've found on the internet.

But, I need a litle help to finish this.

So far, I've done this about 20...

It seems there's no solution for this :(

Meanwhile, I've run testdisk:

/dev/sdg: LBA, HPA, LBA48, DCO support
/dev/sdg: size 5860531055 sectors
/dev/sdg: user_max 5860531055 sectors
/dev/sdg: native_max 5860533168 sectors...

Hi,

A disk I use for archiving some data suddenly doesn't mount anymore.

When I try with terminal, is says something like "either superblock or partition table is corrupt" (see attached...

Thank you very much!
I've downloaded and installed it, and I'm going to try it now.

Regards

Hi,

I want to burn some data to a cd-rom.
But I want that cd-rom to be encrypted, so anybody acessing it must know the password.
Is this possible?

Thank you very much!
I had no idea of Yad and your mentioning of it came in the right moment!
Regards

Hello,


Please, imagine this situation:

- you have three scripts in /home/user/scripts/ (e.g.: script1, script2, script3)

- you want to apply one of these three scripts to file...

If I do that will I loose the panels (launchers), windows and icons configurations?
If so, can I make backups of some files and afterwards paste them back?

Thanks, I've been trying those solutions for the last hour or so, but still no luck :(

I think I've change too many things and could not revert to original config files :(

Hi,

After installing Nautilus in Xubuntu 12.04, desktop icons and wallpaper are gone!

Besides, now I can't right-click in the desktop

After googling for solutions, I've done te following:...

Same here :(

Same happens to me :(
I've tried changing Nautilus config files line startupnotify from true to false, but no luck

I also think this isn't a Nautilus problem, because it also happens with Thunar...

That's a very good idea, I've tried it and it works! Thanks! :p

Also, i've tried opening other programs like Firefox and OpenOffice and they work just like being at the 2nd machine! It's great! :D

Thanks for the tip :)

I'm a user of nautilus scripts, but I don't have much knowledge about rsync
I've only used rsync in the terminal, more or less like this:
$ rsync -r /folder1/file1 /folder2...

This guy had the same problem:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1467297

This one also:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1514052

Hi,

I have two ubuntu machines
the first machine is my desktop
the second, is used to save a huge movie and mp3 collection

I mounted the second machine on the first one using "Places /...