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  1. [ubuntu] Re: "gave up waiting for root device" while booting

    Hi on my system the problem was that in the bios i had the pc to boot from the cd drive that was an ide device and my hard disks were sata disks and it seemed to not like this mix of interfaces as...
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    [ubuntu] Re: How much disk space

    Hi thanks for all the help you have given deleting those files has given me back all the lost space I had experomented with vitual machines while trying to get the media server running properly and...
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    [ubuntu] Re: How much disk space

    I access the server using vnc server and also have webmin installed and twonky media server to serve up videos etc

    regards C Claydon
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    [ubuntu] Re: How much disk space

    hi thanks for the responses it is difficult to boot from a cd as my server is headless and lives in my loft so I have ran the command
    sudo du -a -x / | sort -n -r | head -n 20
    and bellow is the...
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    [ubuntu] Re: How much disk space

    Hi thanks for the quick response bellow is the result

    /dev/sda1 71G 54G 15G 79% /
    none 876M 256K 876M 1% /dev
    none 880M 168K 880M 1%...
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    [ubuntu] How much disk space

    help I am very new to ubuntu server everything has been running well until I got a low disk space warning message today i have three hard disks in my system two for data and one 80gig disk for...
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    [ubuntu] Mounting Dvd drive

    hi can someone help me please every time put a dvd or cd in the drive i get the following message "Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 1: helper failed with:
    mount: mount point /media/cdrom0...
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    [SOLVED] Re: usb hard disk removal boot failure

    Hi thanks for your help it is all working fine now thanyou
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    [SOLVED] usb hard disk removal boot failure

    Hi i have remove an external hard disk from my Ubuntu server and it will not boot unless i connnect a keyboard and moniter to it and press skip as it still trying to load the usb hard disk

    please...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Wanted idiots firewall guide

    when i wrote that i was administering the server the server using Vnc i should have added that this is all done within the home network and not from outside the home
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    [ubuntu] Wanted idiots firewall guide

    Hi
    I am running Ubunto server witch I am controlling remotely using Webmin and Vnc. What I am looking for is a simple guide on how to set up a firewall. The main use for the server is to act as a...
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    [ubuntu] Trash deletion

    hi i am a new user and have another small problem i am running ubuntu server headless and using vnc to access it with gnome core components installed to give me a gui the system has three hard drives...
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    [ubuntu] tv card driver

    hi i wonder if anyone can help me please i have a tv card based on the phillips semiconductor SAA7162 and i can not get this card to work on my ubuntu machine i have been looking on the internet for...
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    [ubuntu] Re: unable to enumerate USB device on port

    Hi i have solved the problem on on my system it seams that it is a hardware problem so i swapped the usb drive to another i have same problem so i tried all the ports on my system still no good so...
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    [ubuntu] unable to enumerate USB device on port

    hi i have been trying to add an external hard disk to my ubuntu server but when i connect the disk to the usb port while the server is running i get the following message "unable to enumerate USB...
  16. Thread: root access

    by chrisclay
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    [SOLVED] root access

    hi i am very new to linux ubuntu and i am using server headless and as a server it is fine and all my shares are working but i am trying to install twonkymedia server but to do this it seems i need...
  17. [ubuntu] gave up waiting for root device (newbie)

    hi guys i am really strugling here in install ubuntu server 10.4.1 surely on one of you must be able to help a new user with little experince of linux over come this problem i havew reinstalled...
  18. [ubuntu] Re: "gave up waiting for root device" while booting

    hi i have been reading this thread and i have the same problem but i am having some problems editing the boot/grub/menu.lst i cant even find it so could someone please post step by step instructions...
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    [ubuntu] grub no such disk

    hi i am very new to ubuntu and so far it has not been easy but i think i am slowly getting there ,but my latest problem is this i hav carried out an install of 9.1 server that is running headless but...
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    [ubuntu] Re: what version to install

    Hi the card is Pinnacle PCTV Dual Hybrid Pro PCI Express (3010i)innacle PCTV Dual Hybrid Pro PCI Express (3010i)

    chris
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    [ubuntu] Re: what version to install

    hi
    just a quick up date i installed 9.1 this evening and it all went ok and does boot but it takes some time and displays the message loading grub then no such disk ten if you wait a while it boots...
  22. Thread: Tv card

    by chrisclay
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    [ubuntu] Tv card

    hi i have got a pinnacle dual tuner pci tv card but mythtv does not find it is tere a way to find drivers for it and install i have checked the pinnacle site but no luck there

    any ideas
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    [ubuntu] Re: what version to install

    hi thanks for the reply i am currently downloading te 9.1 iso and will try again tomorrow after work

    chris
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    [ubuntu] what version to install

    Hi i am new to linux and have been having trouble installing server10.4.1 but it allways fails to on the first boot just a flashing cursor then nothing untill a screen appears untill the screen...
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    [ubuntu] ubuntu server flashing cursor

    Hi i am new to ubuntu and i am trying to build a media server as detailed here http://havetheknowhow.com/default.htm but i am having a problem getting the server to get the server running after the...
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