Q: How To Remount Read-Only File System as Writable?
sudo mount -o remount,rw '/media/path-to-mounted-folder/'
Category: Linux
Main Differences Between Debian and Ubuntu
After lots of distrohopping, finally got to understand what’s the difference between Debian and Ubuntu.
Note: This post is not the result of thorough research, so it’s subject to change in the future. It likely won’t receive major changes though.
Flatpak Not Returning Any Search Results
Case: Running Flatpak in terminal with flatpak search <package> on a freshly installed Solus Linux 4.1 doesn’t return any search results.
LVM2: Setting Snapshots to Auto-Extend With a Threshold Setting
Case: Forced to use LVM2 snapshots as a backup solution since the OS installed as LVM instead of regular partitions.
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LVM2: Adding Secondary HDD to Volume Group and Using the Space for Snapshots
Case: OS: Solus 4.1 installed with LVM; drive: 250GB SSD taken over by the installation. Freeing up space for point-in-time snapshots/backups is required.
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Ubuntu Fails to Boot Due to Misconfiguration in /etc/fstab
Case: While setting up a static mount in /etc/fstab got the wrong settings and now Ubuntu won’t boot. Fixing fstab is required.
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GRUB error on boot: “disk ‘lvmid/xxxxxx-xxxxxx-…’ not found. Entering rescue mode…”
Case: Moving an SSD/HDD drive from one machine to another produces the error and interrupts the boot process.
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