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.
Category: Linux
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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