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formatting External HDD gets stuck

I have an external 2TB HDD that i plan on leaving attached to my ubuntu server. I am trying to format it to ext4 but am encounterin issue My current setup is a 200gb ssd in the server (sdb), 2x2TB HDD's that are Raid0 (sdc,sdd), and the external hdd…
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Creating an output to powershell from an ini while matching if it exists then skip

I am trying to pull data from a .ini file using the PSIni (Get-IniContent). I have a format that works but generates too much data. My ini file looks like this : [General…
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How do I force a date/time format for traffic captured with tshark using "-T fields"?

I'm capturing traffic with tshark into a CSV file using "-T fields", but whatever I try I can't get a nice ISO date or even changing the timezone to UTC. The command I'm using is tshark.exe -i 2 -c 1 -T fields -e frame.time This gives me Capturing…
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Powershell split-path formatting

I'm having some issues on some of the formatting. My code looks for the new files in a folder structure and returns those items, but I would like to trim the result to only show the first 3 folders in the path. Is there anyway to do this using…
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Format ext3 disk space from Windows 7

Is it possible to format an ext3 disk space (on an extended partition) from Windows 7? Any utility available to do that? cheers
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Order of execution: First file system, then array vs. first array, then file system

Suppose I have two HDDs, same manufacturer, same model, same attributes (volume, speed, cache, ...). Both are equally partitioned. I want to have a level one array of two disks with one ext4 partition. Tool of choice: mdadm. Which one is better? a)…
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Why is my Fedora HD STILL coming up as 127 GB?

After posting this question, and creating a fixed 700GB disk in Hyper-V, when I mount Fedora 11 to a CD and go to install it only shows 127GB of space to write to. How can I use all 700GB on the VHD????? Thanks very much, EDIT: In response to…
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Formatting a disk and creating a partition using the maximum amount of cylinders through bash

Usually we would use parted or fdisk to create a new partition, but in my case I want to do this non-interactively in a script. An interactive fdisk session would look like this: # fdisk /dev/sdb Command (m for help): n Command action e …
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Fast format option for HDs recommended in dedicated servers?

I'm learning about dedicated servers and have a very simple question. In windows server 2008, is it a good practice to fast format your HDs for the first time? Or should i perform a slow one? Which are the differences mainly? I've got 2 MBR and one…
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How to remove swap partitions from RAID 1 Array on Ubuntu?

Can anyone point in the right direction on how to remove SWAP out of a RAID1 configuration on Ubuntu 10.04 server? According to the Ubuntu Advanced installation guide, here, it said to add swap to the raid but I am having some serious performance…
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iostat -En output formatting

I have a problem extracting the device names on Solaris 8 SPARC when using 'iostat -En' command since the device names are too long. For example : iostat -en output ---- errors --- s/w h/w trn tot 0 1 0 1 c6t50060E8005BDEC37d124 iostat –En…
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How to do Low Level Format (Hard Format) for a Laptop HardDrive

I have 2 questions Can we know weather a Hard Drive has done Low Level format or not. Somehow using a tool ? How to do Low Level Format (Hard Format) for a Laptop HardDrive
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formatting before md device creation in RAID5

consider you are creating a raid5 device with three drives. mdadm --create /dev/md0 --leve=5 --raid-disk=3 /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 After issuing this command , I can see the progress of md device creating using cat /proc/mdstat. During the…
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Hard drive formatted by Windows 7 not recognized by Windows Server 2008

I have a new 3.5" 2 TB hard drive. Using a Windows 7 laptop + a docking station, I quick formatted it to NTFS. Next, I put this hard drive on a docking station that's hooked via eSata to a rack server -- Windows Server 2008 Enterprise. Now, the…
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Getting \r\n newlines to display properly in Mantis database

I've exported a Mantis project from one server to another and despite the MySQL SQL file (from which it was populated) showing: (15375,'\r\n1. Log out\r\n\r\n2. When logging in, start ... The final end-user view loses the \r\n and shows it only on…
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