Ubuntu 12.04 install and some post-install steps

Well I decided to finally bite the bullet and do an installation of Ubuntu Server 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) 64-bit Version.  First of all (as expected) one would download the .iso file from Ubuntu’s Web Site, then proceed to burn it to a CD, or put it on a USB bootable drive using a tool like … Read more

Creating USB Bootable file system from Linux

Good day.  The preferred method from alot of distro’s of Linux recommend using the program unetbootin to create the USB Bootable drive (from an .iso file).  However, I seem to have some bad luck with this, as it will run and create the USB bootable device, however upon trying to boot from it I only … Read more

Linux Logical Volume resize

Resizing a logical volume under Linux is a two step process; first the logical volume itself must be resized, and then the filesystem itself resized. Contents Logical Volume resize Filesystem resize Logical Volume resize lvextend is the command to resize the logical volume. The -L option specifies the number of megabytes to resize to, or … Read more