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    Solved How to delete a .fuse file

    This is a dual boot machine. I'm going to boot winders and try to delete the file that way. Yeah. finally something useful from winders. I deleted the directory and everything. The file didn't even show up when I booted into windows. Must have purged when I rebooted. Thanks for the help all.
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    Solved How to delete a .fuse file

    I did try the lsof .fuse command, and got this: silverfox@silverfox-Metron:~$ lsof .fuse lsof: status error on .fuse: No such file or directory lsof 4.93.2 latest revision: https://github.com/lsof-org/lsof latest FAQ: https://github.com/lsof-org/lsof/blob/master/00FAQ latest (non-formatted)...
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    Solved How to delete a .fuse file

    I used HTop and found a fuse entry running as root. When I attempted to install the program it asked for my user password. When I tried to kill the process, nothing happened.
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    Solved How to delete a .fuse file

    "No wonder there is a remaining file of around 22GB ....and enough windows tools to choke a horse....." I suspect the file size is being mis-reported. I terminated the torrent after observing it would take over 24 hours to download.
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    Solved How to delete a .fuse file

    Mint 21.1 The download came from medicatusb.com. I also used github after the first installation terminated. These were all torrent downloads. Yes, I have Timeshift installed and operating. The prior backup goes to the 26th. However, the .fuse file in question resides on a data drive, not the...
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    Solved How to delete a .fuse file

    Tried to install Medicat, a really useful application that includes Ventoy. I aborted the install as it ran into some problem. However, it left me with a .fuse file that is locked by an application that likely has already terminated. When I try to delete the file- 23 gbytes, it appears to go...
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    Installation Question

    I'll get to the suggestions later today and get back to ya'll. Thanks.
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    Installation Question

    So I executed the command on a different system and this is what I received in response. What does this mean? If I can understand the response on this system, I may be able to understand the response on the target. I will run the command on the system in question in the morning. Again, the...
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    Installation Question

    Mint 21.1 On installation from an USB stick, the questions asked as to which partition to install. I don't know where to direct the installation of the boot loader. I have a windows partition that I don't want to overwrite. I want the installation to dual boot. However, there is an existing...
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    Solved Time Shift ate my hard drive. 0 bytes left!

    Well I'm back. Sometimes if you ignore a problem, it will go away. That was the case this time. Well, sorta. When booting into Linux with 0 bytes, the error message has three options. One of which is to, "Ignore". I chose that this time and the system booted. I was able to start Time Shift, and...
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    Solved Time Shift ate my hard drive. 0 bytes left!

    I just recalled, I have a usb drive with MX-Linux installed. If I boot that, what if I resize the partition? Problem I'm having with gparted and the other tool is: I can't get the resize option to function. I think it's something to do with the way I'm using it. Do I have to unmount a drive to...
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    Solved Time Shift ate my hard drive. 0 bytes left!

    My error was placing the snap shots on the mint operating system drive. Previously they were placed on a data drive. Thanks for the help so far.
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    Solved Time Shift ate my hard drive. 0 bytes left!

    Mint 21.2 Brave browser indicated there is no space left and suggested I clear some cookies. Brave then locked up. I rebooted the system using the shut down or reboot option. Upon loading, very tiny text appeared that I did not have time to read, followed by regular sized text message indicating...
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