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      <title>Translation HowTo</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2020 14:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/translation-howto.6490/</link>
      <guid>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/translation-howto.6490/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (SupuS)</author>
      <dc:creator>SupuS</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi all .. <br />
<br />
I translated ispconfig to czech language .. and here is small guide how you can translate ispconfig to your language too .. sorry for my english .. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes    :rolleyes:" /><br />
<br />
I hope it somebody helps ..<br />
<br />
I wanted use utf-8 but it was not work properly .. so I used my national charset encoding .. I translated to czech language so I used <b>cz</b> as my lang and <b>iso-8859-2</b> charset encoding.<br />
<br />
<span style="color: DarkOrange"><b>1. copy english language files</b></span><br />
<br />
you can use this to locate *.lng...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/translation-howto.6490/" class="internalLink">Translation HowTo</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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      <title>How to upload a big SQL file</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2018 10:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/how-to-upload-a-big-sql-file.30817/</link>
      <guid>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/how-to-upload-a-big-sql-file.30817/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (AngelDrago)</author>
      <dc:creator>AngelDrago</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hello Everyone how do i overcome this problem with out using remote tools... what i like to use is phpmyadmin...<br />
<br />
this is the error message i&#039;m getting..<br />
You probably tried to upload too large file. Please refer to documentation for ways to workaround this limit.<br />
<br />
thank you..]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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      <title>How to build packages that can be installed with the ISPConfig update function.</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 11 Nov 2017 19:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/how-to-build-packages-that-can-be-installed-with-the-ispconfig-update-function.3178/</link>
      <guid>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/how-to-build-packages-that-can-be-installed-with-the-ispconfig-update-function.3178/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (till)</author>
      <dc:creator>till</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The ISPConfig update manager installs packages with the .pkg file extension. These files are simple .zip files, they are named .pkg to prevent users from unpacking them before the upload.<br />
<br />
The .zip files must be build with the option to not store path&#039;s (not even relative path&#039;s)!<br />
<br />
Inside the .pkg package is a file named &quot;package.ins&quot;. This text file contains the instructions for the installer.<br />
<br />
The installer can perform the following actions<br />
<br />
    * Create and delete directories...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/how-to-build-packages-that-can-be-installed-with-the-ispconfig-update-function.3178/" class="internalLink">How to build packages that can be installed with the ISPConfig update function.</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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    <item>
      <title>individual php.ini</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2015 12:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/individual-php-ini.14576/</link>
      <guid>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/individual-php-ini.14576/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (exmedia)</author>
      <dc:creator>exmedia</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hello I just installed ispconfig 2.2.15 on Centos 5 and I was wondering if it could be possible to have a php.ini per website?]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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    <item>
      <title>mod_cband error on apache 2.0.59</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2014 09:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/mod_cband-error-on-apache-2-0-59.7017/</link>
      <guid>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/mod_cband-error-on-apache-2-0-59.7017/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (ric321)</author>
      <dc:creator>ric321</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi greetings for the day. I have a problem with mod_cband. The error is like this<br />
<br />
Cannot load /export/home/modules/mod_cband.so into server: ld.so.1: /export/home/bin/httpd: fatal: relocation error: file /export/home/modules/mod_cband.so: symbol truncf: referenced symbol not found<br />
<br />
I have apache installed in /export/home<br />
<br />
Pls help]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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    <item>
      <title>ISPConfig &amp; RapidSSL</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2014 05:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/ispconfig-rapidssl.32973/</link>
      <guid>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/ispconfig-rapidssl.32973/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (kextra1)</author>
      <dc:creator>kextra1</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I just bought a new RapidSSL Certificate,<br />
<br />
I have to enter the CSR....which i&#039;m assuming comes from /root/ispconfig/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/ssl.crt <br />
<br />
please correct me if I&#039;m wrong,<br />
<br />
Then I enter the name and all that.  <br />
<br />
Last time I tried to submit it gave me the error CSR parse failure.<br />
<br />
Possibly I have the wrong contact information entered on the SSL providers site....any suggestions?  Should I regenerate the certificate?<br />
<br />
I want this to be my main ispconfig cert...the one that&#039;s used to...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/ispconfig-rapidssl.32973/" class="internalLink">ISPConfig &amp; RapidSSL</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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    <item>
      <title>Firewall ACLs</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2014 20:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/firewall-acls.6393/</link>
      <guid>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/firewall-acls.6393/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (punto)</author>
      <dc:creator>punto</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi I have installed ISPconfig and must say think it is a fantastic application <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" />, thankyou so much to the developers.<br />
<br />
I was wondering if it is possible to configure the ISPconfig firewall so that you can limit ssh access to certain IP addresses?<br />
<br />
With my other linux server I have an explicit REJECT in /etc/sysconfig/iptables for port 22 and then just add an ACCEPT in for the source IP addresses I want to accept and it works well.<br />
<br />
<i>-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m tcp -s...</i><br />
<br />
<a href="https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/firewall-acls.6393/" class="internalLink">Firewall ACLs</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Mailgraph</title>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2014 06:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/mailgraph.1598/</link>
      <guid>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/mailgraph.1598/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Ovidiu)</author>
      <dc:creator>Ovidiu</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I guess you all know by now  that I love graphs <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" />  <br />
<br />
I found a new tool: <a href="http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~dws/software/mailgraph/" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~dws/software/mailgraph/</a> <br />
its called mailgraph and is supposed to display mail statistics like sent/received/rejected/spam/virus and bounced...<br />
<br />
unfortunately it will not really show spam for me and it shows a little bit too few of my virus mails ;-(<br />
<br />
first of all it is set to monitor the syslog file but I changed that to the /var/log/mail.log.ispconfigsave which  seemed a better...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/mailgraph.1598/" class="internalLink">Mailgraph</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Mobile Phone Email &amp; ISPConfig 2 HOWTO</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2013 08:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/mobile-phone-email-ispconfig-2-howto.61588/</link>
      <guid>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/mobile-phone-email-ispconfig-2-howto.61588/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (kextra1)</author>
      <dc:creator>kextra1</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hello guys,<br />
<br />
For quite awhile I could receive email on my mobile phone but I couldn&#039;t get the outgoing mail with ISPConfig 2 configuration to work period.  <br />
<br />
I&#039;m running the following:<br />
<br />
ISPConfig 2<br />
Debian<br />
Postfix<br />
Courier<br />
RoundCube Webmail<br />
<br />
To fix the &quot;Mobile Cell Phone Mail&quot; outgoing problem that plagued me with the ISPConfig 2 setup simply follow the instructions listed below.<br />
<br />
1.  Edit /etc/postfix/master.cf<br />
<br />
Add the following line:<br />
<br />
submission inet         n       -...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/mobile-phone-email-ispconfig-2-howto.61588/" class="internalLink">Mobile Phone Email &amp; ISPConfig 2 HOWTO</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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      <title>ISPConfig: from http to https &amp; from https to http</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/ispconfig-from-http-to-https-from-https-to-http.3732/</link>
      <guid>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/ispconfig-from-http-to-https-from-https-to-http.3732/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Hans)</author>
      <dc:creator>Hans</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[After installing ISPConfig, sometimes we want to change from http to https mode, or as you wish from https to http mode.<br />
<br />
With this small instruction you can read how you can do this!<br />
Realise that you have to be careful, do not screw your system!<br />
<br />
Here we go:<br />
<br />
From http to https:<br />
<br />
<br />
1) Copy file httpd.conf_https from the Tarball to filefolder /root/ispconfig/httpd/conf<br />
<br />
2) Make a copy of the existing httpd.conf file !<br />
<br />
3) Rename httpd.conf_https to httpd.conf<br />
<br />
4) Open the new...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/ispconfig-from-http-to-https-from-https-to-http.3732/" class="internalLink">ISPConfig: from http to https &amp; from https to http</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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    <item>
      <title>piping email to a script</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/piping-email-to-a-script.28469/</link>
      <guid>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/piping-email-to-a-script.28469/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (rboschin)</author>
      <dc:creator>rboschin</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi,<br />
is there someone who could explain me how to pass an email to a script when it arrives?<br />
I know how to do it with procmail but don&#039;t know about dropmail (which is the mailfilter used in ISPConfig).<br />
I&#039;ve tried to open the custom rules box end entering a line as &#039;to /path/to/the/script&#039; but this doesn&#039;t work and the email gets sent into the inbox as always.<br />
<br />
Any hints?]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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    <item>
      <title>Adding openVPN to mirrored ISPCONFIG 3 on debian 6</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/adding-openvpn-to-mirrored-ispconfig-3-on-debian-6.58220/</link>
      <guid>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/adding-openvpn-to-mirrored-ispconfig-3-on-debian-6.58220/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (zephyrnet)</author>
      <dc:creator>zephyrnet</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi,<br />
I have ISPconfig 3 mirrored set up as per this tutorial:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-a-web-email-and-mysql-database-cluster-on-debian-6.0-with-ispconfig-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-a-web-email-and-mysql-database-cluster-on-debian-6.0-with-ispconfig-3</a><br />
<br />
(both servers are hosted virtual machines)<br />
<br />
Ive a requirement to add openVPN server to this server. <br />
<br />
IF I do and follow something like this...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/adding-openvpn-to-mirrored-ispconfig-3-on-debian-6.58220/" class="internalLink">Adding openVPN to mirrored ISPCONFIG 3 on debian 6</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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      <title>How i can move sites to another customer?</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/how-i-can-move-sites-to-another-customer.58217/</link>
      <guid>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/how-i-can-move-sites-to-another-customer.58217/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (rutame)</author>
      <dc:creator>rutame</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hello to everyone,<br />
<br />
I need move one site from one customer to another one. Is it possible? How i can do it?<br />
<br />
Thank you very much]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>RoundCube 0.6 on IspConfig 2</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/roundcube-0-6-on-ispconfig-2.54709/</link>
      <guid>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/roundcube-0-6-on-ispconfig-2.54709/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (clixclix)</author>
      <dc:creator>clixclix</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi everybody,<br />
<br />
if you wish to install by yourself RoundCube 0.6 on an IspConfig 2 server, after you downloaded, unzipped and installed RoundCube (or upgraded from version &lt; 0.6) remember to perform the next modifications on the file <b>config/main.inc.php</b> file:<br />
<br />
1) Modify the line:<br />


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	<div class="type">Code:</div>
	<pre>$rcmail_config['plugins'] = array('new_user_identity', 'virtuser_file');</pre>
</div>(Before RoundCube 0.6, the &#039;virtuser_file&#039; plugin didn&#039;t have to be activated explicitly)<br />
<br />
2) Add the line:...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/roundcube-0-6-on-ispconfig-2.54709/" class="internalLink">RoundCube 0.6 on IspConfig 2</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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    <item>
      <title>Update DNS records after IP change?</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2012 01:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/update-dns-records-after-ip-change.50236/</link>
      <guid>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/update-dns-records-after-ip-change.50236/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (mxc)</author>
      <dc:creator>mxc</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hi all,<br />
<br />
We are looking for a short cut to update all the dns records after an ip change. We have updated dns_soa_ip in dns_isp_dns and ip_adresse in dns_a table. Is there a quick way to get ispconfig to regenerate all of the zone files?<br />
<br />
thanks<br />
<br />
Mark]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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    <item>
      <title>Moron's Backup Script ISPConfig 2</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 14:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/morons-backup-script-ispconfig-2.46280/</link>
      <guid>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/morons-backup-script-ispconfig-2.46280/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (Morons)</author>
      <dc:creator>Morons</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I have backup&#039;ed up and sucessfully re-created servers with this scrips or like skipt a few times now<br />
<br />
<b>Note on restore:</b><br />
The most difficult part is to sort out the /etc/passwd and /etc/group after - basically the proscess is as follow<br />
<i>pwunconv </i>to get the passwords in the passwd file and same with <i>grpunconv</i><br />
then merge the old file by copy-paste or remove the system users and groups from the source and append it. Carefull with group users.<br />
<br />
I copied my wiki file here...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/morons-backup-script-ispconfig-2.46280/" class="internalLink">Moron&#039;s Backup Script ISPConfig 2</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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    <item>
      <title>autosignup remoting framework howto detailed</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/autosignup-remoting-framework-howto-detailed.27928/</link>
      <guid>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/autosignup-remoting-framework-howto-detailed.27928/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (kextra1)</author>
      <dc:creator>kextra1</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I posted this in another thread earlier, however I figured it&#039;d be better to start a new one for all those searching ISPConfig autosignup on search engines.  Sometimes it&#039;s those small details that are hard to find.  Thanks to all the developers of ISPConfig, the remoting framework,and the autosignup script pplz out there.<br />
<br />
Hello all,<br />
<br />
I&#039;ve been playing with the remoting framework for some time now. <br />
<br />
First off, I just upgraded ISPConfig from 2.2.26 to the new 2.2.27 which was just...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/autosignup-remoting-framework-howto-detailed.27928/" class="internalLink">autosignup remoting framework howto detailed</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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    <item>
      <title>ISPConfig and Mono</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/ispconfig-and-mono.16141/</link>
      <guid>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/ispconfig-and-mono.16141/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (rusvdw)</author>
      <dc:creator>rusvdw</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Been struggling with getting asp.net working with mono in ISPConfig on my Ubuntu Edgy box for a couple of days now. Just got it working, so thought i&#039;d best post the configs here for others in need (and probably myself again when I screw everything up).<br />
<br />
Let me also state that I&#039;m no expert at this, this is just what happens to have worked for me.<br />
<br />
Firstly, make sure you&#039;ve got mod_mono installed and working with apache2 before trying this. See...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/ispconfig-and-mono.16141/" class="internalLink">ISPConfig and Mono</a>]]></content:encoded>
      <slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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    <item>
      <title>SSL Certificat from startssl.com</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/ssl-certificat-from-startssl-com.55684/</link>
      <guid>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/ssl-certificat-from-startssl-com.55684/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (madmucho)</author>
      <dc:creator>madmucho</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hello users,<br />
i want share my experience with this free certification authority, so you all can make free basic ssl certificate for Your website or hosting panel itself there with no cost. And with this lines You can save a lot of time googling <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" /><br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.startssl.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">http://www.startssl.com/</a><br />
<br />
Problem is installation into ispconfig2 system, where procedure for ssl setting is another.<br />
<br />
My situation was easy, i create certificate for my website, i get encrypted private...<br />
<br />
<a href="https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/ssl-certificat-from-startssl-com.55684/" class="internalLink">SSL Certificat from startssl.com</a>]]></content:encoded>
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    <item>
      <title>Safely removing unneeded Linux kernels</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/safely-removing-unneeded-linux-kernels.19788/</link>
      <guid>https://forum.howtoforge.com/threads/safely-removing-unneeded-linux-kernels.19788/</guid>
      <author>invalid@example.com (wpwood3)</author>
      <dc:creator>wpwood3</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[This mini howto is specifically for CentOS 5.x and RHEL 5.x but other OS&#039;es have a similar ability.<br />
 <br />
<b><span style="text-decoration: underline">PROBLEM</span></b><br />
Your boot partition is getting full of old unused Linux kernels from past kernel updates.<br />
To see what percentage of your /boot partition is currently in use run the &quot;df -h&quot; command:<br />


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[root@centos ~]# df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda4             123G   19G   98G  16% /
/dev/sda1              99M   21M   73M  23% /boot...</pre>
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