Fred Sloniker wrote:
Hey, everybody. First-time Linux user here (well, sort of; I've struggled before with getting either Debian or SuSE installed, unsuccessfully). So far, I like what I've seen of Debian (mostly installation screens and documentation); not only do I like the actual freeness o
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On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 11:08:49AM -0800, Fred Sloniker wrote:
> I know that powering the system off manually is a Bad Thing (tm),
> but I live in Cowville, so a black-out is always a possibil
Fred Sloniker wrote:
Hey, everybody. First-time Linux user here (well, sort of; I've struggled
before with getting either Debian or SuSE installed, unsuccessfully). So far,
I like what I've seen of Debian (mostly installation screens and documentation);
not only do I like the actual freeness of
"Timmo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> About 2 years ago, the last time I tried to get linux off the ground, I had
> an accidental power interruption and the box was totally hosed from it.
>
> I've had one occur recently, and the file system checker did it's thing but
> things were never quite righ
John M Flinchbaugh said:
> on the subject of journalled filesystems. i've been using reiserfs. i've
> noticed that invariably, some files will get corrupted,
> especially logs. they end up looking like 2 files spliced together.
what kernel and what version of resier? any software raid?
I've had
on the subject of journalled filesystems. i've been using reiserfs.
i've noticed that invariably, some files will get corrupted,
especially logs. they end up looking like 2 files spliced together.
anytime inn doesn't get to shutdown properly, i end up having to
rebuild all its history db's, etc,
Timmo said:
> So I'm also very curious about what happens, aside from the file system
> which seems to be able to fix itself.
this entirely depends on how the system lost power. If the system
lost power in a clean way, that being something such as a UPS cut
the power(e.g. going from 110V to 0V in
Fred Sloniker said:
> my attempts to educate her on computer no-nos. What do I need to do, if
> anything, to make sure my hard drive isn't hosed after a power-off? Is
> there an equivalent to the Windows Scandisk-after-crash thing?
there is nothing you can do to be sure a filesystem that is mou
About 2 years ago, the last time I tried to get linux off the ground, I had
an accidental power interruption and the box was totally hosed from it.
I've had one occur recently, and the file system checker did it's thing but
things were never quite right again. I ended up deleting and recreating
e
On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 11:08:49AM -0800, Fred Sloniker wrote:
> I know that powering the system off manually is a Bad Thing (tm), but
> I live in Cowville, so a black-out is always a possibility. It's also
> possible that my mom would turn the computer off out of ignorance,
> despite my attempts
Fred Sloniker wrote:
Hey, everybody. First-time Linux user here (well, sort of; I've struggled before with getting either Debian or SuSE installed, unsuccessfully). So far, I like what I've seen of Debian (mostly installation screens and documentation); not only do I like the actual freeness of
Fred,
fsck is the command your looking for. However, I would suggest investing in
a UPS, taping over the power button, or whatever else it takes to try to
prevent power loss. File systems under Linux are a little more "complex"
than Winblows shall we say and can be a little less forgiving at tim
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