Re: [newbie] File System Problem

2004-08-31 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 11:01, David Johnson wrote: > Hi all, > > We had a power failure the other day and now my ML10.0 system barfs out messages > every so often to the main screen (presumably when it does an FS check) that look > like the following: > > "INFO : [2004-08-31T06:33:15-0700]

[newbie] File System Problem

2004-08-31 Thread David Johnson
Hi all, We had a power failure the other day and now my ML10.0 system barfs out messages every so often to the main screen (presumably when it does an FS check) that look like the following: "INFO : [2004-08-31T06:33:15-0700] msg=,Check failed., path=" I presume that this is due to fil

gpart Re: Diagnostic and recovery Re: [newbie] file system of unmounted partition

2003-04-04 Thread Anguo
Hmmm... gpart sounds promissing... I'll definitively have a look at it. Thanks a lot HarM. Blessings, Anguo On Wednesday 02 Apr 2003 12:49 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > I just stumbled across a tool that might be of some help, > it's called gpart. > > I messed up my mbr partition table (please don

Re: Diagnostic and recovery Re: [newbie] file system of unmounted partition

2003-04-01 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 01 April 2003 18:24, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Monday March 31 2003 08:18 am, Anguo wrote: > > Sorry, My question was not complete. I need more something > > like a diagnostic tool. The partition table has been messed > > up with (in particular the FS type)... :-( > > So I need to figure

Re: Diagnostic and recovery Re: [newbie] file system of unmounted partition

2003-04-01 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Monday March 31 2003 08:18 am, Anguo wrote: > Sorry, My question was not complete. I need more something > like a diagnostic tool. The partition table has been messed > up with (in particular the FS type)... :-( > So I need to figure out, not what the partition table, but > what the FS was when

Diagnostic and recovery Re: [newbie] file system of unmounted partition

2003-03-31 Thread Anguo
On Sunday 30 Mar 2003 11:15 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > Just open a terminal and type "fdisk -l" > > It will list all partitions (mounted or not) and give you > specific information about the partitions as well. HTH! Hello Stephen, Thanks for replying. Sorry, My question was not complete. I ne

Diagnostic and recovery Re: [newbie] file system of unmounted partition

2003-03-31 Thread Anguo
On Sunday 30 Mar 2003 11:30 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: >Probly the easiest way is to go to Applications | > Monitoring and choose KDiskFree. It lists all your > partitions, Type (files system), Size, and Usage. If > you've got removable media inserted and supermount > enabled, it'll also display

Re: [newbie] file system of unmounted partition

2003-03-30 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday March 29 2003 05:23 pm, Anguo wrote: > Hello, > > How can I determine what filesystem is used by a partition > that is currently unmounted. > The aim is precisely to be able to mount it and read (only) > the data inside. Probly the easiest way is to go to Applications | Monitoring a

Re: [newbie] file system of unmounted partition

2003-03-29 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 09:23, Anguo wrote: > Hello, > > How can I determine what filesystem is used by a partition > that is currently unmounted. > The aim is precisely to be able to mount it and read (only) > the data inside. > > > Thanks for any help > > anguo Just open a terminal and type

[newbie] file system of unmounted partition

2003-03-29 Thread Anguo
Hello, How can I determine what filesystem is used by a partition that is currently unmounted. The aim is precisely to be able to mount it and read (only) the data inside. Thanks for any help anguo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] File system to use?

2002-08-20 Thread Sharrea
On Wed, 21 Aug 2002 06:18, Mehra, Sachiv wrote: > what file system would i best to use if i am going to use my linux box as > a > > 1-proxy server for dns/http/file caching > 2-ftp server > 3-divx server for my lan > 4-file server for my lan > > it's going to have a 80gig 7200rpm drive. > > What's

Re: [newbie] File system to use?

2002-08-20 Thread Franki
gds Frank - Original Message - From: "Mehra, Sachiv" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 2:18 AM Subject: [newbie] File system to use? > what file system would i best to use if i am going to use my linux box as a &

Re: [newbie] File system to use?

2002-08-20 Thread Markus Bela
Use one of the journaling file systems, EXT3 or REISER. I do not see significant differences, more or less offer the same benefits. - Original Message - From: "Mehra, Sachiv" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 8:18 PM

[newbie] File system to use?

2002-08-20 Thread Mehra, Sachiv
what file system would i best to use if i am going to use my linux box as a 1-proxy server for dns/http/file caching 2-ftp server 3-divx server for my lan 4-file server for my lan it's going to have a 80gig 7200rpm drive. What's best? or feasable heh. Thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Servic

Re: [newbie] File system choices

2002-08-10 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Fri, 9 Aug 2002 18:12:43 +0100, Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My ext2 partitions are now ext3 - I couldn't fathom the Control Centre route, > but the command line couldn't have been simpler. > > For future reference - i.e. when I move on to Mandrake 9 - I get the > impression tha

[newbie] File system choices

2002-08-09 Thread Anne Wilson
My ext2 partitions are now ext3 - I couldn't fathom the Control Centre route, but the command line couldn't have been simpler. For future reference - i.e. when I move on to Mandrake 9 - I get the impression that there are a number of problems with some of the file systems, with Reiser being pr

[newbie] file system

2002-06-23 Thread Dan Cox
I'm curios about the different file systems available to linux. Specifically are there certain file systems that are better for nfs partitions or other types of servers. What are the advantages of and/or disadvantages of xfs, ext3, etc. Any comments and links are greatly appreciated. Dan Cox

Re: [newbie] File system

2002-01-09 Thread Randy Kramer
Amish K. Munshi wrote: > I wanted to know what is journaling file system and how does it > differ from the previous file systems. Amish, I'm a newbie too, but I'm going to try to answer your question so I can learn when somebody corrects me. (Based on other knowledge I think I have (of jour

Re: [newbie] File system

2002-01-09 Thread Michael Viron
Yes, ext3 is a journaling filesystem. An article in Linux Magazine called 'Journaling filesystems' can be found at http://www.linux-mag.com/2000-08/journaling_01.html , which should answer your questions. Or for that matter, go to http://www.google.com, and do a search on 'Journaling Filesystems

Re: [newbie] file system accessible by windows and linux

2001-12-24 Thread Brian Parish
Probably the easiest would be FAT32. You'll find that when you've installed Linux, it will mount it for you by default. You'll find it from Linux as /mnt/windows, or /mnt/win_c - something like that. /Brian On Monday 24 December 2001 4:34 am, you wrote: > On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 11:21:47 -0600 >

Re: [newbie] file system accessible by windows and linux

2001-12-23 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 20:22:38 -0600 "kenn yahoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled in frustration: > Thanks so much, Mike ... as it turns out, everything was ALREADY > configured exactly as you described, so the windows partition was > already available, i just wasn't smart enough to know it ... > >

Re: [newbie] file system accessible by windows and linux

2001-12-23 Thread kenn yahoo
- Original Message - From: "Michael Scottaline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2001 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] file system accessible by windows and linux > On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 17:55:05 -0600 > "kenn yahoo&qu

Re: [newbie] file system accessible by windows and linux

2001-12-23 Thread Derek Jennings
Just use your windows partition for your Dreamweaver work. Linux will be able to read it there. Mandrake will automatically configure itself to access your windows partition at /mnt/windows derek On Sunday 23 December 2001 17:21, kenn yahoo wrote: > Greetings > > Well, my xmas gift to m

Re: [newbie] file system accessible by windows and linux

2001-12-23 Thread Ed Tharp
M$ products (win9x) will only be able to read fat, fat32, vfat, and on nt or 2000, ntfs Linux has no such hangups. On Sunday 23 December 2001 12:21, you wrote: > Greetings > > Well, my xmas gift to myself -- a new laptop -- arrived via FedEx > yesterday, and I've successfully created a dual

Re: [newbie] file system accessible by windows and linux

2001-12-23 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 11:21:47 -0600 "kenn yahoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled in frustration: > Greetings > > Well, my xmas gift to myself -- a new laptop -- arrived via FedEx > yesterday, and I've successfully created a dual boot with windows and > linux ... now that i know i can do that,

[newbie] file system accessible by windows and linux

2001-12-23 Thread kenn yahoo
Greetings Well, my xmas gift to myself -- a new laptop -- arrived via FedEx yesterday, and I've successfully created a dual boot with windows and linux ... now that i know i can do that, today's task is to reinstall linux, this time changing the partitioning ... i need to have one small par

[Mandrakeupdate] was Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanlycheck forced

1999-09-02 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Jeanette Russo wrote: > Ok well I guess its just not working then I am just getting an error message > when I try to run the update utility. > Jeanette > Well we just can't have that can we! Could you tell me what the error message was? If it wasn't very descriptive theres o

Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-09-01 Thread Jeanette Russo
nal Message ----- > > From: Alan Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 9:13 PM > > Subject: Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced > > > > > > > Alan Shoemaker wrote

Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-09-01 Thread Jeanette Russo
Ok I am over it now. Thanks for the support. This is a great list. Jeanette - Original Message - From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 9:40 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check force

Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-09-01 Thread Jeanette Russo
> > I will check out LSL, thanks for the suggestion. I did know about the problem with the kernal but I guess I figured they had fixed it since the date on the package I bought was long after the problem was discovered. Jeanette I posted yesterday about LSL releasing a new "updates" CD that

Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-09-01 Thread John Aldrich
> You may remove the old one after successfully testing the new one with the > command.. > rpm -e kernel-2.2.9-19mdk > > > > > > > default=linux27 (or whatever you call it) > > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.9-27mdks > > Theres no S on the end of that, just so nobody botches the install and > Blames

Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-09-01 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 01 Sep 1999, you wrote: I understand your frustration level. Sometimes you just have to step back, have a brew and shut the computer off for awhile. :-) Trust me, I've been there... :-) And I'm STILL there sometimes. I work for an ISP and sometimes have to work on customers' computers whic

Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-09-01 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Jeanette Russo wrote: > > The reason I was upset is I just spent a week of intense trying to fix > Mandrake 5.3 which didn't seem to be that bad and I am not looking forward > to trying to fix Mandrake 6 which I thought would be ok. For some reason > the Mandrake updates is not working. Not sur

Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-09-01 Thread JK
August 31, 1999 9:31 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced > > > Jeanette Russo wrote: > > > > > > I can't believe I have to install a kernel in my brand new install to > fix > > > this. I have no idea how to do thi

Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-09-01 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
ernel and initscripts problems. They were not discovered in time to halt the pressing of the cd's. > - Original Message - > From: Alan Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 9:13 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] F

Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-09-01 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Martin White wrote: > - Original Message - > From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Jeanette Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 3:01 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] File System

Re: KPPP was RE: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-09-01 Thread Joseph S. Gardner
age- > > From: Alan Shoemaker [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, 1 September 1999 9:23 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: KPPP was RE: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly > > check forced > > > > Aaron deRozario wrote:

Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-09-01 Thread Jeanette Russo
From: Steve Philp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 9:31 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced > Jeanette Russo wrote: > > > > I can't believe I have to install a kernel in my brand new ins

Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-09-01 Thread Jeanette Russo
to update the packages shipped long after the release was really bad. Jeanette - Original Message - From: Alan Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 9:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

Re: KPPP was RE: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-09-01 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > Aaron deRozario wrote: > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Alan Shoemaker [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, 1 September 1999 5:26 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >

Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-08-31 Thread Brett Jones
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, you wrote: > On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, you wrote: > > I can't believe I have to install a kernel in my brand new install to fix > > this. I have no idea how to do this. I just Mandrake Soft should have > > fixed this in the boxed versions. This problem has been out for a long ti

Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-08-31 Thread Steve Philp
Jeanette Russo wrote: > > I can't believe I have to install a kernel in my brand new install to fix > this. I have no idea how to do this. I just Mandrake Soft should have > fixed this in the boxed versions. This problem has been out for a long time > and now I wasted $39 time and effort on Ma

RE: KPPP was RE: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-08-31 Thread Aaron deRozario
nesday, 1 September 1999 9:23 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: KPPP was RE: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly > check forced > > Aaron deRozario wrote: > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Alan Shoemaker [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-08-31 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Alan Shoemaker wrote: > > Jeanettenot long ago a contributer to one of these mdk support lists > > wrote that the KPPP supplied with 6.0 initializes the config file with a > > null for speed (even though the window in the GUI setup says 57600) and > > that this causes the connection to time o

Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-08-31 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, you wrote: > I can't believe I have to install a kernel in my brand new install to fix > this. I have no idea how to do this. I just Mandrake Soft should have > fixed this in the boxed versions. This problem has been out for a long time > and now I wasted $39 time and effor

Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-08-31 Thread Jeanette Russo
this possibly be the most bug free version on Linux when you have to replace the kernal right after you install it. Jeanette - Original Message - From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] File Syst

Re: KPPP was RE: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-08-31 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Aaron deRozario wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > From: Alan Shoemaker [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, 1 September 1999 5:26 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced > &

Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-08-31 Thread Jeanette Russo
I gave it a try and it does seem to work now, thanks Alan, Jeanette - Original Message - From: Alan Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 4:25 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced > Sco

KPPP was RE: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-08-31 Thread Aaron deRozario
> -Original Message- > From: Alan Shoemaker [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, 1 September 1999 5:26 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced > > Jeanettenot long ago a contribute

Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-08-31 Thread Jonathan Dlouhy
---Reply to mail from Jeanette Russo about [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced > After dealing with Linux problems for the last week on Mandrake 5.3 I made > the jump to Venus 6.0. I am starting to regret not reinstalling Mandrake > 5.3. Now I am dealing with more

Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-08-31 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Scott Miller wrote: > > Jeanette Russo wrote: > > > > After dealing with Linux problems for the last week on Mandrake 5.3 I made > > the jump to Venus 6.0. I am starting to regret not reinstalling Mandrake > > 5.3. Now I am dealing with more problems. Everytime I shutdown hda6 does > > not un

Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-08-31 Thread Scott Miller
Jeanette Russo wrote: > > After dealing with Linux problems for the last week on Mandrake 5.3 I made > the jump to Venus 6.0. I am starting to regret not reinstalling Mandrake > 5.3. Now I am dealing with more problems. Everytime I shutdown hda6 does > not unmount (device busy). I know this

Re: [newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-08-31 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, you wrote: > After dealing with Linux problems for the last week on Mandrake 5.3 I made > the jump to Venus 6.0. I am starting to regret not reinstalling Mandrake > 5.3. Now I am dealing with more problems. Everytime I shutdown hda6 does > not unmount (device busy). I kno

[newbie] File System not unmounting cleanly check forced

1999-08-31 Thread Jeanette Russo
After dealing with Linux problems for the last week on Mandrake 5.3 I made the jump to Venus 6.0. I am starting to regret not reinstalling Mandrake 5.3. Now I am dealing with more problems. Everytime I shutdown hda6 does not unmount (device busy). I know this is a bug. The Mandrake updates d

[newbie] file system caching, file system errors

1999-08-15 Thread Ian W Douglas
Hey all. Maybe this is an expert@ question, but here goes. We're setting up a distance education centre at my church and while the maintenance crew is working on the classroom, from time to time we find that the power to the server room gets cut off. Upon rebooting, the file system almost alw

Re: [newbie] File system signal 11 error

1999-03-19 Thread RĂ©mi LETOT
At 12:14 18/03/99 -0600, you wrote: >My install of Mandrake 5.3 successfully completed, but the during the >reboot, the filesystem failed a check during mounting. The error was: > >Warning... fsck.ext2 for device /dev/sda5 exited with signal 11. > >*** An error occurred during the file system che

Re: [newbie] File system signal 11 error

1999-03-19 Thread Steve Philp
Bob James wrote: > > My install of Mandrake 5.3 successfully completed, but the during the > reboot, the filesystem failed a check during mounting. The error was: > > Warning... fsck.ext2 for device /dev/sda5 exited with signal 11. > > *** An error occurred during the file system check. > > Wh