http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com Linux Commands are virtually same from one Linux distribution or version to another. In such a way the original pros do Linux administration is to function at the Linux command line and execute Linux commands. It can be difficult for someone new to Linux ... http://www.articlealley.com/http://poonum.articlealley.com/linux-commands-1729135.html 02nd September 2010 In a Linux file system, there are lots of blocks that are used to store all kinds of data. One of the types of data is the metadata that contains the its information. One of these metadata is the superblock, which keeps all the details of the file system ... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jonnydefh.articlealley.com/how-would-you-mount-linux-system-when-the-superblock-is-corrupted-1681446.html 06th August 2010 Couldn't be easier. - install gparted from System > Admin > Synaptic - close Synaptic - select partition editor from System > Admin - select the Vista partition and format (just that one!) to a linux file system (ext3 or xfs). - add it to your /etc/f... http://www.articlealley.com/http://buntymann2.articlealley.com/how-to-remove-ubuntu-from-vista-computer-1652245.html 13th July 2010 The Linux system is an Open source operating system and it is more secure than other OS. It provides the freedom to administer your system by taking care of the look & feel and the applications to be installed, etc. However, as nothing is perfect in this... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jonnydefh.articlealley.com/recovering-corrupted-ext2based-file-system-from-linux-1617314.html 23rd June 2010 A Linux file system is a collection of various files and folders, which is stored in a separate disk partition. The entire disk partition is divided into various file system blocks, which are used for storing either the user data or the metadata. The meta... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jonnydefh.articlealley.com/recovering-data-from-corrupted-superblock-from-linux-system-1600294.html 15th June 2010 Similar to the other operating systems, Linux comprises of number of components, which include Superblock. Superblock is an important metadata in the Linux operating system that portrays file systems on the Linux hard disk drive. The system components enj... http://www.articlealley.com/http://mergetool.articlealley.com/linux-data-recovery-when-corruption-makes-linux-volumes-unmountable-1583801.html 03rd June 2010 Like other computer operating systems, Linux also comprise of various components, which include Superblock. Superblock is a significant metadata of the Linux operating system, which describes file systems on the Linux hard drive. The system components hav... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jonnydefh.articlealley.com/superblock-corruption-makes-linux-volume-unmountable-1569385.html 26th May 2010 Are you finding difficulties in mounting your Linux system disk? The problem could be due to corruption in the file system. To address such issues, Linux OS provides fsck utility. It is a command-line utility, which checks integrity and consistency of the... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jonnydefh.articlealley.com/recovering-linux-system-after-using-fsck-on-a-mounted-system-1560016.html 21st May 2010 Ext4 or Fourth Extended file system is an advanced and reliable Linux file system, which is successor of Ext3 file system. It is a journaling file system, which has emerged very quickly. It adds numerous performance improvements and remove the 64-bit data... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jonnydefh.articlealley.com/performing-ext4-recovery-to-fix-data-loss-after-delayed-allocation-1480480.html 31st March 2010 Ext4 or Fourth Extended file system is the latest release in long line of the Linux file system. It is the successor of Ext3 file system and has a number of powerful features. 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Linux uses file system entries to locate files on the ha... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jonnydefh.articlealley.com/how-to-fix-readonly-file-system-error-in-linux-1316310.html 29th December 2009 Data loss is a horrible reality and it may occur to any system, nevertheless of the hardware and system configuration. You can prevent such situations by creating a reliable and complete backup of your storage media. In Linux operating system, you can use... http://www.articlealley.com/http://bradjerry.articlealley.com/how-to-backup-in-linux-using-mondoarchive-command-1299651.html 16th December 2009 In Linux operating system, root file system is a file system, which is contained on the hard drive volume on which root directory is located. Linux kernel require the root file system to be mounted on startup. 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The Ext3 file s... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jonnydefh.articlealley.com/ext3-file-system-corruption-in-linux-854691.html 09th April 2009 A Linux file system is the metadata structure that Linux uses to keep record of files on the hard drive that is the way in which the files are arranged on the hard drive. Every file system has a component based complex design and they are prone to corrupt... http://www.articlealley.com/http://simpson.articlealley.com/how-to-handle-file-system-problems-that-are-unrepairable-for-fsck-813549.html 09th March 2009 In a Linux computer, the file system is metadata that is used for organizing and managing data that is stored on the hard drive. The file system ensures integrity of data. 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Generally the superblock stored in th... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jonnydefh.articlealley.com/what-to-do-when-superblock-recovery-fails-799527.html 26th February 2009 Tune2fs is a Linux command that is generally used by the system administrators to tune the parameters of Ext2 and Ext3 file systems by regulating different parameters. You need to just specify the device on which the file system resides. This command also... http://www.articlealley.com/http://bradjerry.articlealley.com/linux-data-loss-due-to-improper-use-of-tune2fs-798009.html 25th February 2009 When you run fsck on your Linux file system's physical volume, sometimes you may encounter certain error messages. These error messages prevent you from accessing data from a particular volume. 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