Articles, tagged with "linux data", page 3
23rd March 2010
Linux partitions are basically of three types: swap, root, and home. The swap partition is used for Linux swap space, root partition for Linux and the installed applications, and home partitions for holding /home directory i.e. data. When it comes to data...
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Author:
jonny defh
22nd March 2010
Are you resizing your Linux hard drive partitions using Gparted utility? Create an absolute backup of your valuable data before your proceed. Gparted provides you advanced and easy methods to perform a number of operations on your Linux volumes. However, ...
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Author:
jonny defh
19th March 2010
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Author:
lenseylee
18th March 2010
Superblock is one of the most common component of metadata structure in ext2 file system. It saves critical information which is used by the file system manager to systematically manage the file system. Corruption in superblock can occur due to improper s...
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Author:
jonny defh
11th March 2010
Linux is a popular operating system, which offers a wide range of features to effectively manage data on the hard drive with its file systems, including Ext2. It is an open-source operating system that enables you to customize the operating system as per ...
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Author:
jonny defh
10th March 2010
Do you need to add a new disk to LVM volume for expanding it? Or, are you trying to add a new disk on LVM with zero redundancy? You must create complete backup of your precious data before trying out any of the above things. Adding a new disk to LVM volum...
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Author:
jonny defh
01st March 2010
A superblock in Linux operating system comprises of critical information (type size, and status) related to file system. It also includes information about the metadata structures. Since, the superblock contains such vital information, Linux always mainta...
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Author:
jonny defh
22nd February 2010
Are you unable to mount your Linux hard drive volume? Are you facing superblock, inode, or file system corruption like error messages while booting your Linux system? Such situations are caused by corruption of Linux hard drive metadata structures. This b...
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Author:
jonny defh
04th February 2010
In Linux operating system, myrescue is an utility to retrieve still-readable information from damaged hard drive. This Linux Data Recovery tool is similar to the dd_rescue, however it attempts to quickly get out of corrupted area to handle undamaged part ...
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Author:
jonny defh
25th January 2010
Modern distributions of Linux operating systems use UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) to uniquely identify hard drive or other data storage devices, in place of the conventional block names like /dev/sdb and /dev/hda1. It is due to the fact that UUID i...
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Author:
jonny defh
19th January 2010
In Linux operating system, the hard drive volumes are mounted by the disk labels, in place of the device paths. It is a quite effective approach because the disk path and name can get changed when you boot your system and so can create a number of complic...
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Author:
jonny defh
04th January 2010
Linux Superblock is an important data structure of its file system. The Superblock comprises of basic information, like file system size, type, status (mounted or umounted) etc. The file system manager uses this information to maintain the file system. Th...
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Author:
brad jerry
29th December 2009
File system is the most critical data structure of Linux operating system, which is responsible for organizing data on the hard drive. It ensures quick and easy accessing of your data from the disk. Linux uses file system entries to locate files on the ha...
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Author:
jonny defh
23rd December 2009
Ext2 is widely used and powerful file system of Linux operating system. It provides high-level security, reliability, and data management. Space in the Ext2 file system is split into blocks, and managed into the block groups, correspondent to the cylinder...
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Author:
jonny defh
22nd December 2009
In Linux operating system, fsck (file system check) is a command-line utility that allows you to check file system and hard drive integrity. Using this tool, you can even fix some minor errors of file system. Generally, it runs automatically during system...
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Author:
jonny defh