[CentOS] General Linux query

2008-08-21 Thread lingu
HI, This is more general linux related topic , i want to know few basic things. 1) How file systeem get corrupted on linux? 2) why,when and how fsck to be run without lossing data? 3) Is there is any other tool other than fsck available for file system check . 4) what are all the

Re: [CentOS] General Linux query

2008-08-21 Thread William L. Maltby
On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 16:43 +0530, lingu wrote: HI, This is more general linux related topic , i want to know few basic things. 1) How file systeem get corrupted on linux? 2) why,when and how fsck to be run without lossing data? 3) Is there is any other tool other than fsck

Re: [CentOS] General Linux query

2008-08-21 Thread Brett Serkez
I can only comment from my experience, which is primarily ext2 and ext3. 1) How file systeem get corrupted on linux? I've almost never seen corruption in a Linux file system, the primary reason is usually a hardware issue, the secondary reason (by far) is buggy code. 2) why,when and how fsck

Re: [CentOS] General Linux query

2008-08-21 Thread Rainer Duffner
I can only answer some... lingu schrieb: HI, This is more general linux related topic , i want to know few basic things. 1) How file systeem get corrupted on linux? Hardware-problems. Loss of power. Bugs in FS ;-) 2) why,when and how fsck to be run without lossing data? 3)

Re: [CentOS] General Linux query

2008-08-21 Thread Warren Young
lingu wrote: 1) How file systeem get corrupted on linux? The same way any file system gets corrupted: data gets damaged or lost on its way to the physical media. 2) why,when and how fsck to be run without lossing data? The purpose of fsck is to bring the file system back into a

Re: [CentOS] General Linux query

2008-08-21 Thread Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 05:38 -0600, Warren Young wrote: lingu wrote: 4) what are all the precaution to be made to prevent file system corruption. 1. Put the computer on a UPS. 2. Configure nut (http://networkupstools.org/) to bring the system down safely well before the UPS's battery

Re: [CentOS] General Linux query

2008-08-21 Thread MHR
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 4:13 AM, lingu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HI, This is more general linux related topic , i want to know few basic things. Google is your friend. A good spell checker might not hurt, either. :-) 1) How file systeem get corrupted on linux? Pretty much the same