On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Arun Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Is this server on the 'Net? Yes, it *was* on the `Net. > Are you 100% sure that nothing is wrong > with the hardware, especially the hard disk? That`s for sure. > > > What kind of applications are you running on the system? Are these > apps. available to the target users? Running dspace. Yes, these are available to target users. > On production systems, use an enterprise grade distro like CentOS > (equiv. RHEL) if you are unwilling to go with commercial RHEL or > Novell/SUSE. I will. Thanks for your suggestion. > > > > The symptoms suggest that your machine has been cracked open. > :( > > > Did you install the entire system on one partition? Where does your > important data reside on the file system tree e.g. /var/lib/mysql? > Yes, it was a mistake. My all datas are there in /usr/src/ > > > At a min. take the machine off line, boot with a Live/Rescue CD and copy > your important data to another location. You can use the BackTrack > LiveCD. It has a lot of security tools that might throw some light on > what happened. > Is it possible to copy all the data from /usr/src/ to flash-drive with live/Rescue CD? > > In future, use an enterprise grade distro and plan your partition size > i.e. tell the distro installer what partitions to use for the various > sub trees of the file system. Same, thanks. > > > To avoid further oops/trial and error I suggest you seek experienced > professional help. Same, thanks for your suggestion. -- Best, Z _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
