On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 17:11, littleguru wrote: > Hello > > I have several questons: > 1-when I start mylinux server and it said that it was not shutdown > properly , do you want to check ? > but I ran fsck manually before and it shouldn't ask me any more. is > there any difference between fsck at startup and the one I ran in > maintenance mode, because the server couldnt boot and entered in > maintenace mode. ---- maintenance mode is manual e2fsck /dev/hda1 e2fsck /dev/hda2 etc. you are expected to know which partitions you are using, swap isn't a partition that has a file system per se. if you are at all unclear, answer yes at startup to have it check/repair all known filesystems ---- > 2-In maintenance mode is it necessary to umount the device ?and how can > I find that which device is mounted ? ---- typically, /boot is the first partition and it mounts before all the others i.e. /dev/hda1 - skip that for now. ---- > 3- can I find another software other than fsck to check and solve > hardware problem ? ---- file system repair tools do not solve hardware problem. There are probably others but it's always been good enough for me ---- > I found knoppix but dont have any experience with that . > 4-what is the best way to transfer data from crashed hard to the new one? > fsdump ? or just cp ?I use fedora core one and need some thing that > untar or restore every thing > on home directory . ---- I use cp Craig
