Re: ext3 file system

2010-09-26 Thread Chris Davies
Josef Huber wrote: > Yes, that's quite annoying: I had a similar problem once, because of > hibernation with lenny and xp. Later I had to find out that if you use > only Linux-OSs, the problem occurs as well. Why there isn't any warning > with the file system not being saved correctly - I would re

Re: ext3 file system

2010-09-14 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Frank put forth on 9/14/2010 12:17 PM: > Further to this problem (I'm getting tired of re-booting) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Ar

Re: ext3 file system

2010-09-14 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:17:35 -0400 (EDT), Frank wrote: > > Further to this problem (I'm getting tired of re-booting)...I have > tried copying mail in SYlpheed from Ubuntu (sda3) to Squeeze (sda2) > several times..with and without manually unmounting sda2 before > rebooting. If I unmount sda2 befo

Re: ext3 file system

2010-09-14 Thread Frank
On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:45:52 -0400 Frank wrote: > On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:39:17 -0400 (EDT) > Stephen Powell wrote: > > > On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:51:12 -0400 (EDT), Frank wrote: > > > One thing I noticed...in Ubuntu's fstab, sda2 is referred to as > > > "/dev/sda2" while the Ubuntu partition is r

Re: ext3 file system

2010-09-13 Thread Frank
On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:01:08 -0400 Paul Cartwright wrote: > > >Ubuntu is using the graphical logon/logoff so I can't see what's > > going on, but yes the shutdown is clean. I **assume** the file system > > is being unmounted, but I'd have to disable graphics to see for sure. > > I think i

Re: ext3 file system

2010-09-13 Thread Frank
On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:02:54 -0400 Tom H wrote: > On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:51:12 -0400 (EDT), Frank wrote: > >> One thing I noticed...in Ubuntu's fstab, sda2 is referred to as > >> "/dev/sda2" while the Ubuntu partition is referenced by th

Re: ext3 file system

2010-09-13 Thread Frank
On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:39:17 -0400 (EDT) Stephen Powell wrote: > On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:51:12 -0400 (EDT), Frank wrote: > > One thing I noticed...in Ubuntu's fstab, sda2 is referred to as > > "/dev/sda2" while the Ubuntu partition is referenced by the UUID..I > > wonder if this is a problem ? >

Re: ext3 file system

2010-09-13 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:51:12 -0400 (EDT), Frank wrote: >> One thing I noticed...in Ubuntu's fstab, sda2 is referred to as >> "/dev/sda2" while the Ubuntu partition is referenced by the UUID..I >> wonder if this is a problem ? > > You said Ub

Re: ext3 file system

2010-09-13 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:51:12 -0400 (EDT), Frank wrote: > One thing I noticed...in Ubuntu's fstab, sda2 is referred to as > "/dev/sda2" while the Ubuntu partition is referenced by the UUID..I > wonder if this is a problem ? You said Ubuntu both times. Which is Debian and which is Ubuntu? It should

Re: ext3 file system

2010-09-13 Thread Josef Huber
know that! Josef Huber Betreff: Re: ext3 file system Von: Stephen Powell Datum: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:41:32 -0400 (EDT) An: debian-user@lists.debian.org On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:28:26 -0400 (EDT), Frank wrote: > > I have been having (minor?) proble

Re: ext3 file system

2010-09-13 Thread Frank
On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:41:32 -0400 (EDT) Stephen Powell wrote: > On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:28:26 -0400 (EDT), Frank wrote: > > > > I have been having (minor?) problems with the ext3 file systems on my > > machine. I have Ubuntu installed on /dev/sda3, with Squeeze on > > /dev/sda2. Nearly everyti

Re: ext3 file system

2010-09-13 Thread Stephen Powell
On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:28:26 -0400 (EDT), Frank wrote: > > I have been having (minor?) problems with the ext3 file systems on my > machine. I have Ubuntu installed on /dev/sda3, with Squeeze on > /dev/sda2. Nearly everytime I go into Ubuntu, then back to Squeeze, > the file system check recovers

ext3 file system

2010-09-13 Thread Frank
I have been having (minor?) problems with the ext3 file systems on my machine. I have Ubuntu installed on /dev/sda3, with Squeeze on /dev/sda2. Nearly everytime I go into Ubuntu, then back to Squeeze, the file system check recovers the journal, and finds 8 or 10 orphaned nodes. It seems to happen

Ext2/Ext3 file system driver for Windows XP (x86)

2005-08-08 Thread Hans-Peter Sulzer
Hello, albeit I have written it already here, but in a reply, so many users perhaps won't have noticed it. A German student has developed a file system driver for Windows XP (x386-versions only), which can natively access Linux Ext2 and Ext3 (Ext3 imo only without journalling) partitions. Read and

Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-06-21 Thread steef
Ian Langnickel wrote: Hi Steef, as my mailrules fail to automatically move your messages into my mailinglist folder and I always have to move them manually I would like to ask you to correct some setting in your mailreader software. The "To: " header is broken with your current configuration,

Re: [Fwd: Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System]

2005-06-20 Thread Steve Lamb
steef wrote: No message from ya so I presume you're wondering why he would be saying there's a problem? > Illegal-Object: Syntax error in To: address found on mailgate.god.de: > To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:gebruikerslijst > He's partially correct and partially wrong. His error message

[Fwd: Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System]

2005-06-20 Thread steef
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Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-06-19 Thread steef
Steve Lamb wrote: steef wrote: Vincent Lönngren wrote: Actually, it refuses to defrag ext3 filesystems, because they have "unsupported features". why would you do that for heaven's sake? Vincent was replying to an old thread. Already discussed at length. Ch

Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-06-18 Thread Steve Lamb
steef wrote: > Vincent Lönngren wrote: >> Actually, it refuses to defrag ext3 filesystems, because they have >> "unsupported features". > why would you do that for heaven's sake? Vincent was replying to an old thread. Already discussed at length. Check archives. :) -- Steve C. L

Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-06-18 Thread steef
Vincent Lönngren wrote: Actually, it refuses to defrag ext3 filesystems, because they have "unsupported features". why would you do that for heaven's sake? regards, steef -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-06-18 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sat, Jun 18, 2005 at 10:04:16AM +0200, Vincent Lönngren wrote: > Actually, it refuses to defrag ext3 filesystems, because they have > "unsupported features". There is no need to defrag modern *nix filesystems. Why even bother? -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchez

Re: Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-06-18 Thread Vincent Lönngren
Actually, it refuses to defrag ext3 filesystems, because they have "unsupported features". -- Vincent Lönngren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-06-02 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 11:24:47PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > Package: defrag [..] Description: ext2, minix and xiafs filesystem > defragmenter Wouldn't risk it on ext3. If it shouldn't be used on It will work fine on a cleanly-unmounted ext3 partition (e.g. with no peding log replays).

Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-05-27 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, May 22, 2005 at 03:31:20AM +0100, Carlos Rodrigues wrote: > Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > >Ok, I get your message, but for my gratification, insight and knowledge > >of Linux how do I get the programs to run without error and not distroy > >my harddisk? I'll run e2fsck to check on defragmen

Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-05-26 Thread Joris Huizer
Leonard Chatagnier wrote: On Sunday 22 May 2005 03:33 pm, Bill Mair wrote: Steve Lamb wrote: > Leonard Chatagnier wrote: >>Ok, I get your message, but for my gratification, insight and knowledge >>of Linux how do I get the programs to run without error and not distroy >>my harddisk? debian

Re: Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System-No Problem!

2005-05-23 Thread Leonard Chatagnier
frag a hard drive safely? Debian appears to put out the message that ext3 file system is the greatest yet I don't seem to be able to use any utilities to maintain it. You can't use e2defrag, which hardly qualifies as "any utilities". Let me state this one more time:

Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-05-23 Thread Mike
Carlos Rodrigues wrote: The references on this are mostly highly technical, and you can find a bunch of those by googling. But sometimes the best way to is just to try and forget the habits learned on MS-land and adopt a wait-and-see approach. Just let your filesystems be, and in time you

Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-05-23 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2005-05-20 17:10:25, schrieb Leonard Chatagnier: > Have read manuals and done Google Debian search but can't get e2defrag > to run on KI 2.6.8-2-686 > with Ext 3 FS. Here's what I did and results: > ChatagnierL-Home:/var/log# *e2defrag -drsv /dev/hda2*

Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-05-22 Thread Steve Lamb
Carlos Rodrigues wrote: > And after 8 years using Linux all the time, I came to find the MS-land > rituals somewhat exotic (if unix filesystems take care of themselves, > why can't the so called New Technology File System?). It can. NTFS is a dirivative of OS/2's HPFS. HPFS didn't have a def

Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-05-22 Thread Carlos Rodrigues
life, and when it does... dump/restore (move everything somewhere else, and then move it back). Do I have to revert to ext 2 fs in order to defrag a hard drive safely? Debian appears to put out the message that ext3 file system is the greatest yet I don't seem to be able to use an

Re: Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-05-22 Thread Leonard Chatagnier
On Sunday 22 May 2005 03:33 pm, Bill Mair wrote: Steve Lamb wrote: > Leonard Chatagnier wrote: >>Ok, I get your message, but for my gratification, insight and knowledge >>of Linux how do I get the programs to run without error and not distroy >>my harddisk? debian FS != DOS FS This is about

Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-05-22 Thread John Hasler
Rob writes: > This is about the best explanation I've ever seen, even if it a couple of > years old now: > http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.os.linux.mandrake/msg/38a9eeb8d01b1dbb?hl=en Also of note is the fact that ext2 uses a loosest fit algorithm (also known as "worst fit") rather than t

Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-05-22 Thread Adam Fabian
On 5/22/05, Leonard Chatagnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam Fabian wrote: > > >On 5/20/05, Leonard Chatagnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >>more than 5 months old and has never been defragged but I'm still very > >>much a newbie. > >> > >> > > > >It's very unlikely that your file

Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-05-22 Thread Rob Bochan
On Sunday 22 May 2005 03:33 pm, Bill Mair wrote: > Steve Lamb wrote: > > Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > >>Ok, I get your message, but for my gratification, insight and knowledge > >>of Linux how do I get the programs to run without error and not distroy > >>my harddisk? > debian FS != DOS FS This i

Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-05-22 Thread Bill Mair
Steve Lamb wrote: Leonard Chatagnier wrote: Ok, I get your message, but for my gratification, insight and knowledge of Linux how do I get the programs to run without error and not distroy my harddisk? I'd say you're not getting the message. You don't need to do it. Period. Full st

Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-05-22 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sunday May 22 2005 2:55 am, Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > Adam Fabian wrote: > >On 5/20/05, Leonard Chatagnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>more than 5 months old and has never been defragged but I'm still > >> very much a newbie. > > > >It's very unlikely that your filesystem needs defragmentin

Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-05-22 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sunday May 22 2005 2:24 am, Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > > Ok, I get your message, but for my gratification, insight and > knowledge of Linux how do I get the programs to run without error > and not distroy my harddisk? I'll run e2fsck to check on > defragmentation b

Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-05-22 Thread Steve Lamb
Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > Ok, I get your message, but for my gratification, insight and knowledge > of Linux how do I get the programs to run without error and not distroy > my harddisk? I'd say you're not getting the message. You don't need to do it. Period. Full stop. There is no i

Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-05-22 Thread Leonard Chatagnier
Adam Fabian wrote: On 5/20/05, Leonard Chatagnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: more than 5 months old and has never been defragged but I'm still very much a newbie. It's very unlikely that your filesystem needs defragmenting after 5 months. As other have already noted, ext3 isn't pron

Re: Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-05-22 Thread Leonard Chatagnier
on why extension 3 file systems wont become fragmented over time. Do I have to revert to ext 2 fs in order to defrag a hard drive safely? Debian appears to put out the message that ext3 file system is the greatest yet I don't seem to be able to use any utilities to maintain it. Or if ask

Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-05-21 Thread Carlos Rodrigues
Leonard Chatagnier wrote: Ok, I get your message, but for my gratification, insight and knowledge of Linux how do I get the programs to run without error and not distroy my harddisk? I'll run e2fsck to check on defragmentation but would still like to know how to run the defrag program. Thanks f

Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-05-21 Thread Adam Fabian
On 5/20/05, Leonard Chatagnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > more than 5 months old and has never been defragged but I'm still very > much a newbie. It's very unlikely that your filesystem needs defragmenting after 5 months. As other have already noted, ext3 isn't prone to fragmentation. I wasn'

Re: Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-05-20 Thread Leonard Chatagnier
On Friday May 20 2005 10:10 am, Leonard Chatagnier wrote: Have read manuals and done Google Debian search but can't get e2defrag to run on KI 2.6.8-2-686 with Ext 3 FS. Paul Johnson Wrote: Don't bother. Fragmentation isn't a problem on ext2 and ext3, I really can't see any justification for e2

Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-05-20 Thread Paul Johnson
On Friday May 20 2005 10:10 am, Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > Have read manuals and done Google Debian search but can't get > e2defrag to run on KI 2.6.8-2-686 > with Ext 3 FS. Don't bother. Fragmentation isn't a problem on ext2 and ext3, I really can't see any justification for e2defrag's existen

Re: Can't Defrag Ext3 File System

2005-05-20 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Leonard Chatagnier wrote: > Have read manuals and done Google Debian search but can't get e2defrag > to run on KI 2.6.8-2-686 > with Ext 3 FS. Here's what I did and results: > ChatagnierL-Home:/var/log# *e2defrag -drsv /dev/hda2* > DEBUG: read_tables() > > e2defrag (/dev/hda2): filesystem has un

Re: Ext3 file system crash

2004-11-10 Thread Eddy Jacob
Thank you very much for the help guys! :) I've installed smartmontools, memtest86+. First thing I tried was memtest86+, and it reported failure/errors. I am using 2 memory chips, and luckily the fault only on the first chip, so now I can still run linux safely with 512MB. At the moment, I'm still

Re: Ext3 file system crash

2004-11-10 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004, Justin Guerin wrote: > I would recommend installing smartmontools and checking the health of your > hard drive. This many errors suggests hardware problems. You should not > need to check your drives once a day. Also, install memtest86+ (packages in sarge and sid, and also

Re: Ext3 file system crash

2004-11-10 Thread Justin Guerin
On Tuesday 09 November 2004 21:36, Eddy Jacob wrote: > Hi all, > > Like the earlier post from other user, I also experienced this. I am > asking for help here or ideas. > > I installed knoppix 3.4 to harddisk (debian based option), kernel > 2.4.26, and using ext3 for all my file system. my etc/fsta

Ext3 file system crash

2004-11-09 Thread Eddy Jacob
Hi all, Like the earlier post from other user, I also experienced this. I am asking for help here or ideas. I installed knoppix 3.4 to harddisk (debian based option), kernel 2.4.26, and using ext3 for all my file system. my etc/fstab: # filesystem mountpoint type options dump pass /dev/hda7

Re: EXT3 File system recovery

2003-12-01 Thread David Palmer.
On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 22:58:37 -0500 "Matthew Kopishke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am in desperate need of help. I had two 60gb disks running in a > RAID 1 using a Promise FastTrack IDE RAID card and the linux ATARaid > support with a EXT3 FS (2.4.18). Over the weekend, as far as I

EXT3 File system recovery

2003-12-01 Thread Matthew Kopishke
Hi All,   I am in desperate need of help.  I had two 60gb disks running in a RAID 1 using a Promise FastTrack IDE RAID card and the linux ATARaid support with a EXT3 FS (2.4.18).  Over the weekend, as far as I can tell, one of the drive died (it just clicks now) so the file system went read