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ext3 is the default file system for many Linux distributions.

ext3 offers many features as a file system - journaling as well as very efficient directory indices.

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Program complains not enough disk space even if the disk space exists

I have an EXT3 partition mounted in ordered data mode. If a power failure occurs when a program is creating files on that partition, I see that space usage reported is normal and I don't see any partial written files. But when I try to run the same…
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force fsck to fail on boot

I am working on a embedded debian linux device. Owing to the power being pulled at any time resulting in a sudden power loss, we have set FSCKFIX from "no" to "yes" in the /etc/default/rcS file. Without this I have encountered errors where the…
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SAN Storage shared disk, files copied from other servers cannot be seen without re-mounting

I have a SAN Storage connected to my servers using fibre HBA. Using multipath, I've successfully mapped the device, formatted it as ext3, and mount it to my file system. But the problem is, the host can't see the files other hosts copy to the shared…
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Migration from ext3 to Mogilefs

I have gigs of images on ext3 file system and I want to move them to Mogilefs on a live running site. In your opinion what would be the best approach?
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Where do ext3 inode / meta-data reside?

Just a quick question about ext3: Are inodes stored in the same area as file data, or are there separate regions on the disk reserved exclusively for meta-data and others reserved exclusively for file/directory-content? Reason I'm asking: If fsck is…
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How to repair a disk on Ubuntu when fsck fails?

I was able to start a broken raid 1 system with one available and one broken disk by issuing the following command. mdadm --assemble --force /dev/md9 /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 I was able to copy the VMWare image from the disk and repair it with the…
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Debian - move partitions to a new drive

I have a XenServer6 VM with Debian Squeeze 64bit and only 1 partition /dev/xvda1 95 GB + linux partitions: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/xvda1 95G 63G 28G 70% / tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G …
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Why would an ext3 filsystem be rolled back on a Debian VM running in VirtualBox after loss of power to the host

A Debian Virtual machine runs as a Guest VirtualBox VM. It's filesystem is EXT3. The host system loses power and after booting up the host system and guest VM, I find that the VM's filesystem has been rolled back to a previous state, losing changes…
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Message: mkdir() [function.mkdir]: Too many links

We run a web application as a production. Some days ago I discovered the error signed in subject of this theme. I know what's the problem, but want to ask, what is right way for resolve this? Yes, we have ext3 FS on this server (CentOS 5.8). find…
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Asterisk using 100% of the cpu and freezing my debian host

I have a Debian host $ uname -a Linux voip 2.6.25-2-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Jul 14 11:05:23 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux Old asterisk asterisk 1:1.4.21.2~dfsg-3 It has been working for a long-long time $uptime 13:50:37 up 1047 days, 21:02, …
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Problems with degraded RAID arrays

My Ubuntu backup server was recently upgraded in storage space to a RAID 10 array... now it consists of 8T of raw drive space which was before 2T of space. But I have been having trouble when it actually goes into production and starts backing up my…
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Convert Ext3 to Ext4 Filesystem failed because I cannot umount drive

I want to convert my Filesystem from Ext3 to Ext4 because of 32000 directory limit of Ext3. But when I want to umount the drive I get this error: umount: /: device is busy umount: /: device is busy I tried following command to understand what make…
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What is the meaning of Linux e2fsck "restarting fsck from the beginning"?

My regularly monthly corruption of my drobo ext3 linux means I have fsck -f -y the device but I'm getting the message above a few hours into the process. Anyone know what that means? I expect that it is a consequence of the regular corruption, for…
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Joomla Editor not working after restoring mysql database

I've made a big mistake on one of my sites and I've deleted accidentally several files from our site's joomla directory. The database was Ok, so what I tried to do was to create a Joomla installation from scratch, and after having it working…
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Good filesystem for 20TB hardware-controlled RAID5 array?

What's the best file system for Ubuntu 10.10 assuming the average filesize is 8-30GB with no more than 1-2 users accessing the array at any given time?
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