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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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Impossible to read / delete some files

How can I fix a message like this (read after a dmesg command)? EXT4-fs error (device hdb1): ext4_lookup: deleted inode referenced: 119197 EXT4-fs error (device hdb1): ext4_free_inode: bit already cleared for inode 119198 EXT4-fs error (device…
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Copy past speed very slow for a large number of files on Windows

I've run the following test I've created a folder containing 15'000 files of 400 bytes using this batch : @ECHO off SET times=15000 FOR /L %%i IN (1,1,%times%) DO ( fsutil file createnew filename%%i.txt 400 ) then I copy past it on my Windows…
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Will the data be deleted when resizing a partition

I'm planning to resize one of the server partition from 40GB to 1900GB. The current partition has files on it while the space to be added is unallocated. Will my existing files be deleted? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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RHEL - blocked FC remote port time out: saving binding

My Server went into a faulty state since the database could not write on the partition. I found out that the partition went into Read Only mode. Finally to fix it, I had to do a hard reboot. Linux 2.6.18-164.el5PAE #1 SMP Tue Aug 18 15:59:11 EDT…
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format a volume as xfs

I have a partition that is formatted as ext3 I dd unmount it. Formatted as xfs (for quicker format) and I got an error. When I formatted it as ext3 again, it worked. What is the command to format an ext3 as xfs ? This is an Amazon EBS volume that I…
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Does a resize of a partition typically stretch the existing size of the used space on your file system?

On a dual boot system (Vista/Jaunty) I wanted to take some unallocated space and enlarge my ext3 partition. Upon doing so I noticed that the disk check that runs from parted kept failing at the end of the resize, and also that my actual space used…
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Filesystem check on ext3, debian

How can I perform a filesystem check on ext3 partition on linux? I am looking for a solution that check every file on the filesystem that is it accessible. UPDATE: I would run it on a server without unmounting the drive.
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Best practices for choosing fs fragment size etc

Related question about block sizes, but there are many many other options when creating an ext3 filesystem. I think the other question has an answer with great advice of block size, that it general it is good if block size is the same size as CPU…
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LVM+Ext3 - recover the ext3 partition?

I setup a new email server today and I did lvm for the main drive and then LVM for /opt. I realized I did not give myself enough room for /opt so I decided to try and extend it and I must of screwed up the instructions because on reboot I get some…
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my ext3 to ext4 dont work

my tools on centos 5.11 kernel - 3.2.69 util-linux-ng-2.17 ( mount 2.17 ) e2fsprogs-1.41.14 grub-1.97 this tool and kernel are all working my steps boot on recovery change the fstab (/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext4 defaults 1 1) mount…
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Liferay cluster with SAN storage with ext3

I'm deploying an liferay portal in a cluster which has 2 node load balanced, and config both to access to the same data location in a SAN storage devide. The problem is each node can not see the other changing, i.e when node 1 add new image, node 2…
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How can I "trick" an ext3 directory to store more than 32000 sub dirs

The easy answers are 1.) move to ext4 and/or 2.) "shard" the directory somehow - by placing them in sub folders either numbered or lettered. These changes won't be easy to make though so I'm looking for some creative solutions. Any ideas?
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How to convert lvm to ext3/4?

I have an old box(CentOS 5) that was formatted as lvm but now I want to convert it to ext3/4 file system without losing data. I have some empty disks that can be used, so is there an easy way to do this?
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