Tag Archives: Linux

Reinstalling a package using Yum

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Bryan

You can force the re-installation of a package using:
rpm -e –justdb –nodeps <package-name>
yum install <package-name>
This can be really useful if you’ve accidentally removed some components of the package, or perhaps hacked around with config files so much that you just … Continue reading →

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Using EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux)

Posted on September 12, 2007 by Bryan

EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) is a volunteer-based community effort from the Fedora project to create a repository of high-quality add-on packages that complement Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and its compatible spinoffs, such as CentOS.

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Using dmidecode to read the BIOS

Posted on September 11, 2007 by Bryan

Dmidecode reports information about your system’s hardware as described in your system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard. This information typically includes system manufacturer, model name, serial number, BIOS version, asset tag as well as a lot of other details … Continue reading →

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How to fix a failed RAID-1 array

Posted on September 11, 2007 by Bryan

Problem: One of the disks in your software RAID-1 array has failed.

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Converting from Ext2 to Ext3 filesystems

Posted on September 11, 2007 by Bryan

The tune2fs program can add a journal to an existing ext2 file system without altering the data already on the partition.

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