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Tag Archives: Linux
Reinstalling a package using Yum
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
Using EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux)
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.
Using dmidecode to read the BIOS
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
How to fix a failed RAID-1 array
Problem: One of the disks in your software RAID-1 array has failed.
Converting from Ext2 to Ext3 filesystems
The tune2fs program can add a journal to an existing ext2 file system without altering the data already on the partition.