Troubleshooting and Repairing a Linux System

These are slides from my talk, Troubleshooting and Repairing a Linux System, given at the BCS Linux/UNIX SIG meeting in July. The files are available Xfig, Jpeg, and PostScript formats. bcs-meeting.tar.gz is a gzipped tar file containing all files.

All slides as Jpeg

• Title page [ Xfig | Jpeg | Postscript ]
• Overview [ Xfig | Jpeg | Postscript ]
• Basics and Tools [ Xfig | Jpeg | Postscript ]
• Creating and Using a Maintenance Diskette [ Xfig | Jpeg | Postscript ]
• Booting problems and LILO [ Xfig | Jpeg | Postscript ]
• Common LILO Configuration Problems [ Xfig | Jpeg | Postscript ]
• Fixing a Trashed MBR [ Xfig | Jpeg | Postscript ]
• Using EIDE Drives with Linux [ Xfig | Jpeg | Postscript ]
• e2fsck options [ Xfig | Jpeg | Postscript ]
• dumpe2fs and tune2fs [ Xfig | Jpeg | Postscript ]
• Kernel Boot Options [ Xfig | Jpeg | Postscript ]
• Hardware-specific Boot Options [ Xfig | Jpeg | Postscript ]
• Upgrading and Repairing Shared Libraries [ Xfig | Jpeg | Postscript ]
• Upgrading Shared Libraries Safely [ Xfig | Jpeg | Postscript ]
• Preventive Maintenance: Backups [ Xfig | Jpeg | Postscript ]
• Simple Backups using tar [ Xfig | Jpeg | Postscript ]
• Compression and Incremental Backups [ Xfig | Jpeg | Postscript ]

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