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Real World Mac Maintenance and Backups

ISBN: 131855158
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2004
Pages: 129

Authors: Joe Kissell

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• Linux Troubleshooting for System Administrators and Power Users
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Hewlett-Packard Professional Books
• Preface
• Chapter 1. System Boot, Startup, and Shutdown Issues
• Bootloaders
• The init Process andetcinittab File
• rc Scripts
• Fixing Problems with the Root Filesystem
• Summary
• Endnotes
• Chapter 2. System Hangs and Panics
• OS Hangs
• OS Panics
• Hardware Machine Checks
• Summary
• Chapter 3. Performance Tools
• top
• sar
• vmstat
• iostat
• free
• Summary
• Endnotes
• Chapter 4. Performance
• Start Troubleshooting at the Lowest Layer Possible
• Filesystems
• Summary
• Chapter 5. Adding New Storage via SAN with Reference to PCMCIA and USB
• Configuration
• Kernel Module
• Adding LUNs via PCI
• Adding Storage via PCMCIAUSB
• Summary
• Chapter 6. Disk Partitions and Filesystems
• Background
• Partition TableMaster Boot Record: Location
• Partition TableMaster Boot Record: CHS Addressing
• Partition TableMaster Boot Record: LogicalExtended
• Partition TableMaster Boot Record: Logical Block Addressing (LBA)
• Partition TableMaster Boot Record: Bootloader
• Partition TableMaster Boot Record: Backup
• Further Scenarios
• Summary
• Chapter 7. Device Failure and Replacement
• Supported Devices
• Where to Look for Errors
• Identifying Failed Devices
• Replacement of a Failed Device
• Summary
• Chapter 8. Linux Processes: Structure, Hangs, and Core Dumps
• Process Structure and Life Cycle
• Linux Threads
• Identifying Process Hangs
• Process Cores
• Summary
• Chapter 9. BackupRecovery
• Media
• Backup Scope
• Basic Backup and Recovery Commands
• Bare Metal Recovery
• I Have a Tape, and I Don t Know What It Is . . .
• How Can I Tell Whether My Tape Problem Is Hardware or Software?
• Summary
• Chapter 10. cron and at
• cron
• anacron
• at
• Troubleshooting cron
• Summary
• Chapter 11. Printing and Printers
• What Is a Spooler?
• Printer Types
• Connectivity Types
• Page Description Languages
• General Printing Troubleshooting
• Summary
• Chapter 12. System Security
• What Is System Security?
• Prevention
• Summary
• Chapter 13. Network Problems
• An Introduction to the OSI and TCPIP Layers
• Troubleshooting the Network Layers
• Summary
• Chapter 14. Login Problems
• etcpasswd, etcshadow, and Password Aging
• Login Failures Due to Linux Configuration
• PAM
• Shell Problems
• Password Problems
• Summary
• Endnote
• Chapter 15. X Windows Problems
• X Background
• X Components
• X Display Manager
• X Desktop Manager (Environment)
• X Troubleshooting Scenarios
• Summary
• Endnotes
• Index
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