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running fsck on reboot

24-Nov-09

The -F option force fsck on reboot, login as root and type the following command to reboot and run fsck:
# shutdown -rF now
-F Force fsck on reboot.
-r Reboot after shutdown.
-k Don’t really shutdown; only send the warning messages to everybody.
or
Login as user root and create a file called forcefsck:
# touch /forcefsck
Now reboot [...]

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How to test your java installation.

15-Nov-09

Please visit the following link to test your java installation.
http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml

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How do I download and install Java for my Linux computer?

15-Nov-09

To get Sun Java under Ubuntu on Intel, you should enable the Universe repository in Add/Remove programs, and install either the openjdk-6-jre package or the sun-java6-bin package.
root@laptop:~# apt-cache search jre
default-jre – Standard Java or Java compatible Runtime
default-jre-headless – Standard Java or Java compatible Runtime (headless)
docbook-xsl – stylesheets for processing DocBook XML files to various output [...]

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