linux blocking

[henri]

After a wild power shut down and a painful reboot (fscheck as single) we now get a linux system (SuSE 6.3) stalling (chocking ?) here and there.
My question is :
- what could we do to spot the problem ?
- which traps could we set up to trap the faulty part of our system ?
- what should we do to have a smooth running system ?
may be my last question is too much, but suggests about the first two's are welcome.

[klamath]

Which problem? The crashes after the power loss, or the data loss which is (possibly) causing the crashes?

To avoid this data loss, you'll probably need to get a journalling filesystem. Currently, the most stable one is ReiserFS - www.namesys.com (http://www.namesys.com)

IIRC, the latest version of SuSE gives you the option of using it during the install.

As for the crashes, the foolproof way to fix it would be to re-install. I know that's the typical MS solution, but I don't know of any other sure-fire way.

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