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On a mounted partition filesystem check (fsck) of course cannot be done and many tutorials suggest using a live CD of some sort. Here is a solution to force fsck on the next reboot:
touch /forcefsck
reboot
How to make a DVD from Sony camcoder MTS files in Ubuntu
First I would like to explain what is our goal. Sony camcorder records the movies in *.mts files. Those are not compatible with all DVD players. Our goal is to make a DVD from Sony camcorder movies that can be played with almost every [...]
… or the long way to get multi-core machine work.
In one of the previous posts by Tesla, Gregor announced a few stats that are produced by the new multi-core computer. We have two multi-core machines for image processing or parallel computing. The briefing stats are:
Core i7 processor
12 gigs of RAM
GeForce GTX 275
Tesla 1060C card
While composing [...]