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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux should better cope with power failure
Date: 20 Mar 2001 13:38:04 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <998ijs$ord$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3FA68C00B3E3A3418373DA6446330DD30328E0@spike.i405.net> <3AB68A91.9785A9D0@bluewin.ch>

Followup to:  <3AB68A91.9785A9D0@bluewin.ch>
By author:    Otto Wyss <otto.wyss@bluewin.ch>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> 
> It was just a simple test machine where it didn't matter what was lost.
> Still that doesn't justify this behaviour.
> 

Then use a journalling filesystem.  If not, give it a few minutes of
idle time; fsck will complain on boot but it should be able to clean
up the mess.

	-hpa
-- 
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  reply	other threads:[~2001-03-20 21:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-03-19 22:11 Linux should better cope with power failure Stephen Gutknecht (linux-kernel)
2001-03-19 22:39 ` Otto Wyss
2001-03-20 21:38   ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-03-23 15:28 David Balazic
2001-03-23 18:22 ` Gerhard Mack
2001-03-26  9:34   ` David Balazic
2001-03-23 19:29 ` Otto Wyss
2001-03-23 22:41   ` David Ford
2001-03-24  8:44     ` Otto Wyss
2001-03-24  9:47       ` David Ford
2001-03-24 10:28         ` Otto Wyss
2001-03-26 10:22     ` David Balazic
2001-03-26 10:17   ` David Balazic
2001-03-19 22:35 Otto Wyss
2001-03-19 23:12 ` John R Lenton
2001-03-19 21:16 Torrey Hoffman
2001-03-19 22:28 ` Stephen Satchell
2001-03-19 23:05   ` Andre Hedrick
2001-03-19 19:46 Otto Wyss
2001-03-19 19:59 ` Charles Cazabon
2001-03-19 20:15 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-03-19 20:51   ` Brian Gerst
2001-03-19 21:08     ` Jeremy Jackson
2001-03-19 21:35     ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-03-19 21:59       ` Brian Gerst
2001-03-19 22:15       ` Jeremy Jackson
2001-03-19 15:14         ` Ben Ford
2001-03-19 23:07   ` Werner Almesberger
2001-03-19 20:19 ` William T Wilson

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