Re: Journaling: Surviving or allowing unclean shutdown?

Mo McKinlay
2001-01-04T18:18:20Z

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> The off button need not and _does not_ remove power instantly (if at
> all) on many appliances.

Indeed - but unplugging your VCR from the wall won't harm it. Everyone
knows the power button on a TV/VCR/etc doesn't actually kill the power,
just reduce consumption (i.e., standby mode). But unplugging it at the
wall doesn't have any detrimental effects - doing that to a PC will.

Being able to change what the power button does is cool, but it does mask
the real issue - what happens when you pull the plug, and how do you make
it so that it's acceptable?

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Mo McKinlay
mmckinlay@gnu.org
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