Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 18:12:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 18:12:20 -0500 Received: from odin.sinectis.com.ar ([216.244.192.158]:54546 "EHLO mail.sinectis.com.ar") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 18:12:11 -0500 Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 20:12:32 -0300 From: John R Lenton To: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Linux should better cope with power failure Message-ID: <20010319201232.A9458@grulic.org.ar> Mail-Followup-To: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" In-Reply-To: <3AB689CC.FE5A8AAB@bluewin.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i In-Reply-To: <3AB689CC.FE5A8AAB@bluewin.ch>; from otto.wyss@bluewin.ch on Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 11:35:55PM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 11:35:55PM +0100, Otto Wyss wrote: > > you can avoid all of these problems. Or use a journaling filesystem ext3/xfs, etc. > > So in real live you would propose to put fences and nets everywhere to > prevent children from possibly falling in abyses? I think you've got it backwards: from my point of view, _you_ are proposing the nets, _he_ is proposing the knowledgable and trustworthy parent looking after the children. -- John Lenton (john@grulic.org.ar) -- Random fortune: Si le dan dos ?rdenes contradictorias, obedezca las dos. -- Segunda Ley de Brintnall. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/