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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
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Subject: Re: synchronous mounts
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May I suggest another way of thinking about this issue.  ext3 allows one
to journal everything, or just metadata.  Why -avoid- this distrinction
when it comes to the 'sync' mount option (and 'dirsync' or 'metasync')?
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Jeff Garzik      | Only so many songs can be sung
Building 1024    | with two lips, two lungs, and one tongue.
MandrakeSoft     |         - nomeansno

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