From: Ron Johnson Subject: Re: [patch] document flash/RAID dangers Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:47:24 -0500 Message-ID: <4A99154C.7050503@cox.net> References: <20090825224004.GD4300@elf.ucw.cz> <20090825233701.GH4300@elf.ucw.cz> <4A947839.4010601@redhat.com> <20090826000657.GK4300@elf.ucw.cz> <4A947E05.8070406@redhat.com> <20090826002045.GO4300@elf.ucw.cz> <4A94B8FE.8050307@redhat.com> <20090826112219.GE26595@elf.ucw.cz> <4A954A98.5070808@redhat.com> <20090829093947.GE1634@ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Rik van Riel , Ric Wheeler , Theodore Tso , corbet@lwn.net To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from eastrmmtao102.cox.net ([68.230.240.8]:33581 "EHLO eastrmmtao102.cox.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751314AbZH2LrX (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:47:23 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20090829093947.GE1634@ucw.cz> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 2009-08-29 04:39, Pavel Machek wrote: > On Wed 2009-08-26 10:45:44, Rik van Riel wrote: >> Pavel Machek wrote: >> >>> Sledgehammer is hardware problem, and I'm demonstrating >>> software/documentation problem we have here. >> So your argument is that a sledgehammer is a hardware >> problem, while a broken hard disk and a power failure >> are software/documentation issues? >> >> I'd argue that the broken hard disk and power failure >> are hardware issues, too. > > Noone told me that degraded md raid5 is dangerous. Thats documentation > issue #1. Maybe I just pulled the disk for fun. You're kidding, right? Or are you being too effectively sarcastic? -- Obsession with "preserving cultural heritage" is a racist impediment to moral, physical and intellectual progress.