--- Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jonathan Jefferies wrote: > > > Mike McCarty wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> Frankly, I'd rather use write-through. > > > > > > I believe there are three modes that ext3 can be > setup to do journelling > > one of which may be write through. Believe those > modes are set at > > fdisk time. > > > >> > >> In any case, I don't see any argument for not > using an extended fsck on > >> a reboot after improper shutdown, which was my > original question. > > > > > > Uh, on a megabyte or 10 - 30 GIG hard drive it's > a minor > > inconvenienc. Running > > fsck on a 250 GIG hard drive or worse a system > which has terra byte > > systems > > is something else. Can you say major delays? > > > > J. > > > I guess it's a matter of how important one's data > are, and > when the last backup was done. I come from a Telecom > background, > where the loss of even one day's transactions can > mean $100M USD > or more. Having a disc check take a few hours is > nothing by > comparison with the risk of data loss in that > context. > > I still haven't seen an argument against having the > default mode > be do an extended check. > > Is there a way to change the default reboot mode? > > Mike > -- > > p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} > This message made from 100% recycled bits. > I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it > for you. > I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that! > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > What is "extended fsck" mentioned here? I've only been doing fsck.ext3 -p(or whatever automatically fix is) /dev/sda2 (and sda1) is there a more thourough fsck command? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com