-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tim wrote: >>Use a journalising file system such as ext3? > I do, but during testing (where I've hit the reset button and pulled out > the power leads), I've seen warnings about not being shutdown properly > and fsck should be done on the drive. I don't know how much I can > ignore such warnings, and just carry on hoping for the best. I've had to yank the power cable out of the back of my server a few times [All my fault!] and, despite the warning message, all has been well. In fact, I'm fairly sure that you can turn the warning off - I'll have a dig around and let you know if I find how. > It'd be better if there was no need to "recover", that the drive was > only being written to if you were actually saving data to it. Sounds pretty much like a journalising file system - either all of the write is completed, or none; no (in theory!) inconsistent state. Ben -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQIVAwUBQ0lFoOgNmph0Y1E2AQI1zBAAgyeXTu3LK6gwnvXoDJrrxBtVqszew09p H4aYuu/35GIKW1wxMpJgvV+d+o2MNZzojMTlIDROZt6zLKbtBqDSfxzCinFJIsy4 CVCcxbnQ4TVi8OAasmoFmNOfacsh3lJTtzBGVoBz+GCIYpYCSuO/nq1ze1zO3wnZ hu1NRtoNaKNt8EooqgorLv/yxttjgBelZP4nTyb16BYuhk7tGcMIVxgwadCbnpIi gDux2nLIW7TI1fHl0YifX3bnpzt3vxGGtoGK5sSMxQ0YmxfOz2/bON32FMwahsG3 OGkO64SI3LC837/IGbakdvhLE0YndzatY3V1AEUlUJXIfQpVkHrvhhfQnZ6+WLvm qCFjEcrpSBsuLSdUa5BhcsZxJywMblWhbrFiPAYLbB1yjV4gqa4qsILQZkEKJbP/ rdVw/F4D5OYu0Akmr3yWvMUTcfS7ye/htK6nUYBw5W9S2xL0Kw14X1DgJWSeAKbP VT8fw7nIq3fQDr8ebkP1NsuOzhLQl6BAJ0glq8LIEjFDKnf4qM5B10EMRo2SQu2l PLmR1YYnoKe/bCZXxKk4hXq0MijqqjNrQ28QRs5VjjJeOxHGzzJrz4XOBF3Qbu7O 0d9uryBfKKYNIGwe8bTd7NjiysOtoPGiUn2GO6CvYWcil10RJSePuY3vheUUgYUC rw+ApITrvdY= =1s3Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
