On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 16:34 -0300, Marcelo Magno T Sales wrote: > Hi, folks > > I have an FC4 box in a location where there are electrical > instabilities (i.e., frequent power failures). Often I get corrupted > files after these failures. > Due to burocratic problems, I'm unable to get a reliable nobreak for > this machine. Is there a more reliable file system (even if it's > slower) to use in this situation? > What file system are you using now? A UPS may be a better solution. There are packages that allow the system to monitor the UPS and prior to the UPS exhausting the battery can run a standard shutdown on the system for you. APC has such software and I believe there is a third party package as well.