Re: can I make a reset-at-will box?

From: Mike McCarty (mike.mccarty_at_sbcglobal.net)
Date: 10/11/05

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    Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:29:38 -0500
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    Tim wrote:
    > Tim wrote:
    >
    >
    >>>Is is possible to configure FC4 in such a way that I can press the
    >>>reset button at will, or rudely turn off the power, and not have to
    >>>care in the slightest about the file system being upset?
    >
    >
    > Benjamin Donnachie:
    >
    >
    >>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.
    >
    > 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.
    >

    But, how do you guarantee that the power doesn't fail DURING THE
    DISC WRITE? Pulling power on a disc during a write, can cause it
    to scribble all over the disc.

    Mike 

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