Re: Filesystem corrupts after power failure

"Aragorn" <stryder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Linux seems to handle power failures far more poorly than Win 2K /XP
as I've know very few Windows boxes corrupt this much after a power
failure.

That's because Windows already corrupts itself during normal
operation. It takes a power loss to obtain the same effect in
GNU/Linux.

"Quote of the Year" candidate ?=B^)
.

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