From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751388AbWAWCLE (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:11:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751389AbWAWCLE (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:11:04 -0500 Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net ([204.127.198.35]:51593 "EHLO rwcrmhc11.comcast.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751388AbWAWCLD (ORCPT ); Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:11:03 -0500 Message-ID: <43D43AF3.1090801@comcast.net> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:09:55 -0500 From: John Richard Moser User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051013) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Suleiman Souhlal CC: Diego Calleja , "Theodore Ts'o" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: soft update vs journaling? References: <43D3295E.8040702@comcast.net> <20060122093144.GA7127@thunk.org> <20060122205039.e8842bae.diegocg@gmail.com> <43D42AA2.6040106@comcast.net> <43D42CCE.9010709@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <43D42CCE.9010709@FreeBSD.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.92.1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Suleiman Souhlal wrote: > John Richard Moser wrote: > >> Yeah, the huge TB fsck thing became a problem. I wonder still if it'd >> be useful for small vfat file systems (floppies, usb drives); nobody has >> led me to believe it's definitely feasible to not corrupt meta-data in >> this way. > > > Please note that you don't *HAVE* to run fsck at every reboot. All > background fsck does is reclaim unused blocks. > Duly noted, now can you answer my question? > -- Suleiman > - -- All content of all messages exchanged herein are left in the Public Domain, unless otherwise explicitly stated. Creative brains are a valuable, limited resource. They shouldn't be wasted on re-inventing the wheel when there are so many fascinating new problems waiting out there. -- Eric Steven Raymond -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD1DryhDd4aOud5P8RAjiwAJ9xH5V/W2i5U/oVzT6AjdmBVk5+iwCfWD2j JzBRinqiqDd/rIQFkS9QIsQ= =SlOI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----