Eran Rundstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Wont this result in a greater loss of data, in case a powerbreak occurs? > What exactly is the kernel caching? Files?
Most importantly, pages. But since you ask, the kernel does in fact cache files, too. And, yes, indeed, this may cause problems in case of a power failure, which caused many of us to resort to fscking[1], sometimes to no avail. This is a major reason to use a journalling filesystem like ext3 rather than ext2. [1] Gosh, I hope no one here actually thought it was a typo... ;-) -- Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
