On 05/11/02 12:54 -0800, Naren Devaiah wrote: > ext3 uses a journal to keep track of transactions that haven't yet been > commited to disk. > On a reboot, the ext3 driver will replay the journal to bring the disk > state upto date. Note that this is filesystem state, not data state. Your fle system will not be corrupt, but there are no guarantees about the files themselves.
> Having a UPS with ext2 is a godsend, but with ext3, a UPS helps but its > utility is significantly less critical (as far as disk corruption goes). UPS == good, unless the power supply is really good. Devdas Bhagat ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: See the NEW Palm Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0001en _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
