No worries, you did the correct thing. the kflushd was only in 2.2.8(?,
something lower then 2.2.9 i forgot at the moment) and was removed in
2.2.9 and no one mentioned it so it kinda sliped past us. There is also a
problem with the "core" functions in the 2.2.9-19mdk kernel, you should
install the updated kernel ,version 2.2.9-27mdk.
On Wed, 4 Aug 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am facing a strange problem. I recently installed LM 6.0
> but the system does not flush its file-system buffers unless
> we do it manually by sync or when we unmount the file-system.
> I checked the bdflush parameters and found them to be
> acceptable. One thing that I found is that the system does not
> have bdflushd running and a comment in the inittab said it has
> been obsoleted in in 2.2.9 kernel. Instead of bdflushd a kernel
> thread 'kflushd' has been introduced. It doesn't seem to work
> properly. Any hints. I uncommented the update line in inittab
> and now things appear to be fine but what about the kernel
> thread.
>
> At my place power breakdown is not a rare thing to happen. What
> I observed is that the system leaves all the files to zero length
> that were opened for writing after the last manual sync. Please
> help. I also do not know about the implications of executing
> bdflush with this kernel.
>
> Thanx in advance
> Kshitiz
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> _______________________________________________________
> Kshitiz Krishna
> Department of Computer Science
> Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
> e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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