On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 03:34:44PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > It is true that ext2 isn't good because the file system may not recover, > but BSD UFS isn't a journalled file system, but does guarantee file > system recovery after a crash --- it is especially good using soft > updates.
Sorry. I usually write "journalled or equivalent" for this reason. I think UFS with soft updates is a good example of this. You also don't need complete journalling in most cases -- metadata is probably sufficient, given fsync. A -- ---- Andrew Sullivan 204-4141 Yonge Street Liberty RMS Toronto, Ontario Canada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> M2P 2A8 +1 416 646 3304 x110 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster