Ronny Buchmann wrote: > * Hans Reiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001-07-31 18:44] schrieb: > >> David Rees wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 03:06:14PM +0400, Hans Reiser wrote: >>> >>>> So a RedHat user has to: >>> > a redhat user with reiserfs as / > >>> I wouldn't say HAS to, but... >>> >>>> change the halt script to unmount reiserfs before cutting power >>> >>> Definately a good idea, but I've been running for ages without it without >>> any problems. >> >> Correct me if I am wrong, but if you were to write a 1gb file, then type halt, >> you could get a corrupted file instead of a perfect one, yes? > > all processes are killed before the real halt, so this can't happen i think > >>>> recompile using the latest kernel >>> >>> Also definately a good idea to get all the latest bug fixes. >>> >>>> avoid using a gcc not recommended by the kernel README >>> >>> If you upgrade all your RedHat errata you should be fine. I've been using >>> that for all my reiserfs machines. >> > ACK > >>>> change the mount scripts to not run fsck on reiserfs. >>> >>> Or `ln -s /bin/true /sbin/fsck.reiserfs`. Otherwise on my various RedHat >>> machines I get message that says "Warning, fsck.reiserfs not found" or >>> similar unless you install the reiserfs-utils package in RH 7.1 where >>> you'll definately want to do this. >> > if one uses reiserfs he should install reiserfs-utils package (if one wants beta >stuff, he can build new beta rpm) > fsck.reiserfs is a link to reiserfsck and it's always called with -a (or -p, not >100% sure what fsck actually does) > >>>> Anything else? >>> >>> I think that's it! Anyone want check to see if these issues are fixed in >>> Rawhide, and if not, open bugs in the RedHat bug db? I can do it, I just >>> may not have time for a little bit. >>> >>> -Dave >> >> If someone can do that it would be nice. Productive. Better than our updating >> the faq. > > so i think there are no issues, maybe the remount,ro thing on halt > what is the right solution here (also for other fs like xfs, nfs and so on) > > currently redhat only remounts ext2 read-only > > maybe i should file a bug report to see what the redhat guys think > >> Hans >> Killing a process does not move data out of kernel cache and onto disk. Hans
