On Thursday 12 June 2008 15:23:29 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Another option I'm looking into is the possibility of running > > the sync command at known idle times which follow a activity > > which results in disk writes. > > > > > > that should help. > how about just not loosing power? Ie, some sort of built-in UPS/battery > etc? It might be possible to keep the machine alive with a built in battery > long enough for sync to finish. > I know its a work around, but this is a pretty tricky problem.
Would not it be better to (1) define the problem (2) define solution(s) (3) implement rather than jumping in with both feet and squarabling for a solution? EG I've got video systems recording divers on an oil rig. Power, waves, power, power and power are grave issues. I boot RAM fs from RO squashfs image with write of video data to flash/disk. This works very well, but is very tailored to this specific need. EG you could easily implement a battery-primary system that would never have a power outage and lead-acid batteries are marvelous sinks of noise. There are numerous ways to achieve this even normal power supplies that are 12v or 24v input. etc James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
