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Mick wrote: |
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> On Monday 21 July 2008, Neil Walker wrote: |
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>> Dirk Heinrichs wrote: |
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>>> Not my experience, though. Never had any problems with XFS due to power |
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>>> failure. |
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>> Nor mine. I have machines with ext3 and reiserfs here. There is also one |
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>> with xfs. Recently, I had problems with an over-sensitive breaker |
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>> tripping at irregular intervals. The only machine that didn't have fs |
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>> problems as a result was the one with xfs. ;) |
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> Just over two years ago or so, /usr/portage on xfs, battery ran out on laptop. |
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> The partition was borked (twice). The remaining reiserfs partitions were |
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> totally unharmed on both occasions and a few more since. It seems that YMMV. |
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What is funny, I think I was reading about these power failure issues on |
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this list a couple years ago. It may have been corrected since and from |
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what I read it is a excellent fs if you never have a crash. |
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I think any fs can have problems depending on the hardware and other |
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variables. So 'your mileage may vary' could hit the nail on the head. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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