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Bob Sanders <rsanders@×××.com> posted 20090127160758.GA44973@×××.com, |
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excerpted below, on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:07:58 -0800: |
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> Actually while this is the problem, it's exaggerated by the fact that |
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> the typical install (non-Gentoo) doesn't use a seperate boot partition. |
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> In the normal, commerical setting, /boot resides as part of /. Thus |
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> /boot is always mounted. And as you point out with a system crash it's |
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> possible that the journal will need to be replayed before a system boot |
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> can happen. |
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Actually, I had meant to mention that but forgot. Thanks for the catch! |
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=:^) You're quite right, without a dedicated /boot partition it'd be |
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on /, which of course tends to be mounted while the system is |
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operational. =:^) |
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Possibly countering that would be the fact that (for servers anyway, |
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perhaps somewhat less so for desktops/laptops) it's probably more common |
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for non-Gentoo systems to have their / mounted r/o under normal |
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operation, since few distributions use the "rolling updates" idea that's |
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part of the appeal of Gentoo for many of us, but that makes keeping / |
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mounted r/o rather a hassle. |
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And a filesystem mounted r/o at the time of a crash shouldn't have any |
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journal playback to worry about. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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