From: keith@ksmith.uucp (Keith Smith) Subject: Re: Packaging Linux Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 15:36:19 GMT
In article <1992Nov20.160444.16116@scifi.uucp> njs@scifi.uucp (Nicholas J. Simicich) writes:
[...]
>I personally think that another essential for mass-usage is going to
>be a filesystem that doesn't require sync() or fsck. This isn't an
>impossible task, and yes, there is a performance hit, but I don't
>think you are going to sell a system to the masses that they can't
>turn off whenever they want to.
Bull, Plenty of folks I know *STILL* run "park" before they shut off
their machines, because someone told them to long, long, ago, Even
though their drives autopark.
The trick is a simple command (like halt) and Automagic fsck on boot if
there was a bad shutdown. Also avoid wierd messages during fsck, a
simple:
Halt was not run, checking hard disk for errors.
with
Correcting file blah.
Fixing directory bleh.
etc.
Make the other messages available with a flag (-old or -v or something).
Let's face it, joe user AIN't gonna be able to make a reconnect
decsision anyway. Even dos does similar stuff with chkdsk /f. There
really is NOT a lot of difference, and I've had a corrupt dos
filesystem before too.
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