On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 10:17:36AM -0400, zentara@zentara.net wrote:
On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 15:14:14 +0200 Cees van de Griend
wrote: Note: This is also one of the reasons why you never must switch off a running Linux system.
I thought the "journal" in the reiserfs would reconstruct everything on reboot if the system was shut off accidently or crashed.
The journal just maintains the filesystem integrity. It doesn't maintain the *file* integrity. If you turn the machine off, any changes you made that had not been synced to the HD are lost. The filesystem is OK (i.e. the information about where files are, what their names are, how the disk is allocated is all consistent), but the contents of the files themselves could be garbage. -- David Smith | Tel: +44 (0)1454 462380 Home: +44 (0)1454 616963 STMicroelectronics | Fax: +44 (0)1454 617910 Mobile: +44 (0)7932 642724 1000 Aztec West | TINA: 065 2380 Almondsbury | Work Email: Dave.Smith@st.com BRISTOL, BS32 4SQ | Home Email: David.Smith@ds-electronics.co.uk