Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 17:33:14 -0700 (PDT) From: patl@Phoenix.Volant.ORG To: Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com> Cc: stable <stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Theory -vs- practice Was: soft update should be default Message-ID: <ML-3.4.989109194.695.patl@asimov.phoenix.volant.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105051703140.95873-100000@beastie.saturn-tech.com>
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On 5-May-01 at 15:56, Doug Russell (drussell@saturn-tech.com) wrote: > > > I still don't totally understand this. In the case of a drive with > > > WCE, aren't we always assuming that the drive will correctly write > > > the data out eventually, even if the system crashes? > > > > Yes. But that assumption is flawed. > > As I said before... In THEORY, in a perfect world. :) From the "I wish I'd said that" archives: In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is no similarity. -Pat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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