Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 14:11:44 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Carl Schmidt <carl@slackerbsd.org> Cc: Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com>, Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, phk@FreeBSD.ORG, grog@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IBM suing (was: RMS Suing was [SUGGESTION] - JFS for FreeBSD) Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20011214140047.023d1800@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20011214194909.GA2943@Carbon.SlackerBSD.ORG> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20011214123703.02ad7290@localhost> <a05101013b83fd20c4206@[10.0.1.22]> <4.3.2.7.2.20011214123703.02ad7290@localhost>
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At 12:49 PM 12/14/2001, carl@slackerbsd.org wrote: >This has been beat to death over and over but people still do not understand >that softupdates will not minimize data loss. It guarantees metadata to be >written, not `normal' data. Actually, what it attempts to gurantee is consistency of metatata. This is an important FOUNDATION for a journaling file system, which will then have an easier time keeping the DATA consistent. The two can work hand in hand. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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