Interesting XFS note

[Collins]

I know that most people on this list consider XFS to be rock-solid reliable, 
but I keep reading from time to time that it is not perfect.  Excerpt from a 
recent posting on Gentoo.

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>From C. Candell" <gentoo at ossh.com>

You need to emerge xfs-sources for support  XFS of 
filesystems. I've been using XFS for a few months now, but I wouldnt
use it on a computer which is not connected to a UPS since I've had
a few nasty accidents with XFS where shutting down in the middle of
an emerge has left my system crippled (on a computer NOT on a UPS).

If you have a UPS then I suggest you give the XFS filesystem a
try... but please make sure to read more about it, since you can
loose data if you are not careful and do a hard shutdown in the
middle of something important.

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PS: I'm not trying  to start an fs war (I have nothing against XFS, other than  
the fact that it's not yet part of the stable kernel) - just reporting 
feedback.

-- 
Collins Richey - Denver Area
Athlon-XP gentoo 1.4_rc2 kde 3.1