Interesting XFS note

[Collins]

On Friday 28 February 2003 09:44 pm, Net Llama! wrote:
> All i'm taking from this excerpt is that something is very badly broken
> in the way that Gentoo impliments XFS.  Unless there's some explanation
> on what an 'emerge' would do that is possible on other distros?
>

The "emerge" has nothing to do with XFS, per se.  Emerge is the gentoo package 
manager.  This appears to be a one-off report.


> On 02/28/03 20:42, Collins wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > -----------------
> >
> >>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.
> >
> > -----------------
> >
> > 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.

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