On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 at 11:09 GMT, Tim Connors penned: > > Not a case of ext3 being crap, a case of ext3 with journalled *data* > being crap. Quite a nice allrounder with the other two ext3 options > set. And you get the same problems with all other fses when their > equivalent of journalled *data* was turned on (if they had such a > feature).
I read that but didn't understand it. Is it that you can use ext3 without journalling? Or is journalling data different from normal journalling somehow? I'm confused. > The comment made earlier about bad sectors when power is turned off is > a comments that can be made about any fs, not just ext3, and is a > function of what drive you are using. It affects the IBM DTLA drives, > because the motor slows down, but doesn't cut off the write head when > power is cut, so the sector gets corrupted, and the drive is not smart > enough to repair this upon power being reapplied, even if you try to > write to that sector again without reading it first. Moral of that > story: Stay away from IBM drives in general, given their incompetance > in other matters (think, IBM DeathStar, etc). I heard about the deathstars and told myself I'd check my model number "eventually." Then one day my OS started behaving *really* weirdly, while at the same time the hard drive started making really ... interesting noises. It turned out to be a deathstar. Fortunately, that machine wasn't being used for anything terribly important, and the drive was still under warranty (back when 3-year warranties were standard), so it was only a minor annoyance. -- monique Unless you need to share ultra-sensitive super-spy stuff with me, please don't email me directly. I will most likely see your post before I read your mail, anyway. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
