On 12/11/2014 5:53 AM, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > Hi, > >>>> fsck may take time. Relax, it needs that time. >>> >>> What if I do not have that time, >> >> Find it (this includes planning - of infrastructure and procedures if >> required). > > Ok, so that means anyone with a nice laptop who wants to do some work "just > before" boarding a plane is now "at risk". > Just had to help someone this morning who had Windows 7 doing updates when he > shut down his laptop to board a plane. He had no time to wait, he had not > planned on there being an interruption in the "normal baviour". This morning > his laptop would not boot. > The same can happen with "normal users" if we give them the new Debian Jessie > on a laptop and they run into a similar situation where fsck will start when > it "is not a good time to do so". For whatever reason. There needs to be a > non corrupting way to something that can last that long. > >> No other choices. > In the near future with Jessie, maybe no, but "soon" after that we really > need it. > >> Let fsck run and pray it does not halts claiming it can't fix the problem. > When it is started due to an unclean shutdown or something like it, we can > plan. When it simply runs "because it does that sometimes", no thank you, I > would like a cancel option. > > Bonno Bloksma > >
A perfect example. I often do work "just before boarding a plane" on a Windows notebook, because around here you don't know when a plane is going to board until they actually start boarding it. It could be on time, or it could be 30 minutes (or more) late. But I have Windows Update set to "Notify only" - no automatic downloading and installing of updates. That way I can control when the updates are done (I've seen it take > 20 minutes to shut down after a major update). If Windows can give you the option as to when to perform a potentially critical (do not shut down!) and long running process, why can't Linux? Or, better yet, give the option to cancel it if it does start at the wrong time. I often give presentations with my notebook. If I'm lucky, I get 10-15 minutes to set up. If I'm not, less than 5 minutes (i.e. another presenter ahead of me). I use Linux whenever possible, but since my time slot is limited, I can't wait for fsck to complete. Jerry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5489d03e.5040...@gmail.com
