* Matthias Buelow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-07-16 01:42 +0200]: > David Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> A corrupted journal can be detected. If it's corrupted, discard > >> the whole thing, or only the relevant entry. The filesystem will > >> remain consistent. > >> If track corruption occurs after the journal is written, it doesn't > >> matter, since at boot the journal will be replayed and all operations > >> will be performed once more. > > > >The track which is corrupted could contain data that wasn't written > >to in months. How would the journal help? > > I don't understand this question.
The track destroyed could contain sectors which are in no way related to the sectors the OS is writing to. Nicolas _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
