On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Dr. David Gilbert wrote:
> I got wondering as to whether the various journaling file
> system activities were designed to survive the occasional
> unclean shutdown or were designed to allow the user to just pull
> the plug as a regular means of shutting down.
> Thoughts?
1. a journaling filesystem is designed to be "consistent"
(or rather, easily recoverable) all of the time
2. there's no difference between the "2 situations" you
describe above
regards,
Rik
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