Re: ext2/ext3, sync/async filesystems, data hygiene

2005-08-06 Thread Douglas Ward
On Thursday 28 July 2005 07:41, Anonymous wrote: > Tom Vier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm the author of wipe, btw (the one at wipe.sf.net). Meta-data > > journaling alone isn't a problem (except for wiping filenames), but full > > data journaling is, and some journaled fs (like reiser) don't n

Re: ext2/ext3, sync/async filesystems, data hygiene

2005-07-28 Thread Anonymous
Tom Vier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm the author of wipe, btw (the one at wipe.sf.net). Meta-data journaling > alone isn't a problem (except for wiping filenames), but full data > journaling is, and some journaled fs (like reiser) don't necessarily place > data on the same blocks when you over

Re: ext2/ext3, sync/async filesystems, data hygiene

2005-07-27 Thread Tom Vier
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 01:10:43PM +0200, Anonymous wrote: > I'm thinking of switching from ext3 back to ext2 because the wiping > utilities (shred, srm) aren't supposed to work on journaled > filesystems. But I'm also thinking of mounting ext2 synchronously to > reduce the risk of data loss (power