Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 08:38:51 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "Michael S. O'Donnell" <mso@bus.net> Cc: Mike Wade <mwade@cdc.net>, "Jeffrey S. Sharp" <jss@subatomix.com>, freebsd-small <freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Accidental reset/power off (was: your mail) Message-ID: <20000127083851.B44457@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <388F299C.8976DAC5@bus.net> References: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10001260957410.4247-100000@server2> <388F299C.8976DAC5@bus.net>
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On Wednesday, 26 January 2000 at 12:06:36 -0500, Michael S. O'Donnell wrote: >>>> Also it would be nice to have an "accidental power off" safe file >>>> system when using hard drives for embedded devices such as >>>> Internet Appliances. > > i just started developing a hardware solution for this for a client > who has servers going to trade shows where uniformed individuals > occasionally take it upon themselves to 'push the button'. i don't > mind losing the project to a software solution. i know that would > be the solution the client would prefer (hardware would require me to > build a new unit for every different server; the design doesn't change, > but, the footprint and mounting does). if anyone knows how to do it, > please tell me and/or the list. i will request that the client make > the solution available under the FreeBSD license (my hardware solution > will not be). the client runs _all_ systems under FreeBSD and i'm > quite confident he would welcome the opportunity to contribute. Again, mounting the file systems read only is a good way to achieve this goal. But for money I'll follow up with some alternatives :-) Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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