From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 13 15:23:00 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2AF7106568A for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:23:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59F748FC1E for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:23:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.22]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 13 Feb 2009 10:23:00 -0500 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.10.4-GA) with ESMTP id PMI24214; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:22:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from 209-6-22-188.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([209.6.22.188]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 13 Feb 2009 10:22:55 -0500 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18837.36943.113888.898154@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:22:55 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20090213085243.205d6392@scorpio> References: <4994B999.1090307@networktest.com> <20090213004128.GA79335@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <4994C29E.3020506@networktest.com> <20090212171653.3782fb82@gom.home> <20090213032150.GB79893@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <18836.61520.37080.844269@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20090213105114.1cf2ed84.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090213110107.J1316@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <18837.29084.165121.938566@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20090213141613.d4a0c0c1.freebsd@edvax.de> <20090213085243.205d6392@scorpio> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta28) "fuki" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail-Whitelist: YES (by domain whitelist at mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net) Subject: Re: recovering from a power outage X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:23:01 -0000 > IMHO, if you are running a system where 'power outages' cannot > be tolerated, why not install a UPS, they are really quite > cheap, and be done with it? I cannot imagine any high end, > mission critical system not employing one. Power outages are not the only thing which can cause (directly or indirectly) file system corruption. Robert Huff