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Date:      Tue, 30 Aug 2005 02:20:51 +0200
From:      Matthias Buelow <mkb@incubus.de>
To:        Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sysinstall automatic filesystem size generation.
Message-ID:  <20050830002051.GE1462@drjekyll.mkbuelow.net>
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Chuck Swiger wrote:

>I reiterate my question: have you tried adjusting the syncer sysctl's and 
>seeing whether FreeBSD is more stable in the event of a power failure?

No, simply because I have no machine at the moment for experimenting
if it takes longer until it eats its filesystem. Besides, as I have
said, it is not an acute problem for me at the moment and I was
merely pointing out the inadequacy of talking about "robust
filesystems" in the context of softupdates and end-consumer harddrives.

mkb.




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