From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 1 07:34:07 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 AFCEC1065670 for ; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 07:34:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anti_spam256@yahoo.ca) Received: from web65515.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (web65515.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [76.13.9.59]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 503BC8FC15 for ; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 07:34:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 4588 invoked by uid 60001); 1 Dec 2009 07:34:06 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.ca; s=s1024; t=1259652846; bh=a6YGHto3V7/ksPWY4R4WcV3jc+nJGq1a0cl2GDxLzk4=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=1tnxLlRXL90oQaM5uZzusQKz8EI1gMLPtBU72GCvtTFcAbvLRq0ka3BFwiJZk1jJksWQ2y/jjLg2JbwZAe7mQK4W1xz5tIHSKI3qSw8FTofAmc4z0DsZIdoDdPOV/ucfUkRwbfYj9XBX6uDrTzOL3DSA9mzFWYQCzB8Rnslw2yU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.ca; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=fWhY1mZ2FoV0Pi8VNmY3xBTqI5WSGLC0nBD/3BhgoN25Mh6VElvsp4k3YQEnfpNagDlvJbyp/3uV7a9SHpJfOgljc35lLZBwXbGVnRHMLv9Qz6e4t6sgw0kWs/h4EhhMvYfs4ArvdrFS1l4V7Y7INz7hNGzj4IfdVVjabH2fY9o=; Message-ID: <651489.2831.qm@web65515.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: Im7iYEQVM1lqdM_xV4KZslvwqyanHBbdiy2LE7yNezzSrtZEXWQpDS7xgPgNj.8MVG9eD2wKF7xiWJx5zA2qeF1Igf396zaXcSYnXysDMOj.8khN8mtdPPmxNf5.1h4ihPScI9vFwXfe3eXzDDhLFh3gHsDwtfNSzRtaPEq2zXrp.sAwxxDESfC0K2sJpOjob5argkutKYlP2DnAu.KS.2kbEmqZePK639VOHkSlxLqYQIZq2lyRUkwwI4PyHiHaCARmgyRwlkeJXOmJhlNqPZQZAoBPJQp3Hy24q6tDjADlKsxJK1s9DU4a6LU5976AX8cEUzxj8497_RmfS_6sxDvu88bKTQ6Uc1DRPjDV7loytauaLfOvDc8hg3iDETM1X8CcBNbAEiHt671xl9I8Vg2g4WN6rdFfIXV8l2c.9dhYzSSkEX8xMOSSg91AAE7b Received: from [208.99.137.71] by web65515.mail.ac4.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:34:06 PST X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/8.1.6 YahooMailWebService/0.8.100.260964 Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:34:06 -0800 (PST) From: James Phillips To: Bruce Cran In-Reply-To: <20091130215126.0000563c@unknown> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Phoronix Benchmarks: Waht's wrong with FreeBSD 8.0? 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: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:34:08 -0000 --- On Mon, 11/30/09, Bruce Cran wrote: > > This is actually the way UFS/FFS works too: when my system > was crashing > fairly regularly I was a bit surprised to find empty files > after > editing them. > > Also, I just verified that saving a file, rebooting, > editing it again > (with ee(1)) and powering off the system does still result > in a zero > length file being on disk. > Ok, good to know. I saw UFS corruption once with frequent restarts, but assumed that was because the "delayed filesystem checking" never had a chance to run. Since I don't have a UPS I guess backups are doubly important. -james. __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/