Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 12:16:57 +0200 From: Nicolas Rachinsky <list@rachinsky.de> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dangerous situation with shutdown process Message-ID: <20050716101657.GA44786@pc5.i.0x5.de> In-Reply-To: <200507152342.j6FNg5Tx015427@drjekyll.mkbuelow.net> References: <20050715224650.GA48516@outcold.yadt.co.uk> <200507152342.j6FNg5Tx015427@drjekyll.mkbuelow.net>
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* Matthias Buelow <mkb@incubus.de> [2005-07-16 01:42 +0200]: > David Taylor <davidt@yadt.co.uk> writes: > > >> A corrupted journal can be detected. If it's corrupted, discard > >> the whole thing, or only the relevant entry. The filesystem will > >> remain consistent. > >> If track corruption occurs after the journal is written, it doesn't > >> matter, since at boot the journal will be replayed and all operations > >> will be performed once more. > > > >The track which is corrupted could contain data that wasn't written > >to in months. How would the journal help? > > I don't understand this question. The track destroyed could contain sectors which are in no way related to the sectors the OS is writing to. Nicolashome | help
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