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Date:      Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:01:20 -0600 (CST)
From:      Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To:        perryh@pluto.rain.com
Cc:        vd@freebsd.org, xride@x12.dk, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Where to start?
Message-ID:  <20070123020013.I16240@odysseus.silby.com>
In-Reply-To: <45b5027e.g8Hs/VOZs%2B63TD6V%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
References:  <20070119201935.GA60202@x12.dk> <20070120024614.E99400@odysseus.silby.com> <20070122083727.GA61615@qlovarnika.bg.datamax> <45b5027e.g8Hs/VOZs%2B63TD6V%perryh@pluto.rain.com>

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On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote:

> I would guess that if a way could be found to preallocate the
> journal space (as with mkfile(8) in sufficiently-old systems),
> and then record its location in a reasonably-secure location
> (the superblock?), it could be accessed during recovery without
> reference to possibly-corrupt filesystem metadata.

That's the kind of approach I was thinking of.  I'm sure it would be a bit 
of work, but it would be cool.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack



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