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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