Re: reisefs vs ext2 or ext3
On Sat, 2003-05-10 at 12:42, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Allan Wind wrote:
> > Kevin McKinley wrote:
> > > XFS has some neat stuff, but one thing it lacks is a file system check and
> > > repair utility. That seems to me a lot like hubris.
> >
> > I did not know that, thanks for pointing that out.
>
> But the whole point of a journaling filesystem is that it does not
> need a filesystem check and repair utility. So taking that as a
> negative when it is a positive is completely missing the point. It is
> all built into the filesystem itself. It is not hubris at this point.
> It is a design improvement.
>
> The above is like complaining that an automatic transition is faulty
> because it is missing a clutch pedal and remarking on the audacity of
> the designers for not including one. Automatics are not faulty for
Faulty analogy. Sh*t happens: mechanical instruments break (both
standard & automatic transmissions), and filesystems get corrupted
(for example: tiny power surge munges data, buggy driver, undetected
bad block).
Thus, just like you bring both standard & automatic transmissions to
a mechanic, you must bring a "mechanic" to the corrupted filesystem.
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