Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 14 Oct 2001 20:19:07 +0200 | From | Jens Benecke <> | Subject | Re: [reiserfs-list] Re: ReiserFS data corruption in very simple configuration |
| |
On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 10:52:54AM -0400, Chris Mason wrote:
> > When I was using ext2 I always mounted the /usr partition read-only, so > > that a fsck weren't necessary at boot - and the files were all > > guaranteed to be OK to bring the system up at least. > > > > Does this (mount -o ro) make sense with ReiserFS as well? What I mean > > is, is there a chance of a file getting corrupted that was only *read* > > (not *written*) at or before a power outage? > > Yes, after the mount is finished, reiserfs won't change the files on a > readonly mount.
What I meant is this: AFAIK, if you exclude broken hardware, in ext2 there is no chance of a file that was never written to since mounting being corrupted on a crash, even if the fs was mounted read-write.
Is this the same thing with ReiserFS?
-- Jens Benecke ········ http://www.hitchhikers.de/ - Europas Mitfahrzentrale
Crypto regulations will only hinder criminals who obey the law. [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] |  |