Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 23 Mar 2001 20:29:03 +0100 | From | Otto Wyss <> | Subject | Re: Linux should better cope with power failure |
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> I had a similar experience: > X crashed , hosing the console , so I could not initiate > a proper shutdown. > > Here I must note that the response you got on linux-kernel is > shameful. > Thanks, but I expected it a little bit. All around Linux is centered around getting the highest performance out of it and very low (to low IMHO) is done to have a save system. The attitude "It doesn't matter making mistakes, they get fix anyhow" annoys me most, especially if it were easy to prevent them.
> What I did was to write a kernel/apmd patch , that performed a > proper shutdown when I press the power button ( which luckily > works as long as the kernel works ). > Not with a AT power supply but certainly nice to have. See that it gets included into the kernel. I didn't lost anything important since it was just a testing machine. I was just shocked what fsck complained on a machine which hadn't done almost anything at all. If I'd run into this on a productive system I'd get immediately a serial keyboard or have at least a usable network connection. Besides USB-only is not ready yet.
> > Don't we tell children never go close to any abyss or doesn't have > > alpinist a saying "never go to the limits"? So why is this simple rule > > always broken with computers? > > Is there a similar expression which could be hammered into any developers mind, i.e. "Don't make errors, others already do them for you".
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