Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:25745 comp.unix.sysv386:740
Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!apple!vsi1!altos!altos86!steve
From: steve@altos86.Altos.COM (Steve Scherf)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Reliability of System V 1K file system
Summary: Better than Pick
Keywords: System V, reliability, file systems
Message-ID: <4110@altos86.Altos.COM>
Date: 25 Sep 90 23:18:33 GMT
References: <5869@suns302.cel.co.uk> <1990Sep22.041723.1599@pilikia.pegasus.com>
Reply-To: steve@Altos.COM (Steve Scherf)
Followup-To: comp.unix.questions
Organization: Altos Computer Systems, San Jose, CA
Lines: 17

In article <1990Sep22.041723.1599@pilikia.pegasus.com> art@pilikia.pegasus.com (Art Neilson) writes:
>In article <5869@suns302.cel.co.uk> ir@cel.co.uk (ian reid) writes:
>>
>> [ stuff about file system getting hosed when power is cycled
>>   without performing graceful shutdown ... ]
>
>Every UNIX I have seen behaves in the manner you describe.  If you
>hit the red switch or experience a power outage without performing a
>graceful shutdown, you deserve whatever you get.

The Pick engineers here at Altos tell us that if a Pick system goes down
ungracefully, it's time to re-install...
-- 
Steve Scherf
steve@Altos.COM    ...!{sun|sco|pyramid|amdahl|uunet}!altos!steve

These opinions are solely mine, but others may share them if they like.