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From: paul@ukpoit.co.uk (Paul Wood)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Desperate help needed with my hard disk
Message-ID: <1991Mar8.102810.9670@ukpoit.co.uk>
Date: 8 Mar 91 10:28:10 GMT
References: <45942@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <cechew.667690583@sol1> <2365@tuvie.UUCP>
Reply-To: paul@ukpoit.co.uk (Paul Wood)
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In article <2365@tuvie.UUCP> hp@vmars.tuwien.ac.at (Peter Holzer) writes:

>If I remember correctly the main loop of init contains a sync ()
>just after the wait (). So the disks are synced every time you
>log out (and also every time a process exits whose parent does
>not exist anymore).

Hmmm ... I am running MacMinix, and if I edit a file with vi, quit vi, quit
MacMinix and then restart, I will get a problem with the file I was editting.
( there have been a few postings recently describing this problem )
However, if I sync prior to quitting, then no problem occurs.

It would appear that Minix is not syncing prior to quitting. This may be a 
problem specific to MacMinix. Help anybody?

paul@ukpoit.co.uk                                Paul Wood, 31 Buttermere Drive,
                                                 Dronfield Woodhouse, Sheffield,
                                                 England, S18 5PX.
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