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Re: NT vs Linux
Quoth Vadim Smelyansky on Wed, Jun 09, 1999:
> On Sat, 22 May 1999, Isaac Aaron wrote:
>
> IA> "Lack of a Journaling file system -
> IA> file system may not recover after
> IA> unplanned downtime"
> IA>- Since I don't know of any journaling capabilities
> IA>of the ext2, I suppose they're right.
> What rigth? second statement - lie. I tried several times to press
> reset - its recover - beleave me, and NT does not :)
Not always. Sometimes, when you press reset, Linux filesystem
ends up in a completely broken state. It doesn't happen much,
though -- happened to me only several times.
> Usually I silently press reset on linux box to answer customer
> question: "What happened if power go away?"
Hmm. Usually I just silently cut my hand with a knife to answer
customer question: "What happened if you are not careful and cut
yourself accidentially?". Surely, the body will heal itself in
few days, but it's not the desirable situation.
Vadik.
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Any language that involves exposing private parts to friends is a
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