Reliability of System V 1K file system

[Steve Scherf]

In article <1990Sep22.041723.1599 at pilikia.pegasus.com> art at pilikia.pegasus.com (Art Neilson) writes:
>In article <5869 at suns302.cel.co.uk> ir at 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 at Altos.COM    ...!{sun|sco|pyramid|amdahl|uunet}!altos!steve

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