obscurity
Kenneth Almquist
ka at hropus.UUCP
Wed Mar 12 03:56:43 AEST 1986
> > The hardware screws up and scribbles on the disk and you're complaining
> > about the software? [Snoopy]
>
> Hate to introduce you to reliable systems, but yes. A truly robust
> filesystem isn't bothered by little details like flaky hardware, even if
> you can't afford to replicate it. [Geoff Kuenning]
This is a rather brief introduction; perhaps you could expand on it?
If the disk drive doesn't write correctly, you've lost the information
written unless you have replicated it; am I right?
Kenneth Almquist
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ihnp4!opus!ka (shorter path)
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