From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 13:24:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 13:24:12 -0500 Received: from a203-167-249-89.reverse.clear.net.nz ([203.167.249.89]:51213 "HELO metastasis.f00f.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 13:23:52 -0500 Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 07:23:50 +1300 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Mo McKinlay Cc: Alan Cox , David Lang , Daniel Phillips , Helge Hafting , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Journaling: Surviving or allowing unclean shutdown? Message-ID: <20010105072350.B31025@metastasis.f00f.org> In-Reply-To: <20010105071053.A31025@metastasis.f00f.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from mmckinlay@gnu.org on Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 06:15:26PM +0000 X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 06:15:26PM +0000, Mo McKinlay wrote: Indeed - but unplugging your VCR from the wall won't harm it. I disagree -- I have experience to the contrary. Powering down a VCR whilst recording can damage the tape or even worse have the tap get jammed in the video. I have also had a TV die because it was unpowered from the mains without being switched off first. Sure, these things don't always happen -- but they sometimes do. I would argue things like VCRs and TVs are just more tolerant than more complex systems -- not immune. --cw - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/