[rescue] Linux help (was) ZX coolness

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 04:39:26PM +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

> > Yeah, my file system is correcting the errors caused by crashing (note,
> > I doubt it is linux's fault, but rather I blame it on the hardware
> > makers.  Especially the video card one who refused to use standard
> > drivers or userlang drivers, but instead had to supply proprietary
> > drivers as a kernel module).
> 
> The following will help prevent file system corruption, not fix the
> problem:
> 
> 1. If your version of Linux supports it, install ext3 file system support
>    and use it. If not, try ReiserFS.

Yeah, I've been meaning to give ext3 a spin on this machine.  Perhaps
I'll do it on saturday.
 
> 2. add the following to /etc/crontab:
> 
> 	(redhat systems):	0-59/3 * * * * root /bin/sync 2>&1 >/dev/null
> 	(non redhat)		0-59/3 * * * * /bin/sync >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
>                                      ^
> You may want to make that 1 if you feel that recoverability is more important
> than performance.

That is a really good idea.  I'll be dropping it in my crontab when I
get home.

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Joshua D. Boyd