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I'm pretty sure CTRL-ALT-DELETE calls sync() on the way down... I don't think you'd lose any data unless a daemon gets stuck trying to shut down. If you power cycled -- the blocks you'd lose would be recent unflushed writes... not random data. That would excluse (mostly) read files like MP3. There is always worst case you can toast the superblock. =:-o Backing up MP3 data to CDR or DVDR is trivial, but as you point out there's other aspects such as data organization. I still haven't got that one figured out. ----- Original Message ----- From: "miah" <jjohnson at sunrise-linux.com> To: <discuss at blu.org> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 10:30 AM Subject: Re: D'oh! moments > Yes, > > Its a risk you don't want to take on your fileserver that has 120gigs of mp3's that has taken you months to download and organise. > > -miah > > On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 10:05:31AM -0400, Chris Meyer wrote: > > So (and I realize this is going to sound like a newbie question) why > > can't you just reboot the server? I know it's an otherwise bad thing to > > do, but I figure that if the server is already effectively dead to the > > outside world then any other services it might have been hosting > > wouldn't seem any LESS dead during the reboot, and most file systems > > I've seen can handle a CTRL-ALT-DEL or two (after file system checks). > > > > I mean, it's obviously not a good solution for every time you want to > > down the server, but in this case it's a lot simpler than getting the > > laptop hooked up through a null-modem cable. Or is there something I'm > > missing about rebooting a server that doesn't involve long bootup times > > and filesystem checks? > > > > -Chris > > > > Duane Morin wrote: > > > I was the original poster. I appreciate the offer, but I dont > > > have the space for it. I think I'll look into the serial console > > > route some folks mentioned (plus protecting my shell window from > > > letting me do that again!) > > > > > > Duane > > > > > > On Thu, 15 May 2003, Jerry Feldman wrote: > > > > > > > > >>On Thu, 15 May 2003 07:35:33 -0500 > > >>"John Whitfield" <john_whitfield at email.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >>> > The machine in my basement has no head, and the > > >>> > only monitor in the house is my flatscreen up in > > >>> > the office. So doing stuff local on the server > > >>> > means having to take apart my Windows machine and > > >>> > lug the monitor downstairs, possibly just to > > >>> > issue a 3 second command. > > >> > > >>I don't recal the original poster, but I have a 17" Zenith monitor that > > >>I want to get rid of. It works ok except that sometimes it loses blue > > >>sync so the colors look crappy. It should be good for a spare monitor. I > > >>had used it on a backup system for my wife. It's free for anyone who > > >>wants it. I can bring it to the BLU meeting next week. > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Discuss mailing list > > > Discuss at blu.org > > > http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at blu.org > > http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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