On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 14:16:49 -0400 "Heschi Kreinick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What file system are you using? I'm guessing XFS? From the install guide: > "XFS is a filesystem with metadata journaling that is fully supported under > Gentoo Linux's xfs-sources kernel. It comes with a robust feature-set and is > optimized for scalability. We only recommend using this filesystem on Linux > systems with high-end SCSI and/or fibre channel storage and a > uninterruptible power supply. Because XFS aggressively caches in-transit > data in RAM, improperly designed programs (those that don't take proper > precautions when writing files to disk, and there are quite a few of them) > can lose a good deal of data if the system goes down unexpectedly." Acually I use reiserfs :) > IIRC there was a long discussion about this a while back when gentoo.org > stopped using XFS. I think the problem was that any file that is being > lengthened when you crash gets destroyed. If you were doing emerges at the > same time that would have a tendency to trash portage, or maybe the portage > database. > Your error appears similar to the one other people on the list are > getting...but I think that's only costmetic. You might want to try reading > /usr/portage/sys-apps/portage/files/README.RESCUE. And if trying the nvidia > drivers is screwing your machine this badly, maybe you should *stop*. doing the rescue thing now .. thanks :) and I fixed the nvidia problem ... still the issues should be that it "could" overwrite files ;P anyway ... seems to be getting sorted out Henti -- Henti Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior Administrator The Computer-Smith Networking http://www.tcsn.co.za -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
