I thought that the buffer flushing was done every 30 secs or so by the kernel anyway?
I tend to find that the main cause of stuffed up config in my X stuff is what gnome
and kde leave around in /tmp/ what I usually do after a crash of any sort is to delete
any leftovers in tmp and then start my X session. If I don't do this then I find more
problems than not.
my 2 cents
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From: Philippe Moutarlier[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 1:50 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: preventing data loss from power outage
run "sync" every once in a while (look at "info sync")
Philippe
"Chip Rose." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> When the power flickers or goes out and the file system is not cleanly
> unmounted, I lose a lot of files and programs, etc. I have a good power
> surge protector. Upon reboot, it tries to repair itself, often
> requiring me to manually run fsck (I need to read up more on how to
> *properly* fsck..). Then, I wind up with a dysfunctional kde panel,
> many lost emails, files, and even entire programs I had just finished
> downloading get completely erased! If I had rebooted *prior* to the
> power outage, all the files would've been safe, and a forced reboot goes
> much easier. Question is - how do I manually do a "permanent"
> save/write of these files, *without* constant rebooting? Can I run a
> program to make it as if I had just rebooted?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chip Rose.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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