From: Stelian P. <st...@po...> - 2002-08-19 08:01:19
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On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 01:33:55AM -0400, Mark W. Krentel wrote: > Ok, that answers my questions. Thanks! > > But you kinda confused me last month when I first reported the O_TRUNC > problem. You said this problem was "normal" and "not a fixable bug". It is normal to have problems if the filesystem is being changed while dump is working. Sorry if it wasn't very clear. > That's why I thought the caching system made it impossible for dump to > work correctly. But clearly it's not normal, it was a bug in the > kernel, one that has since been fixed. Yes. > > However, there are mechanisms (like the snapshots etc) which, > > once they will be ready, will guarantee a 100% reliability even on > > mounted filesystems. > > Any idea on when this will be ready? The kernel guys were talking about this for the 2.5 kernel timeframe... But until it's there you can't be sure. Stelian. -- Stelian Pop <st...@po...> |