On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 19:18 -0500, Alan Cox wrote: > On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 03:23:24PM -0800, Florin Andrei wrote: > > I've actually seen quite a few appliances that are really custom-built > > PCs running Linux and using normal HDDs. I just wonder what they're > > doing to assure it won't get stuck in fsck, or worse, if the power > > fails. Its worth remembering that if you O/S and application partition is read only then it shouldn't degrade. The product I work on just checks the partition with the data stored in it, if the partition fails fsck then the machine simply reformats it and reboots ! Jon
