Robin Laing wrote: > Eric Sandeen wrote: >> Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote: >>> I reformatted the backup drive with ext2 to see if that made any >>> difference. Fedora still wedged during the backup, twice. >> When/if you gather the info I requested - sysrq 'w' output, which will >> actually help identify & resolve the issue instead of speculating about >> it, please file a bug against the kernel, attach the info I asked for, >> and I'll see it that way. I probably won't be following these threads >> further. >> >> -Eric >> > > And when you do, post the details to this list. > > I ask that as my F10 machine is going into a total freeze during backups > as well. The only item of what happened was a message in messages about > a kernel oops. What is the number for the bug you filed? > I thought it may be related to the EXT4 issues and I am in the process > of dumping EXT4 after reading many reports of data loss. Please don't. Please at *LEAST* report the bug(s) first - with details. Guys, reporting vague errors on this list and then not following up with any useful information - especially when specific, simple steps are requested from developers who could *fix* it - is just wasting people's time and bandwidth. For what it's worth, I assume your "many reports of data loss" are probably related to the recent slashdot/lwn/launchpad/whatever posting. I won't rehash all the details of that, but patches are now in f10 and f11 to make ext4 behave a bit more like ext3, even when applications aren't doing an fsync(); on their data. I do not expect that you will be at a large risk of data loss with ext4 on Fedora. Thanks, -Eric -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
