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Ext4 Data Losses Explained, Worked Around

Posted by timothy on from the you-did-back-up-right dept.

ddfall writes "H-Online has a follow-up on the Ext4 file system — Last week's news about data loss with the Linux Ext4 file system is explained and new solutions have been provided by Ted Ts'o to allow Ext4 to behave more like Ext3."

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  1. Re:LOL: Bug Report by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    LOL I KNO RITE you are so witty

  2. Re:Those who fail to learn the lessons of history. by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: -1, Troll

    OK, so you like Reiser FS. Just please don't kill us, roll us up in the rug, and transport our bloody bodies to an unmarked grave in your passenger-seatless Honda.

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  3. O rly? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    And how many lines of code have you introduced to the Linux kernel? How much did you pay for you Linux distro?

    Right. STFU.

  4. If this was a Windows issue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I like how if this was a Windows data loss problem, the Slashdot summary would be followed by 300 posts of Microsoft-bashing and jokes.

  5. This is a real troll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What you actually need to fix is the damn SHOW STOPPING CRASH BUG in your SHITTY CODE. After you have done that, then we can discuss your perceived issues with other people's code.

  6. Data loss? Schmata loss! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Who cares about a little data loss, at least it doesn't MURDER YOUR WIFE!

    1. Re:Data loss? Schmata loss! by Dunbal · · Score: 0, Troll

      Many married men would consider this to be a feature, not a bug.

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  7. Re:LOL: Bug Report by billcopc · · Score: -1, Troll

    Let be more realistic:

    Why should these developers cater to the handful of people with unstable machines ?

    FIX YOUR GODDAMNED PC INSTEAD

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