Re: bdflush problem ?

=?iso-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois=20D=E9sarm=E9nien?= (desar@club-internet.fr)
Sat, 27 Nov 1999 11:46:46 +0100

> >until *2.2.11*; it's still in present kernels. I remember losing about
> >5 hours worth of data sometime in that range of kernels, and I had
> >/sbin/update disabled because I thought it wasn't necessary. Evidently
>
> You don't need to disable it. It will do_exit() immediatly. So just always
> execute it at boot and go safe.
>

Thank to all of you !

I tested it: on 2.2.9, there is no 'kupdate' process, so
'/sbin/update' is mandatory and does its job perfectly.
Although, in 2.2.13, 'kupdate' runs, and as Andrea says, if I
run '/sbin/update', it cleanly exits after a few seconds.

So we should notify everybody: whatever kernel version you are
running, _ALWAYS_ start '/sbin/update', it'll know if it is needed
or not. This will save time and headache to lot of people.

Best technical support is for me Linux: problem solved in less
than 12 hours :-)

François Désarménien

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