🚀 go-pugleaf

Mike Redrobe (Mike@Redrobe.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> 
> Hi, CountB , on 09-May-96 22:23:56 you scribbled....
> >Barry Shilliday (barry_s@nibelung.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> >> If you don't have a clue, stay away from AFS.  Otherwise
> >> use it, it's one of the most useful things available.
> 
> >It is great if you are prepared to lose the lot for no reason.
> no reason? I find that hard to believe..

No reason. Switch off, come back 2 hours later, 3 partitions are
dead/unmountable. 

> > Oh and when you do,
> *if* you do...

When. I've had it 8 months and expect a failure every 2. (18 hours a day
usage).

> >I lost a partition last week. Fortunately I saw it going so backed up the
>                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >new bits and reformatted.
> 
> .....and what were the signs?

First sign is a non-deletable directory called nothing, second is a write
protected disk. DO NOT wait for more and you'll be okay.

> >Buy AFS, but buy a backup device too.
> you should be backing up regardless of filesystem/media.
> Thats a lesson always learned the hard way.

Its not too bad with FFS as you can recover 99% of stuff. AFS you can't.

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