Subject: Re: emacs, etc
To: Dave Huang <khym@bga.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 07/15/1997 12:38:54
> On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, Daniel R. Killoran,Ph.D. wrote:
> > Although I shutdown the system meticulously, when I boot it up again I
> > usually get told about some corruption, which the boot process then fixes.
> > This happens even when I havent done anything especially naughty. It
> > doesn't bother my use of the system, just makes me worry a little. Should I?
> 
> As in you always do something like "shutdown -r now" (or "shutdown -h
> now")? If fsck finds corruption after a clean shutdown, then yes, you
> should be worried... Is this perhaps the ncrscsi problem? I don't know too
> much about it, but I believe that the ncrscsi driver can corrupt
> filesystems on certain machines and drives. So, if you're using it, you
> might try a kernel with the "sbc" driver instead (GENERICSBC-whatever).

The problem is that both drivers have problems, just with different disks.
:-)

Take care,

Bill