filesystems not properly unmounted [OT]
Wilko Bulte
wb at freebie.xs4all.nl
Mon Jun 6 15:03:20 GMT 2005
Can the two of you please take this bikeshed to -chat or
wherever?
Thank you,
Wilko
On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 11:00:41AM -0400, Yuval Levy wrote..
> Oliver Fromme wrote:
>
> >I do look carefully every day, because it's my job. I work
> >with various operating systems every day, including FreeBSD
> >and Linux.
> >
> >
> From a professional I would expect a more mature and balanced approach,
> rather than "my favorite OS is the best one and the others have no
> advantages". Be real: there is a lot of diversity of OS out there and
> they all have advantages and disadvantages. For as much as I love
> FreeBSD, it is not (and probably can't be) better than all OS on all
> comparisons. Diversity is good, most existing OS have their rightful
> place in the IT ecosystem.
>
> >> Just to mention the first thing that comes to my mind: several linux
> >> distros have achieved a difficult goal: ease of installation-use
> >> combined with a stable system.
> >
> >Yup, I know the usual freebsd-for-servers and linux-for-
> >desktops arguments. And to be honest, I'm fed up with
> >them. They're lies. I'm running FreeBSD on my desktop
> >at home, a lot of people are happily running Linux on
> >their servers, and I've seen people successfully installing
> >FreeBSD who have never even heard the word "unix" until
> >that day.
> >
> >
> You can run FreeBSD on your desktop at home because you have the skills,
> the time, the dedication. You are special. Every human being is special
> and there are plenty of us out there that have other skills and want to
> dedicate their time to something else (like
> <http://www.photopla.net/pano.php?id=25>). They do not share your view.
> I do not share your view. This does not make us liars.
>
> I am moving my servers from Linux to FreeBSD, because FreeBSD gives me
> the manageability, stability and security that are more important to my
> clients than the bleeding edge features that often make it into Linux first.
>
> I am generally inclined toward Open Source software over proprietary
> one, but will pragmatically mix and match to obtain what works best for
> me rather than dogmatically pretend that my favorite OS is the best and
> its filesystem is the brightest and its license is the only acceptable
> distribution form.
>
> Which brings me back to the topic of this thread: is there anybody out
> there with the skills to cleanly solve this shameful situation in which
> rebooting FreeBSD results in unclean mounting of ext2 (and potentially
> other) volumes?
>
> Yuv
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