Re: [9fans] Fossil robustness

[Adriano Verardo <a.verardo@tecmav.com>]

maht wrote:
> On 20/04/2010 11:45, Adriano Verardo wrote:
>> Hi all.
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>> I'm building an industrial  application  hosted by several
>> independent cpu server,
>> each of them booted from a CFlash on sdD0.
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>> The application doesn't write on sdD0 and there are no redirection on
>> local files
>> in the cpurc scripts.
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>> In this particular situation fossil should be actually used read only
>> so allowing
>> to use write protected CF and/or to suddenly power off the system
>> without
>> damaging the file system.
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>> Instead, fossil writes on sdD0 (doesn't boot fom a write protected
>> CF) and the
>> power loss destroy the file system more than fifty-fifty.
>>
>> Unfortunately I cannot guarantee stable/correct operating conditions.
>>
>> Any suggestion ?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> adriano
>>
> Fossil is essentially a cache for Venti, the non-Venti special case is
> what you are attempting to use.
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> Perhaps kfs / cws would be a better choice.
I've made a customized install procedure copying from the standard one.
Where can i find
a procedure for kfs to copy from?  Can kfs be configured to be
absolutely insentive to hard power down ?
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> Or even booting from a CD.
I've only a CF slot. And, in any case, the environment doesn't allow to
use mechanical devices.
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