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Subject: Re: [9fans] venti/fmtarenas approximate duration?
From: Fco.J.Ballesteros <nemo@plan9.escet.urjc.es>
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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 11:38:24 +0200
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> entire Venti, you know it's zeroed.  Relying on a state variable
> opens the door to inconsistencies.  In this case, even though
> failure is unlikely, there's an alternative that is a lot less
> likely to fail.

On the other hand, pre-zeroing forbids you to just copy the venti
partition to a larger drive. the `zeros' are also state :-)