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Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 11:27:54 +0100
From: dante <subscriptions@posteo.eu>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Hi Steve,

how often do you snapshot? How large is the SD?
I used a 32G SD with  hourly snapshots, terminal server.

I would sort of rule out the SD reliability.
After reinstalling on the corrupt SD with snapshots off, no crashes for
months of always-on.

Thanks!
Dante

On 19.11.2014 11:18, Steve Simon wrote:
>> I never knew that there was a known bug there:
>> got my frist Plan9 this  summer.
>> I enabled snapshots on my Pi this summer and
>> got a corrupt file system  within hours.
>
> Ah,
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> I wonder if this is more to do with flash card reliability and the pi
> than fossil
> and snapshots. I have been running fossil with snapshots for a year or
> so now and
> not had a single crash.
>
> I only use my Pi as a terminal so its flash is pretty much readonly.
>
> -Steve