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On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Robert Wuest wrote:
> Larry McVoy wrote: > > > > Do you think it would be possible to build a safe, slow file system? > > By safe, I mean that I could hit reset in the middle of 50 parallel > > un-tars and reboot the system and the file system comes up clean (no fsck, > > but data loss)? > > I also have a need for this. Well, maybe not this extreme. I would like > to put Linux on the plant floor in a manufacturing environment. The > current solutions use DOS based systems, which are in fact, quite tolerant > to being turned off at random (not completely, but they're pretty good > about it). > > I have in fact brought Linux up on one machine to prove the concept and > demonstrate how nice it is to do system maintenance and software upgrades > without bringing the machine down. Our problem is two fold, power isn't > terribly reliable and the operators are NOT going to learn to shut down > the computer before hitting the master power switch on friday afternoon. > > So the way it sits now, Linux is not a viable solution. > > -- > Robert Wuest, PE Empowered Kemet Electronics > Sirius Engineering Company by robertwuest@kemet.com > mailto:rwuest@sire.vt.com Linux >