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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] A few questions on trying to install
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:16:02 +0100
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On Monday 21 July 2008, Neil Walker wrote:
> Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> > Not my experience, though. Never had any problems with XFS due to power
> > failure.
>
> Nor mine. I have machines with ext3 and reiserfs here. There is also one
> with xfs. Recently, I had problems with an over-sensitive breaker
> tripping at irregular intervals. The only machine that didn't have fs
> problems as a result was the one with xfs. ;)

Just over two years ago or so, /usr/portage on xfs, battery ran out on lapt=
op. =20
The partition was borked (twice).  The remaining reiserfs partitions were=20
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Mick

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