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Re: How do you fsck a loop-aes filesystem?
Jean-Luc Cooke wrote:
> # /bin/sync --help
> Usage: sync [OPTION]
> Force changed blocks to disk, update the super block.
>
> --help display this help and exit
> --version output version information and exit
>
> Report bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.
/bin/sync works above device drivers as it just sends dirty pages to device
drivers and waits for writes to complete. Loop is a device driver.
> On Thu, Jul 04, 2002 at 06:07:43PM +0300, Jari Ruusu wrote:
> > Device backed loops signal writes as 'done' _after_ lower level driver has
> > signaled said writes as 'done', so device backed loops are journaling fs
> > safe.
Regards,
Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@pp.inet.fi>
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