On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 02:37:25PM -0400, Martin wrote:
>
> Standard linux`s filesystem buffers a lot of stuff, which is why it
> appears fast.
> The downside is...if there is a hardware induced crash or loss of power
> then all that buffered data will be lost.
> There is nothing qmail, postfix or sendmail can do about that.
> You may have heard of async and sync before. Look them up (ie. search)
> for more info
Who says you can't mount extfs "sync"? It's write-back when mounted
"async", write-through when mounted "sync". Same goes for FFS, it's just
*BSDS ship with "sync" in /etc/fstab.
