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282 points paulnpace | 3 comments | 22 Oct 25 02:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.429s | source
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prmoustache ◴[22 Oct 25 09:27 UTC] No.45666669[source]▶
What is the status on FS journaling/softupdates? I used to like openBSD but it kind of disappeared of my life once they removed support for softupdates a couple of years ago. I am not so fond of those fsck and lost data we used to have on an occasional basis after an unexpected hard shutdown due to a power cut in the 90's.

Are they any new FS supported nowadays?

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1. ninkendo ◴[22 Oct 25 11:41 UTC] No.45667606[source]▶
> I am not so fond of those fsck and lost data we used to have on an occasional basis after an unexpected hard shutdown due to a power cut in the 90's.

Yup, still the case today.

Currently with an SSD, when there’s a power cut, there’s about a 20% chance my router will require me to walk downstairs and plug in a keyboard, type “fsck” manually and press y at all the prompts.

I haven’t actually had any issues with noticeable data loss though.

I’d settle for a default “boot anyway, press y for all fsck questions” mode on boot. I just don’t want to have to physically touch the thing.

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2. IcePic ◴[22 Oct 25 12:25 UTC] No.45667990[source]▶
> Currently with an SSD, when there’s a power cut, there’s about a 20% chance my router will require me to walk downstairs and plug in a keyboard, type “fsck” manually and press y at all the prompts.

> I’d settle for a default “boot anyway, press y for all fsck questions” mode on boot. I just don’t want to have to physically touch the thing.

Look up where fsck is run in /etc/rc and add the -y there.

3. ectospheno ◴[22 Oct 25 13:14 UTC] No.45668624[source]▶
It is a router, not a file server. Add the sync flag to fstab.