Data loss on 2.4.20 Linux Kernel
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on December 9, 2002 at 7:35:28 PM
It has already been fixed. The bug shouldn't affect most of you anyway, just some with strange configs. It hasn't been included in any of the major Distros yet.
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However, the risks of the recent Linux data-loss bug are reduced because it only appears in a particular circumstance: First, an administrator has to select an unusual mode for Linux's ext3 file system software, which controls how data is stored on hard drives; then the administrator must disconnect the file system where the data is saved. In that case, all data that should have been saved on the hard drive in the previous 30 seconds could be lost.