Thank you for the excellent advice. I have two more questions, then we
can bring this thread to a close - I hope.
1. Does Linux 2.4.14 with the XFS 1.0.2 patch applied contain an
unmount bug? If not, then we can presumably conclude that it was
the drive's write cache; and I will update to the latest Debian
sysvinit package.
2. If there are any relevant bugs, I may upgrade to kernel 2.4.16 or,
eventually, to 2.4.17 once it is released and XFS patches become
available. In general, how stable are the developmental XFS
releases on SGI's site or as obtained via CVS? In general I don't
mind testing a new kernel if the worst that is likely to happen
would be a system crash; but serious data corruption is another
matter entirely. Of course, I realize that any testing is
completely at my own risk.
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