Background fsck

[Dan Melomedman]

Matthew Dillon wrote:
> 
>     No it doesn't.  The journal can be stored in a normal fixed-length file
>     placed somewhere on the filesystem and chflag'd to be undeleteable.
>     As long as the file is pre-created, its block numbers are 'fixed' and
>     known (because they never change).  Problem solved.

And this is approximately how it's done in EXT3. That's why an upgrade
from EXT2 to EXT3 is so trivial.

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