[Info-vax] 8.4 freespace-drift problem?

[David Froble]

Stephen Hoffman wrote:

> Now if your critical last write I/O operations generated within your 
> heavily I/O active application environment didn't all make it to disk 
> because you hard-halted the box prior to reboot all bets are off.   BTW, 
> power failures can play havoc with writes that are in flight out on the 
> storage shelves, too.

Just that.

Either you performed a shutdown, and all disks are Ok, or there was a 
problem, power, whatever, and the system declares the disk wasn't 
properly dismounted, and wants to do a rebuild.  I defer to the wisdom 
of the system.