Do journaling filesystems guarantee against corruption after a power failure?
I am asking this question on behalf of another user who raised the issue in the Ubuntu chat room.
journaling
What mount option to use for ext3 file system to minimise data loss or corruption?
I have an embedded setup using an initramfs for the root file system but using a custom ext3 partition mounted on a compact flash IDE drive. Because data integrity in the face of power loss is the most important factor in the entire setup, I have used the following options to mount (below is the entry from my /etc/fstab file