CS 537 - Quiz #8

1. On a typical file system without journaling, crashes can lead to problems
with the file system if they come at inopportune times. Describe a sequence of
events that would lead to:
       a. Data loss (but no file system inconsistency)
       b. Metadata inconsistency
       c. Garbage data in a file

2. Does LFS (the log-structured file system) solve these problems? If yes, how?
If no, describe a sequence of events that produces one of the conditions above.