xfs problem on Ubuntu/Intrepid

[Pierre Frenkiel]

On Tue, 9 Jun 2009, Tormod Volden wrote:
> Ubuntu does not rely on xfs (it is in universe, not in main, at least
> since 6.06) and you can just remove the xfs package. If you really
> need it for some reason, please file a bug in Ubuntu for these issues.

Thank you for your answer, and also to Alan.
I dont really need it, so I already removed it, but my main question was:

  How can you explain that xfs needs to be restarted to work properly?

I still would like to have this explained, as this may reveal another
hidden issue.

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Pierre Frenkiel