Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 22:01:40 -0700 (MST) From: Marc Slemko <marcs@znep.com> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: isp@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd as a news server? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970308215943.6158O-100000@alive.znep.com> In-Reply-To: <199703090422.OAA28301@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Sun, 9 Mar 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > matthew c. mead stands accused of saying: > > > > > > I really do suggest using -o noatime,async > > > on mounted news partitions too (for 2.2) > > > > This system is a 2.1.6 installation. Do these > > recommendations change based on that? Thanks for the replies! > > No async support in 2.1.6, but I believe that noatime is supported. Wrong way around; no noatime in 2.1.6 (but it is easy to patch in), but there is async (but I think it is better(?) in 2.2...). Be warned if you mount your drives async then they may fail fsck on reboot if the system crashes and you may have to fsck manually before it will boot.
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