From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 24 07:21:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA22343 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 07:21:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from spiv.fnal.gov (spiv.fnal.gov [131.225.124.126]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA22338 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 07:20:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from neswold@spiv.fnal.gov) Received: from localhost (neswold@localhost) by spiv.fnal.gov (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA06562; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 09:20:44 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 09:20:44 -0500 (CDT) From: "Richard M. Neswold" Reply-To: neswold@fnal.gov To: Leif Neland cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mount -o async In-Reply-To: <212_9710240107@swimsuit.roskildebc.dk> Message-ID: X-Spambot-Food: abuse@localhost postmaster@localhost abuse@fbi.gov MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Leif Neland wrote: > Ok, I want to live dangerously, and run the disks with async writes. > > Do I have to put mount -u -o async /usr in a rc.local, or can I put an > option in /etc/fstab? I'd put the option in /etc/fstab. Make sure you back-up your system regularly -- you'll want to be able restore it when your filesystem gets corrupted. Rich ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Richard Neswold, Accelerator Div./Controls Dept | neswold@fnal.gov Fermilab, PO Box 500, MS 347, Batavia, IL 60510 | voice (630) 840-3454 'finger neswold@aduxb.fnal.gov' for PGP key | fax (630) 840-3093