From owner-freebsd-stable Tue May 14 11:36: 0 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from norton.palomine.net (dsl254-102-179.nyc1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.254.102.179]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8171237B400 for ; Tue, 14 May 2002 11:35:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 2085 invoked by uid 1000); 14 May 2002 18:35:51 -0000 Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 14:35:51 -0400 From: Chris Johnson To: Nuno Teixeira Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: enable/disable softupdates in rc init idea Message-ID: <20020514143551.A2055@palomine.net> References: <20020514173651.GA284@gw.tex.bogus> <20020514182042.874C75D06@ptavv.es.net> <20020514183018.GE284@gw.tex.bogus> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020514183018.GE284@gw.tex.bogus>; from nunotex@pt-quorum.com on Tue, May 14, 2002 at 07:30:18PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 07:30:18PM +0100, Nuno Teixeira wrote: > On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 11:20:42AM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 18:36:52 +0100 > > > From: Nuno Teixeira > > > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > >=20 > > >=20 > > > Hello to all, > > > =20 > > > I'm looking for a solution to enable/disable softupdates without: > > > =20 > > > 1. using single user mode > > > 2. changing filesystem status, e.g.: > > > =20 > > > mount -ufo ro > > > tunefs -n enable > > > mount -ufo rw > > > =20 > > > 1. is problematic for those who don't have console access to=20 > > > machine/server > > > =20 > > > 2. can result in several errors in filesystems like /var > > > =20 > > > =20 >=20 > > =20 > =20 > >=20 > > OK. I'm a bit confused. Why do you need to be doing this? Turn on > > softupdates on the various file systems when you install the > > system. If it's already built, live with a single drop to single-user > > mode and turn softupdates on. > >=20 > > The softupdates attribute is non-volatile. Turn it on and it stays on > > until it's turned off. > > > Hi, > =20 > I'm talking about those who don't have console access and their syste= m=20 > was installed without softupdates on. I just stick the appropriate tunefs lines at the top of /etc/rc, reboot, and then take the lines out again. Chris --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE84VkGyeUEMvtGLWERAl1VAJwJi8rXvI23O1UiA7ZXavb9EewPaQCfZrC4 ySXb3erEQnVpKLJ68yQD0hw= =b4lw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --d6Gm4EdcadzBjdND-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message