Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 23:51:46 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@neomedia.it> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: re-reading /etc/fstab ... Message-ID: <20000417.23514600@bartequi.ottodomain.org>
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Dear FreeBSDers, yet another question :-) If I turn on e.g. the "noatime" option on a ufs filesystem (eg "/" or=20 "/usr"), and I want to have my /etc/fstab re-read, I seem to=20 understand that I have to reboot. Alternatively, If I do NOT wish to reboot, I should issue a "shutdown"=20 command (with no options whatsoever), unmount the filesystem(s), and=20 remount them.=20 The problems arise with the "/" filesystem. Incidentally, "mount -u /"=20 might damage it. In particular, I seem to understand that switching=20 from read only to read/write is harmless; whereas switching from=20 read/write to read only may actually damage the FS -- especially if=20 this happens a few times.=20 Is there a safe way to turn the option on without rebooting in such=20 cases ? Am I (yawn) missing anything trivial ? Many, many thanks for your help (and patience !) Best regards, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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