Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 02:53:35 -0800 From: steve <schan_ca@geocities.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Soft update questions. Message-ID: <3BF7932F.8894FEE9@geocities.com> References: <001801c17002$5ce82dd0$3000a8c0@sickness> <3BF76FE3.1A3FC020@geocities.com> <20011118103305.A12483@student.uu.se>
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Thanks Dude. Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 12:22:59AM -0800, steve wrote: > > Hello, I have a few questions about soft updates. > > > > [1] I did the following to enable soft updates > > - hit space bar during boot up > > - boot -s to enter single user mode > > - hit enter to accept default shell > > - tunefs -n enable / > > - tunefs -n enable /usr > > - tunefs -n enable /var > > - tunefs -n enable /tmp <--- *** > > - reboot > > > > When I do the above, for /tmp, I get: > > tunefs: /tmp : not a block or character device > > I guess /tmp is not a filesystem but just a normal directory. > What is the contents of /etc/fstab ? Oops, you're right. There is no /tmp mount point in /etc/fstab. > > > > > [2] I read that once tunefs is enabled, it stays enabled > > even after reboot. But not after power off/on right? > > Yes, it does stay enabled. If softupdates is enabled or not is stored on > the disk. > > > > > [3] Where in /etc should I put a script to enable soft updates > > during boot up? > > Nowhere. It is not necessary. If in doubt just give the command 'mount' > which shows all mounted filesystems and is softupdates is enabled it will > say so. > You're right again. /dev/ad2s2a on / (ufs, local, soft-updates) /dev/ad2s2f on /usr (ufs, local, soft-updates) /dev/ad2s2e on /var (ufs, local, soft-updates) Thanks again. Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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