Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 17:38:13 -0800 (PST) From: "f.johan.beisser" <jan@caustic.org> To: Scott Hess <scott@avantgo.com> Cc: R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: softupdates and async Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002091736440.24496-100000@pogo.caustic.org> In-Reply-To: <0bdb01bf7365$2c465080$1e80000a@avantgo.com>
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tunefs in single user mode can (and does, i believe) allow you to set the bit while the FS is mounted. this allows you to set up "/" with softupdates. -- jan On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Scott Hess wrote: > "R Joseph Wright" <rjoseph@nwlink.com> wrote: > > Is it okay to have both on the same filesystem? > > No, you cannot run both on the same filesystem. [Aside: what would be the > point? async+softupdates==async.] > > > And, how do I go about > > enabling softupdates on my / partition? > > Since softupdates is enabled via tunefs, your best bet is to drop the disk > in another system and tunefs it from there. OTOH, if you've followed the > various partitioning recommendations, your / filesystem is small and > essentially read-only, so softupdates won't do squat for it. > > Later, > scott > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > +-----/ f. johan beisser /------------------------------+ email: jan[at]caustic.org web: http://www.caustic.org/~jan "knowledge is power. power corrupts. study hard, be evil." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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