Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 22:13:01 -0500 From: Jesse Guardiani <jesse@wingnet.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /boot like linux! Message-ID: <d09til$o11$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <d0853q$kkq$1@sea.gmane.org> <200503031839.15265.jesse@wingnet.net> <4227AF9F.5070308@eng.ufl.edu> <d08toq$go$1@sea.gmane.org> <1668898257.20050304081207@wanadoo.fr>
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Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Jesse Guardiani writes: > >> Then why doesn't sysinstall enable soft updates on the root FS by >> default? > > Because the root is not often written, and any data loss on the root is > likely to have more negative effects than on other directories (often it > would be something like a kernel rebuild). So sysinstall turns it off by > default for the root. But you can turn it on if you want to. > >> I don't. It hasn't worked well in the past. > > Soft updates has been improved in recent releases. It is now designed > to physically write data back to the disk in a way that keeps the > directory coherent (if not necessarily up to date) at all times. How recent are we talking about? I'm about to try softupdates on a giant root partition simply because everyone keeps telling me that it should work fine. My data is currently backed up, so I have nothing to lose. And I can test your theories. -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net
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