Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 13:17:36 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu (Charles Henrich) Cc: wh@mx.ba-stuttgart.de, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount -o async on a news servre Message-ID: <199701102017.NAA20456@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199701101844.NAA19882@crh.cl.msu.edu> from "Charles Henrich" at Jan 10, 97 01:44:56 pm
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> In lists.freebsd.hackers you write: > > >The update(4) process does a sync every 30 min. > > Every 30 seconds by default, but its tunable with sysctl.. Due to two cooperating coding errors, setting this value higher will increase the time between when you unmount removable media and the time you can successfully eject the media (in case you were wondering about the delay on ejecting clean JAZ disks...). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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