Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 12:47:56 +0100 From: Espen Tagestad <espen@modula.no> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Softupdates Message-ID: <20020130124756.A15728@modula.no> In-Reply-To: <3C593C4A@epostleser.online.no>; from dtunez@online.no on Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 12:34:11PM %2B0100 References: <3C593C4A@epostleser.online.no>
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On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 12:34:11PM +0100, Christer Gundersen wrote: > As i read the RELEASE NOTES, i see that SOFTUPDATES will be activated by > default under install. but it also says that it will not enable SOFTUPDATES on > the root ( / ) fs . why? is that bad? Because with SoftUpdates read/write operations often delay, sometimes up to 30 seconds before it's done. Then, if a machine crash occurs it may lead to a larger loss of data. That can cause unrecoverable damage to your system. regards, Espen Tagestad To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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