Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 10:38:58 -0500 (EST) From: Kenneth Culver <culverk@yumyumyum.org> To: BSD Freak <bsd-freak@mbox.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.5 soft updates Message-ID: <20020131103734.Q21783-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org> In-Reply-To: <becee9bf2027.bf2027becee9@mbox.com.au>
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The reason behind not enabling it on root is that the root filesystem is traditionally small, and easy to fill up, and Softupdates will sometimes tell you a partition is full even if it isn't. You should be fine enabling it the way you want to, but if I were you I'd reconsider putting everything on one partition. Ken On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, BSD Freak wrote: > I notice the FreeBSD 4.5 release notes say that sysinstall will now > enable soft updates on all files systems except the root. > > Why is that so? Is it a bad idea to have a root file system with soft > updates? Is it just for compatibility reasons? > > I need to know because I am installing a system where I am using all > the disk space and mounting it as / (except for swap space > ofcourse)..... I know this is a bad idea for various reasons ..... but > I have good reasons for doing this too.... > > So my question is basically should I enable soft updates on my system > which uses the whole disk as the root? > > > > Many thanks..... > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Would you like a mobile office from only $29.95 per year? > Visit http://www.mbox.com.au > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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