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Subject: Re: S + J for /tmp and /var and /?
From: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com>
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On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> wrote:

> You should definitely disable journaling when you want to make snapshots, e.g.
> to dump a live filesystem. Quote https://wiki.freebsd.org/NewFAQs:
>
>     If you want to use snapshot (dump -L) then disable the soft updates
>     journal for that filesystem

This one wrinkle alone makes S + J unusable for me on any system I
build, and I'd argue that enabling journaling by default is a mistake.

- M