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Date:      Mon, 19 Jul 1999 23:25:16 -0500 (CDT)
From:      David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>
To:        "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
Cc:        Stephen McKay <syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Leif Neland <leifn@neland.dk>
Subject:   Re: softupdates on root partition, no floppy
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96.990719232340.37593A-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>
In-Reply-To: <19990719231629.G12369@futuresouth.com>

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On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:

> No, don't leave it alone, make it even SLOWER than usual!
> /dev/da0s1a on / (local, synchronous, writes: sync 114 async 3850)
> 
> Question of the day: Why do I have async writes on a sync partition?

Because only meta-data writes are done synchronously.  Data is still done
asynchronously.  

David Scheidt



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