Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 23:27:44 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.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: <19990719232744.J12369@futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990719232340.37593A-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>; from David Scheidt on Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 11:25:16PM -0500 References: <19990719231629.G12369@futuresouth.com> <Pine.NEB.3.96.990719232340.37593A-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>
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On Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 11:25:16PM -0500, a little birdie told me that David Scheidt remarked > On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > > > > 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. Even with SYNC mounts? (Not 'default', explicit 'sync'. It takes quite noticeable amounts of time to, for instance, install kernels.) From fstab: # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# /dev/da0s1a / ufs rw,sync 1 1 -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ FutureSouth Communications | ISPHelp ISP Consulting "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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