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Date:      20 Sep 2002 21:30:42 -0500
From:      Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Suggested modification to default install
Message-ID:  <87bs6sdqgd.fsf@pooh.int>
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20020920095347.00b15f00@localhost>
References:  <20020510194022.D77057@lpt.ens.fr> <000701c1f804$47d5dc00$6401a8c0@penguin> <20020510140222.M57329@lpt.ens.fr> <15580.1017.276905.556906@guru.mired.org> <20020510194022.D77057@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20020920095347.00b15f00@localhost>

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At 2002-09-20T16:11:49Z, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> writes:

> In a thread earlier this year, it was noted that /stand/sysinstall, by
> default, sets most of the partitions it creates to use softupdates --
> except for the root, which is mounted noasync without softupdates. This
> can lead to disaster if something on the root partition is being modified
> during a sudden crash.

From 'man 8 mount':

   noasync
           Metadata I/O should be done synchronously, while data I/O
           should be done asynchronously.  This is the default.

In other words, 'noasync' == 'sync'.
-- 
Kirk Strauser
In Googlis non est, ergo non est.

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