Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 16:34:29 -0600 (CST) From: Gene Harris <zeus@tetronsoftware.com> To: Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using Softupdates on root partition? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001041629430.710-100000@tetron02.tetronsoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <200001042218.XAA35215@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Ben C. O. Grimm wrote in list.freebsd-questions: > > On 3 Jan 2000 18:25:53 +0200, Gene Harris <zeus@tetronsoftware.com> > > wrote: > > > >> It is "safe" to enable softupdates on the root partition? > > If your root partition is large enough to not overflow during > a "make installworld" (if you do that at all), then it should > be safe. > I do a make buildworld | installworld two or three times per week. I have moved /tmp off of the root to /usr/tmp and I have a large and separate /var that I use for tmp sometimes as well, via linking. I also remake XFree a lot. So thanks for this information. > > There is no added value in using softupdates on /. Softupdates > > performs best on disks with a lot of meta activity, like file > > creation, file deletion, directory creation etc. This is typically > > never the case in /. > > Never say never. :-) There are atime updates, unless the > partition is mounted read-only or with the "noatime" flag. > I will experiment a little with the softupdates on root and see how it works. Gene Harris http://www.tetronsoftware.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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