Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 16:03:20 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> Cc: Ben WIlliams <williamsl@Home.Com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re[4]: SOFTUPDATES Message-ID: <199912230003.QAA01316@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 21 Dec 1999 21:09:43 PST." <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9912212108480.11333-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>
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> On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Ben WIlliams wrote: > > > Tuesday, December 21, 1999 > > So that's a "Yes you need [br]oot & fixit"? (I actually tried it > > with wd0s1a too and got the same effect.) I'll just take my disks next > > time I go up to see the router/webserver/mailserver(pop&smtp)/ > > pain-in-my-ass box and be done with it. > > > > Thanks for the input. > > > > No, you just need to use the correct device. I just did a server today, > I booted single user and turned softupdates on for ALL filesystems, > including root. Just in case nobody has noticed, you can pass a mountpoint as an argument to tunefs and it will (mostly) correctly guess the device (by reading /etc/fstab). ie. one says tunefs -n enable /usr rather than guessing at which device to use. Much more robust. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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