From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 19 16:58:19 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CC031065670 for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:58:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from darcsis@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 432828FC19 for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:58:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iakl21 with SMTP id l21so7476191iak.13 for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:58:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:organization:references:user-agent :x-envelope-to:mail-followup-to:date:message-id:mime-version :content-type; bh=faT+vwC3R75OPL7DmcYI0URwg8jgHFYZGcktwaQbQYM=; b=PkCotN/mfPrwlany2ZMGpLL4zdHiNGSU8OZav/+08W44V1lWCZKPxYMBKBlFdUN8Ez LQUhL4C+aaSDEhLF35zwUNcSbTlcJQpsleQV/6Zb/0Evw2gp3TANz5qAF4HQn+pY1EPO 6rqvmEkNtbLsp2R9N6oZhiKnvyMMqzGqQcsgc= Received: by 10.50.216.167 with SMTP id or7mr7827011igc.22.1321721898733; Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:58:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([123.117.63.115]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p16sm19175796ibk.6.2011.11.19.08.58.13 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:58:17 -0800 (PST) From: darcsis@gmail.com (Denise H. G.) To: RW In-Reply-To: <20111119131804.4a475cb5@gumby.homeunix.com> (RW's message of "Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:18:04 +0000") Organization: Pluto The Planet References: <201111190609.40019.lumiwa@gmail.com> <87bos8thvv.fsf@pluton.xbsd.name> <20111119131804.4a475cb5@gumby.homeunix.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (berkeley-unix) X-Envelope-To: rwmaillists@googlemail.com Mail-Followup-To: RW , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:58:07 +0800 Message-ID: <874ny0dp7k.fsf@pluton.xbsd.name> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: file system on 9.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:58:19 -0000 On 2011/11/19 at 21:18, RW wrote: > > On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:29:40 +0800 > Denise H. G. wrote: > >> >> On 2011/11/19 at 20:09, ajtiM wrote: >> > >> > Hi! >> > One more question before I start installing FreeBSD 9.0 RC-2. >> > Now we have a new bsdinstall and as I red and if I understood >> > correct there is also SU journaling file sistem. I will switch to >> > the GPT partion. If I want to have SU-j file system is it enough >> > that I just choose this option and voila? >> >> Yes. I think so. 'options UFS_GJOURNAL' is present in GENERIC kernel >> config. If you use GENERIC kernel, it is there. > > UFS_GJOURNAL is for gjournal not soft-update journalling. > > A file system doesn't actually need to be created with either > soft-updates or soft-update journalling- it's something that can be > turned of and on. And yes enabling it in the installer should be > sufficient. > Thanks for clarifying. >> > And another question is about ports. There is an option "ports >> > tree" which is marked default. It is okay that I use this later >> > with portsnap? >> >> Sure. portsnap is designed to work with the ports tree. > > There's no point in installing the default tree since portsnap has to > do an initial "extract". In general I'd suggest starting portsnap on an > empty ports directory just to eliminate any minor cruft. Yes. the ports tree on the installation CD/DVD is always old and only takes longer time to install than without them. > ................ -- If you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.