Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 09:27:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: deleted huge directory Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971024092638.6276E-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971023215140.15269A-100000@luke.cpl.net>
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On Thu, 23 Oct 1997, Shawn Ramsey wrote: > > Turning on async updates is highly recommended for such an operation, > > otherwise it could take days. :) > > How? If I type mount -o async /dev/sd0a I get device busy... Its STILL > deleting, although I can now finally do an ls. :) You need to throw a -u in front of it. mount -u -o async /dev/sd0a You have to have the -u(pdate) flag on there or it will try to mount the device as if from scratch. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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