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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 09:27:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net>
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Subject: Re: deleted huge directory
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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