From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 24 12:16:06 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA12815 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 12:16:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from elvis.vnet.net (elvis.vnet.net [166.82.1.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA12748 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 12:15:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from ponds.dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by elvis.vnet.net (8.8.5/8.8.4) with ESMTP id PAA08876; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 15:15:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes [10.0.0.3]) by ponds.dignus.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA29250; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 13:50:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.8.5/8.6.9) id NAA12827; Fri, 24 Oct 1997 13:39:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 13:39:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199710241739.NAA12827@lakes.dignus.com> To: leifn@swimsuit.roskildebc.dk, shovey@buffnet.net Subject: Re: mount -o async Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Steve Hovey writes: > On 23 Oct 1997, Leif Neland wrote: > > > Ok, I want to live dangerously, and run the disks with async writes. > > > > Do I have to put mount -u -o async /usr in a rc.local, or can I put an option in /etc/fstab? > > > > I did this on a news server due to what was said on this list - and one in > four crashes ended up in a completely corupted drive. > Hmmm.. are these crashes due to things like power-outages, or something else? - Just curious - - Dave Rivers -