Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 19:05:18 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: Dan O'Connor <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us> Cc: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SOFTUPDATES Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9912221903070.15812-100000@shell.uniserve.ca> In-Reply-To: <012301bf4cef$3fde6f20$0200000a@danco.home>
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On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Dan O'Connor wrote: > >Did ``boot -s'' and ran tunefs but got an error: > > > >Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh: > ># pwd > >/ > ># tunefs -n enable /usr > >tunefs: soft updates set > >tunefs: /dev/rda1s1e: reload: Invalid argument > > > >What caused this? There's no reference in the manpage. > > I've seen it on some IDE drives, and not on some other IDE drives...in each > case softupdates was indeed enabled. It happens if the filesystem is not currently mounted read-only. It is try to reload the incore (r*) device, but it was never loaded to begin with. When you boot single user, only "/" is mounted, so all other filesystems will give you that warning. So it is completely harmless. > --Dan Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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