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Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 11:03:09 -0400
To: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
From: Chris Pepper <pepper@reppep.com>
Subject: Re: root (/) not soft-updates by default ?
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At 10:54 AM -0400 2002/08/19, Michael Lucas wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Soft updates does not work well with IDE controllers with write
>caching enabled; you can cause data loss.
>
>Most IDE controllers ship with write caching enabled.
>
>We won't, by default, ship systems which have an unacceptable risk of
>data loss.  :-)

	Okay, then I'll ask the next question. Why is this acceptable 
on /usr, /var, or other mount points? My 'data' is likely to be 
everywhere *but* /.

	If we should be disabling write caching on IDE installations, 
can you point me to instructions for the procedure? I'd like to call 
it out more in the docs.


						Thanks,


						Chris Pepper

>On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 04:49:28PM +0200, Aur=E9lien Nephtali wrote:
>>  Hello,
>>
>>  What is the reason that the mount point (by default, /) hasn't the flag
>>  for soft-updates by default (during the installation), can I set it
>  > without data lost ?

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