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Date:      Fri, 29 Oct 1999 09:41:45 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>
To:        Gene Harris <zeus@tetron03.tetronsoftware.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Configuring Soft Updates
Message-ID:  <3819CE49.F4D2BC08@gorean.org>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910271245240.368-100000@tetron03.tetronsoftware.com>

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Gene Harris wrote:
> 
> With all the talk of soft updates this morning, I recompiled
> my kernel per the docs in lint and ufs/ffs.  All went well.
> I rebooted to single user mode (not from shutdown).  When I
> execute tunefs -n enable /usr I get:
> 
> tunefs: soft updates enabled
> tunefs: /dev/rwd0s1f: reload: Invalid argument
> 
> What is the meaning of the second line?  Is it an error?
> The system is operating correctly, but I do not have clue
> about whether soft updates is running.

	FWIW, I saw the same message on a couple of my filesystems, but
softupdates did get enabled, and I haven't had any problems with them.
You can see for yourself by typing just, 'mount'. It should look like
this:

/dev/wd0s1f on /usr/src (local, soft-updates, writes: sync 2 async 2365)

Good luck,

Doug
-- 
"Stop it, I'm gettin' misty." 

    - Mel Gibson as Porter, "Payback"


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