Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 16:15:55 -0400 From: parv <parv@subdimension.com> To: Ceri Davies <setantae@idoru.mine.nu> Cc: Christian Brueffer <chris@unixpages.org>, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Request for comments on a sentence in the solid-state article Message-ID: <20020724201555.GA17045@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20020724122831.GB20946@idoru.mine.nu> References: <20020724140036.GB358@unixpages.org> <20020724122831.GB20946@idoru.mine.nu>
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in message <20020724122831.GB20946@idoru.mine.nu>, wrote Ceri Davies thusly... > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2002 at 02:00:36PM +0000, Christian Brueffer said: > > Hi, > > > > I found the following sentence in the solid-state article, section 6.3: > > > > You should always remount those filesystems read-only when you are > > done with any maintenance - it is dangerous to leave them in > > read-write mode lest a process begin logging or otherwise writing > > regularly to the flash media and wearing it out over time. > > > > The part after the '-' is very unclear and should be fixed. I've thought > > about it some time, but couldn't find something better. > > Perhaps: > You should always remount those filesystems read-only when you are > done with any maintenance - unnecessary writes to the flash media > could considerably shorten it's lifespan. how about replacing " -" w/ ";" in any of the above two versions... You should always remount those filesystems read-only when you are with any maintenance; unnecessary writes to the flash media considerably shorten it's lifespan. -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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