Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 12:40:17 +0200 From: Julien Cigar <jcigar@ulb.ac.be> To: s m <sam.gh1986@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: setup journaling for root partition Message-ID: <519B4F11.9030309@ulb.ac.be> In-Reply-To: <CAA_1SgF677vp7aRsUA376Mj-cuqc2MN2QPPAsbJD_sWZ_Y1wWA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAA_1SgH_RxFUXDj3VyvUN1Kzb6BPkJxFi8y8kjJn9Z=ytne=yw@mail.gmail.com> <CAHu1Y73T786EBowTtneSOqviKnkz7Be6cp2HKasvkqkSfYnHfw@mail.gmail.com> <CAA_1SgEi5eA%2Bc64q-Ui_Gzt=QZ7Lk5KV=mAVP%2BTE_Mk70jERAw@mail.gmail.com> <519B40D8.2090809@ulb.ac.be> <CAA_1SgF677vp7aRsUA376Mj-cuqc2MN2QPPAsbJD_sWZ_Y1wWA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 05/21/2013 12:10, s m wrote: > you mean that journaling is enabled by default???? i don't think so. i > think i misunderstanding. may i ask you to explain it more clear? > gjournal is journaling through GEOM. Since Freebsd 9 soft-updates journaling has been implemented for UFS. So if you want journaling for an UFS FS there is no reason to use gjournal anymore. (check manpages of newfs and/or tunefs and the "-j" and the "-J" flags) > > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Julien Cigar <jcigar@ulb.ac.be > <mailto:jcigar@ulb.ac.be>> wrote: > > gjournal should not be used anymore as it has been implemented in > the file system code ... > > > On 05/21/2013 11:24, s m wrote: > > thanks Michael > > this is what i've done (based on the FreeBSD handbook): creating a > partition for journal, go to single user mode, unmount desired > partition > (for example /usr), load gjournal, add journal partition to > /usr partition. > this procedure works well for user and other partitions except > root because > i can not unmount it. > > should i set up journaling in fixit mode with gpart? how? i > try different > ways but none of them work for me:(( > > > > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Michael Sierchio > <kudzu@tenebras.com <mailto:kudzu@tenebras.com>>wrote: > > On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 10:59 PM, s m > <sam.gh1986@gmail.com <mailto:sam.gh1986@gmail.com>> wrote: > > hello everybody > > i want to setup a journal partition for my root > partition. but i do not > know how to do that. in FreeBSD handbook, it is done > in single user mode, > unmount the desired partition and assign the journal > partition to it. i > test this procedure and it is done for /usr partition > but for root > partition, it can not be unmount in single user mode. > > > See the man page on gjournal > > To configure journaling on the UFS file system using > gjournal, one > should > first create a gjournal provider using the gjournal > utility, then run > newfs(8) or tunefs(8) on it with the -J flag which > instructs UFS to > coop- > erate with the gjournal provider below. > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > <mailto:freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" > > > > -- > No trees were killed in the creation of this message. > However, many electrons were terribly inconvenienced. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > <mailto:freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" > > -- No trees were killed in the creation of this message. However, many electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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