From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 21 12:35:41 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7E74454 for ; Tue, 21 May 2013 12:35:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from feld@feld.me) Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com (out2-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B97D7DEE for ; Tue, 21 May 2013 12:35:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.43]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 754C620DE8 for ; Tue, 21 May 2013 08:35:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend1.nyi.mail.srv.osa ([10.202.2.160]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 21 May 2013 08:35:35 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=feld.me; h= content-type:to:subject:references:date:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding:from:message-id:in-reply-to; s= mesmtp; bh=RFBdP20RfoPA3Bx/cBYx4s9GEqo=; b=mY/xEFtTnAF1HFbpo+Mti SaZs+twJzNQ5hWjjV9Feg+IWK4CbAVGb78kPJmg7ZjCB3j9cdsoIvz/U6PXs9JeO qMw+JdsznykEpB9mgVuN0cVePrDETFNQ2j/QGiMZWZoja/PPOdhPkKotJRLxv/5k 6DQIvBEAqBZ3v7d+eb5p6Y= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-type:to:subject:references:date :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:from:message-id :in-reply-to; s=smtpout; bh=RFBdP20RfoPA3Bx/cBYx4s9GEqo=; b=sdCu z0buoeduUi9UC6js/Q1YQJ7KKGHDKSvsZmCWtCkssMgWZoWjzScWnrK+oW4Ai0dv SNYVF+XXDigINsiNRW3gkfoiJP1Hgxc4BwgoxMi3aOjWPEmwgRhGTMPptb8ZRWKT YSPKys0iPvQtDa6+Pz3835r2b69esq7B7JoGS7U= X-Sasl-enc: xmX3mDx+X5xZWmW6KFFqOojdPlRHHfv4FzZRZc6JNP2D 1369139733 Received: from tech304.office.supranet.net (unknown [66.170.8.18]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 3AC60C8000A for ; Tue, 21 May 2013 08:35:33 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: setup journaling for root partition References: <519B40D8.2090809@ulb.ac.be> <519B4F11.9030309@ulb.ac.be> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 07:35:32 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Mark Felder" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.15 (FreeBSD) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 12:35:42 -0000 On Tue, 21 May 2013 06:43:34 -0500, saeedeh motlagh wrote: > thanks Julien, but i think it's not true. man page for newfs seys that > journaling is done via gjournal and in freebsd handbook it says do > journaling with gjournal for UFS file system. No, he's right. It's generally not recommended to use gjournal anymore. It's still supported for those that have existing implementations and want to be able to update their FreeBSD install without breaking their filesystems. UFS' SUJ (soft updates journaling) is what you should be using.