Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 19:39:26 -0700 From: dannyman <dannyman@toldme.com> To: Chris BeHanna <behanna@zbzoom.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: soft update should be default Message-ID: <20010514193926.G53429@dell.dannyland.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.4.33.0105042238270.1252-100000@topperwein>; from behanna@zbzoom.net on Fri, May 04, 2001 at 10:39:51PM -0400 References: <20010504213412.3ee36a4f.tadayuki@mediaone.net> <Pine.WNT.4.33.0105042238270.1252-100000@topperwein>
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On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 10:39:51PM -0400, Chris BeHanna wrote: > On Fri, 4 May 2001, Tadayuki OKADA wrote: [...] > > I've heard that it always keeps consistency. > > So you can skip fsck after the crash. > > #I don't know the detail, so please someone correct me if I'm wrong. > > I've had a number of crashes recently while trying to get my new > Thunderbird box up and running with the disk from my old box. I have > softupdates enabled on two partitions, yet they still fsck on the way > back up after a crash (and, at 18GB each, it takes awhile). Next time > I play games, I'm mounting them read-only first! Boot single-user, mount -f. You will still want to fsck, some day. I have a server with two .5TB partitions. I make their fstab entries "noauto" so if the machine does crash, it comes back up, and I can mount -f or fsck at my discretion. -danny To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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