From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jul 19 21:18: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C9BD15086 for ; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 21:17:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA16259; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 23:16:29 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 23:16:29 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Stephen McKay Cc: Matthew Dillon , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Leif Neland Subject: Re: softupdates on root partition, no floppy Message-ID: <19990719231629.G12369@futuresouth.com> References: <199907172306.QAA81618@apollo.backplane.com> <199907190725.RAA13642@nymph.detir.qld.gov.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <199907190725.RAA13642@nymph.detir.qld.gov.au>; from Stephen McKay on Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 05:25:06PM +1000 X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 05:25:06PM +1000, a little birdie told me that Stephen McKay remarked > > I gave up using soft updates on root because of the delayed delete > behaviour. I kept filling up root while updating kernels. It doesn't > gain you much on little used file systems anyway. So, I recommend > people leave root alone. No, don't leave it alone, make it even SLOWER than usual! /dev/da0s1a on / (local, synchronous, writes: sync 114 async 3850) Question of the day: Why do I have async writes on a sync partition? -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ FutureSouth Communications | ISPHelp ISP Consulting "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message