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From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com>
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On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:

> 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?

Because only meta-data writes are done synchronously.  Data is still done
asynchronously.  

David Scheidt



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