From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jul 19 21:30: 3 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 4670E15086 for ; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 21:29:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA16766; Mon, 19 Jul 1999 23:27:44 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 23:27:44 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: David Scheidt Cc: Stephen McKay , Matthew Dillon , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Leif Neland Subject: Re: softupdates on root partition, no floppy Message-ID: <19990719232744.J12369@futuresouth.com> References: <19990719231629.G12369@futuresouth.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: ; from David Scheidt on Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 11:25:16PM -0500 X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 11:25:16PM -0500, a little birdie told me that David Scheidt remarked > On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > > > > 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. Even with SYNC mounts? (Not 'default', explicit 'sync'. It takes quite noticeable amounts of time to, for instance, install kernels.) From fstab: # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# /dev/da0s1a / ufs rw,sync 1 1 -- 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