Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 20:02:27 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: freebsd@isvara.net, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: TuneFS options... Message-ID: <19980308200227.08964@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <35025F23.A5BA16A2@challenge.isvara.net>; from freebsd@isvara.net on Sun, Mar 08, 1998 at 09:04:35AM %2B0000 References: <35025F23.A5BA16A2@challenge.isvara.net>
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On Sun, 8 March 1998 at 9:04:35 +0000, freebsd@isvara.net wrote: > Hi, > when I use tunefs what special-device do I tell it to use (I've > tried /dev/wd0a, etc.). Use the raw device, in this case /dev/rwd0a. > Do I run tunefs from single-user mode (ie. readonly partitions)? You can run tunefs on any unmounted file system. Unfortunately, that makes it almost impossible to run it against the root file system, which appears to be your intention. To do that, you'll have to boot from floppy and use the fixit floppy. For the others, single-user is a good idea. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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