From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Mar 8 01:32:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA04807 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 01:32:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA04769 for ; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 01:32:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA18193; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 20:02:28 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id UAA17462; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 20:02:28 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980308200227.08964@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 20:02:27 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: freebsd@isvara.net, FreeBSD Hackers Subject: Re: TuneFS options... References: <35025F23.A5BA16A2@challenge.isvara.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <35025F23.A5BA16A2@challenge.isvara.net>; from freebsd@isvara.net on Sun, Mar 08, 1998 at 09:04:35AM +0000 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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