Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 14:35:51 -0400 From: Chris Johnson <cjohnson@palomine.net> To: Nuno Teixeira <nunotex@pt-quorum.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: enable/disable softupdates in rc init idea Message-ID: <20020514143551.A2055@palomine.net> In-Reply-To: <20020514183018.GE284@gw.tex.bogus>; from nunotex@pt-quorum.com on Tue, May 14, 2002 at 07:30:18PM %2B0100 References: <20020514173651.GA284@gw.tex.bogus> <20020514182042.874C75D06@ptavv.es.net> <20020514183018.GE284@gw.tex.bogus>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 07:30:18PM +0100, Nuno Teixeira wrote: > On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 11:20:42AM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > > Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 18:36:52 +0100 > > > From: Nuno Teixeira <nunotex@pt-quorum.com> > > > Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > > > > > > Hello to all, > > > > > > I'm looking for a solution to enable/disable softupdates without: > > > > > > 1. using single user mode > > > 2. changing filesystem status, e.g.: > > > > > > mount -ufo ro <filesystem> > > > tunefs -n enable <filesystem> > > > mount -ufo rw <filesystem> > > > > > > 1. is problematic for those who don't have console access to > > > machine/server > > > > > > 2. can result in several errors in filesystems like /var > > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > OK. I'm a bit confused. Why do you need to be doing this? Turn on > > softupdates on the various file systems when you install the > > system. If it's already built, live with a single drop to single-user > > mode and turn softupdates on. > > > > The softupdates attribute is non-volatile. Turn it on and it stays on > > until it's turned off. > > > Hi, > > I'm talking about those who don't have console access and their system > was installed without softupdates on. I just stick the appropriate tunefs lines at the top of /etc/rc, reboot, and then take the lines out again. Chris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE84VkGyeUEMvtGLWERAl1VAJwJi8rXvI23O1UiA7ZXavb9EewPaQCfZrC4 ySXb3erEQnVpKLJ68yQD0hw= =b4lw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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