From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Jul 24 14:24:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from lug.kamloops.net (lug2.kamloops.net [209.52.173.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 949EB37B405 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2001 14:24:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fcash@lug.kamloops.net) Received: from fcash by lug.kamloops.net with local (Exim 3.16 #1) id 15PAMw-0005s3-00 for stable@freebsd.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:09:34 -0700 To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Regarding hw.ata.wc="1".... Message-Id: From: fcash@lug.kamloops.net Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 15:09:34 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Re: Regarding hw.ata.wc="1"...... From: Freddie Cash To: stable@freebsd.org On July 24, 2001 09:08 am, you wrote: > On Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 08:53:02AM -0700, Mike Hoskins wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Jason Andresen wrote: > > > A sysinstall prompt would be nice though. An even nicer option > > > would be a little menu on the diskLabel part of the install that > > > asks what options you want to enable on the filesystem when you > > > create it (softupdates, etc...). > > Not a bad idea... should be much easier to implement since > > softupdates became more 'standard' (no more licensing issues). :) > There is now an option in sysinstall's disk label editor to turn > softupdates on. This is on a machine cvsupped on July 7 this > year. I don't know when the option showed up. It's been there since at lesat 4.3R, and I'm pretty sure I remember seeing it in 4.2R. -- Cheers, Freddie fcash@bigfoot.com Copyright: Big business uses it to lock away knowledge and software. Copyleft: Free software zealots use it prevent business from locking anything up. Copycenter: Take it to the copy centre and make as many copies as you need. -- paraphrased from Kirk McKusick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message