From owner-freebsd-questions  Mon Nov 17 20:03:33 1997
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions>
Received: (from root@localhost)
          by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA14510
          for questions-outgoing; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 20:03:33 -0800 (PST)
          (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions)
Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30])
          by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA14491
          for <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 20:03:24 -0800 (PST)
          (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu)
Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost)
          by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id UAA13031;
          Mon, 17 Nov 1997 20:03:20 -0800 (PST)
          (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu)
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 20:03:20 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Leif Neland <leifn@darla.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk>
cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: async fs?
In-Reply-To: <434_9711180201@swimsuit.roskildebc.dk>
Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971117200306.11546H-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org
Precedence: bulk

On 17 Nov 1997, Leif Neland wrote:

>  g>> Are you aware that losing your system while you are running async is
>  g>> usually fairly safe (often you lose no files, or if you were very busy
>  g>> doing disk activity, maybe a few), but if you are mounted async, you
>  g>> could possibly lose much, much more?
> 
> 
> Please explain: "running" async vs "mounted" async.

Same thing:  Running with disks mounted with the ``-o async'' option.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major