Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 11:59:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com> To: Ted Spradley <tsprad@set.spradley.tmi.net> Cc: Jason Nordwick <nordwick@scam.xcf.berkeley.edu>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: softupdates and mount options... Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980520115859.19447A-100000@echonyc.com> In-Reply-To: <199805190550.AAA06067@set.spradley.tmi.net>
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On Tue, 19 May 1998, Ted Spradley wrote: > > I never told the system (through fstab), to mount sync or async. > > I added softupdates today and put sync under the mount options > > just to be safe, but now it appears to actually make the system > > slower ? Is this because the system default to async ? > > Um, sync and async are not a binary choice. Normal is sorta in > between sync and async. The opposite of "async" being "noasync", correct? The man page to mount could be clearer on this subject. Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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