Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 13:40:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Agent Drek <drek@zupa.bigstudios.com> To: wonko@entropy.tmok.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: softupdates Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.96r.1000606133917.3186K-100000@shell1.interlog.com> In-Reply-To: <200006061705.NAA01983@entropy.tmok.com>
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On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Brian Hechinger wrote:
> i setup a FreeBSD file server at work, and during a dd to a floppy it got
> hard read errors and paniced the machine (woo-hoo!! i hate floppy drives)
> so at that point i thought, maybe i should enable softupdates.
was the floppy write protected? I got bit by that bug previously. I don't
think that softupdates will help you there ... in other areas? possibly.
>
> but what should i know before i do this? this machine has to be stable, so
> i won't do it if it introduces instability (even if it makes recovering
> easier) and also what about performance? it's hooked up to a hardware RAID
> box if that makes any difference.
>
> thanks,
>
> -brian
>
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Agent Drek
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