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Subject: Re: howto: enabling journaling on softupdates
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Niclas Zeising wrote:
> Can you please detail a little more the steps you took to enable SU+J
> and your experience with it? It sounds like a good start for a howto or
> an inclusion in the handbook.

It's really simple...

You need a kernel compiled with
options         SOFTUPDATES             # Enable FFS soft updates support

In single-user mode or unmounted filesystems:

tunefs -j enable <device>

Ian

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Ian Freislich