From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Dec 15 16:21:39 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 15 16:21:37 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mail.dycom.net (unknown [63.226.241.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFBDF37B400 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 16:21:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from mars.ninja.cx (cust33.max2.seattle-k56.aa.net [205.199.142.33]) by mail.dycom.net (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id FAA30689; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 05:10:41 -0800 Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 16:21:30 -0800 (PST) From: Kevin Downey X-Sender: kevin@mars.ninja.cx To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: softupdates and "/" In-Reply-To: <20001215143207.I19572@fw.wintelcom.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * flag [001215 14:28] wrote: > > On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > > > * danh@gelatinous.com [001211 11:50] wrote: > > > > Hi, is there anything wrong with enabling softupdates > > > > on my / partition? > > > > > > Yes and no. > > > > uhhhm....anyway i'm unable to set softupdates on / cause tunefs needs a > > umounted partition and / is always mounted... > > > > how have you done it? > > 1) boot into single user mode > -or- > 2) add the command to tunefs to /etc/rc before the switch to multiuser mode. > I set / to read only and was able to run tunefs on it -Kevin Downey Q: Why do ducks have flat feet? A: To stamp out forest fires. Q: Why do elephants have flat feet? A: To stamp out flaming ducks. :(){ :|:&};: http://kevin.is.a.zombie.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message