Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 15:41:35 GMT From: Richard Tobin <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> To: Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Why IDE is bad Message-ID: <199503241541.PAA05826@deacon.cogsci.ed.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: Terry Lambert's message of Thu, 23 Mar 95 9:42:54 MST
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> I don't think "async" should be an option, and if it must stay, at > least say "DANGER! MOUNTING /dev/whazzit ASYNC!". The async option is extremely useful on systems where it works. It can make restore 10 times faster on a Sun, for example (just let me repeat that: *10 times faster*). Obviously it's dangerous, but the situations in which it's useful are generally the ones where the danger doesn't matter, such as restoring a complete filesystem. -- Richard
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