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From: hal@snitt.com (Hal Snyder)
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Subject: async?  soft updates?
Date: Mon, 08 Jul 1996 16:51:18 GMT
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OK, will advertise my ignorance:

How exactly does async mount work?  What is deferred, until when?

Ditto for soft updates. ??

A reference would be ok, if it takes too long to say here.