Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:08:02 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: growfs and soft updates Message-ID: <20080116200616.V1891@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20080116181544.787f2d17@gumby.homeunix.com.> References: <478DCC6C.8010605@mbnet.fi> <478E15F3.7090809@mbnet.fi> <20080116174455.H1425@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20080116181544.787f2d17@gumby.homeunix.com.>
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>> problem then+i've got zero sized file in lost+found that i was unable >> to delete until i took off all strange flash with chflags. >> >> but i did it ONLY because i had no way to back it up. > > Personally I don't think it's worth the risk, unless the data is > disposable like a squid cache. What I normally do is create a new > partition and symlink things into it. it was network users shared directory for movies music etc. i already told them that i will probably remove it unless they will back it up. so i don't have to worry in case growfs would screw it up completely. anyway where to send patches? i patched it to support sector size >512 bytes (i have geli with 4k sectors).
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