Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 20:24:59 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> Cc: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SOFTUPDATES Message-ID: <19991223202459.E327@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9912221903070.15812-100000@shell.uniserve.ca> References: <012301bf4cef$3fde6f20$0200000a@danco.home> <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9912221903070.15812-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>
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On Wed, Dec 22, 1999 at 07:05:18PM -0800, Tom wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Dan O'Connor wrote:
>
> > >Did ``boot -s'' and ran tunefs but got an error:
> > >
> > >Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:
> > ># pwd
> > >/
> > ># tunefs -n enable /usr
> > >tunefs: soft updates set
> > >tunefs: /dev/rda1s1e: reload: Invalid argument
> > >
> > >What caused this? There's no reference in the manpage.
> >
> > I've seen it on some IDE drives, and not on some other IDE drives...in each
> > case softupdates was indeed enabled.
>
> It happens if the filesystem is not currently mounted read-only. It is
> try to reload the incore (r*) device, but it was never loaded to begin
> with. When you boot single user, only "/" is mounted, so all other
> filesystems will give you that warning.
>
> So it is completely harmless.
>
Thanks Tom.
I've submitted a PR (docs/15657) to document this warning in the
manpage. Hope you don't mind, that I've used your answer pretty much
verbatim?
> > --Dan
>
> Tom
>
>
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