Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 23:51:46 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@neomedia.it> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: re-reading /etc/fstab ... Message-ID: <20000417.23514600@bartequi.ottodomain.org>
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Dear FreeBSDers, yet another question :-) If I turn on e.g. the "noatime" option on a ufs filesystem (eg "/" or "/usr"), and I want to have my /etc/fstab re-read, I seem to understand that I have to reboot. Alternatively, If I do NOT wish to reboot, I should issue a "shutdown" command (with no options whatsoever), unmount the filesystem(s), and remount them. The problems arise with the "/" filesystem. Incidentally, "mount -u /" might damage it. In particular, I seem to understand that switching from read only to read/write is harmless; whereas switching from read/write to read only may actually damage the FS -- especially if this happens a few times. Is there a safe way to turn the option on without rebooting in such cases ? Am I (yawn) missing anything trivial ? Many, many thanks for your help (and patience !) Best regards, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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