Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 10:33:05 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: steve <schan_ca@geocities.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Soft update questions. Message-ID: <20011118103305.A12483@student.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <3BF76FE3.1A3FC020@geocities.com>; from schan_ca@geocities.com on Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 12:22:59AM -0800 References: <001801c17002$5ce82dd0$3000a8c0@sickness> <3BF76FE3.1A3FC020@geocities.com>
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On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 12:22:59AM -0800, steve wrote: > Hello, I have a few questions about soft updates. > > [1] I did the following to enable soft updates > - hit space bar during boot up > - boot -s to enter single user mode > - hit enter to accept default shell > - tunefs -n enable / > - tunefs -n enable /usr > - tunefs -n enable /var > - tunefs -n enable /tmp <--- *** > - reboot > > When I do the above, for /tmp, I get: > tunefs: /tmp : not a block or character device I guess /tmp is not a filesystem but just a normal directory. What is the contents of /etc/fstab ? > > [2] I read that once tunefs is enabled, it stays enabled > even after reboot. But not after power off/on right? Yes, it does stay enabled. If softupdates is enabled or not is stored on the disk. > > [3] Where in /etc should I put a script to enable soft updates > during boot up? Nowhere. It is not necessary. If in doubt just give the command 'mount' which shows all mounted filesystems and is softupdates is enabled it will say so. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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