Subject: Re: FFS soft-dependencies in chap-boot?
To: None <netbsd-docs@netbsd.org>
From: Jan Schaumann <jschauma@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-docs
Date: 01/14/2004 12:00:12
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Daniel de Kok <daniel@netbsd.org> wrote:
> + <para>
> + This might be a good point to enable soft-dependencies for FFS=20
> + filesystems. By default FFS filesystems are mounted synchronously,=
which
> + means that meta-data is written away immediately. Soft-dependencie=
s is a
> + mechanism which does not write away meta-data immediately, but it
> + is written in an ordered fashion, which keeps the filesystem consi=
stent.
What does ``written away'' mean? This should be explained.
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Maybe some links to websites explaining file systems and FFS in
particular?
Other than that - good call!
-Jan
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