Subject: flush buffers on "mount -u"?
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Chris Jones <cjones@rupert.honors.montana.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 07/14/1999 10:43:32
Is this a bug?

Apparently, "mount -u -o ro /fs" doesn't flush any dirty buffers on
/fs.  Consequently, I get a message from the kernel that says the fs
is dirty and needs to have fsck run on it.  If I do a couple of sync's
before the mount -u, everything is fine.

Chris

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