Subject: Re: install/31297
To: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@NetBSD.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 09/12/2005 19:07:39
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On 2005.09.13 03:41:04 +1000, matthew green wrote:
|   =20
|    State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
|    State-Changed-By: rpaulo@netbsd.org
|    State-Changed-When: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 00:52:06 +0000
|    State-Changed-Why:
|    Mouting file systems with the async is evil and very dangerous.
|    >From the mount(8) man page:
|                 async       All I/O to the file system should be done asy=
n-
|                             chronously.  In the event of a crash, it is
|                             impossible for the system to verify the integ=
rity of
|                             data on a file system mounted with this optio=
n.  You
|                             should only use this option if you have an ap=
plica-
|                             tion-specific data recovery mechanism, or are=
 willing
|                             to recreate the file system from scratch.
|   =20
|   =20
|    I think this PR should be closed.
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|=20
| uh, doesn't sysinst already use -o async when it can?
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| it isn't dangerous for fresh installs.  upgrades maybe, but not installs.

Hmm, I didn't know. Looking at the code I guess you are right.

		-- Rui Paulo

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