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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