>> Ok, I'll quit ranting and actually ask a question: The real big thing >> that suprised me (about Fedora), is that every damn time it crashes, I >> have to sit through 20 minutes of fsck when it boots, then it cries, >> gags, and throws me into a root console to run fsck again, manually, >> for 20 more minutes. I'm thinking about symlinking fsck to a rather >> dirtier word on the Fedora box. > > yes it is normal. > > linux filesystem works like in -o async mode, is just caches what it have to > write and write whenever it likes at whatever sequence. > > in linux it is always presented as feature not bug. > > > another very stupid thing is TOO delayed writes, i mean linux simply caches > things as long as there are free memory then just starts lots of writes at > once efectively halting the system for a while. >
Ok, so you are saying the write caching is radically different on FreeBSD than what I know of Win/Lin? Or is the timeout to flush just some really small period like 100mS? Steve _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"