On Sun, 04 Nov 2012 11:44:28 +0100 Bas Smeelen wrote: > On 11/03/2012 07:30 PM, Herbert J. Skuhra wrote: > > On 03.11.2012 13:48, Doug Hardie wrote: > > > >> I didn't notice that journaling is on by default and now dump is > >> failing. The only way I can see to disable journaling requires > >> that the file system be dismounted, or read-only. This is a > >> remote machine and journaling is on root. Is there any other way > >> that would not require me to make a long trip out to the site? > > > > This is a task for mfsBSD: http://mfsbsd.vx.sk > > > Hmm, I think you have to make a trip or get some kind of remote > console over ip. > I tried it remote on a 9.1-RC2 system that has / /tmp /var and /usr > as seperate partions > For / i can do a mount -o ro / and tunefs -j disable /dev/da0p2 then > mount -o rw / > For the /tmp /var and /usr filesystems this does not work bcause hey > cannot be remounted ro while they are busy.
A quick and dirty way to do it would be to edit /etc/rc.d/fsck and put your tunefs commands at the bottom of fsck_start(), then do a reboot. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"