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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-01-07 19:27:53 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-01-07 19:27:53 +0000 |
commit | ba237a35ebecfa01cb6c8287daeaa8fb6d04b801 (patch) | |
tree | 6f8f704a763b3313b387daffb31aec7d208326bd /release | |
parent | 1b41773e7a3fbeb9aa34ce251332fff70f660216 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-ba237a35ebecfa01cb6c8287daeaa8fb6d04b801.zip FreeBSD-src-ba237a35ebecfa01cb6c8287daeaa8fb6d04b801.tar.gz |
New release note: On the alpha, sysinstall overrides the newfs block/frag
defaults for new filesystems it creates, to meet a boot1 assumption
about the block size of /.
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml | 13 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml | 13 |
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index c8d7464..a8f8063 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -1954,7 +1954,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> change leads to better &man.fsck.8; performance and reduced fragmentation. &merged;</para> - <para>The default block and fragment sizes for new filesystems created + <para><anchor id="newfs-block-frag-sizes">The default block and fragment sizes for new filesystems created by &man.newfs.8; are now 16384 and 2048 bytes, respectively (the old defaults were 8192 and 1024 bytes). This change generally provides increased performance, at the expense of some wasted disk @@ -2192,6 +2192,17 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> auto-sized partitions can now also recover the space that becomes available when other partitions are deleted.</para> + <para arch="alpha">Filesystems created from within + &man.sysinstall.8; continue to use the old default block and + fragment sizes of 8192 and 1024 bytes respectively, overriding the + &man.newfs.8; defaults. The &man.newfs.8; default parameters were + changed in &os; &release.current; (see the <link + linkend="newfs-block-frag-sizes">corresponding release note</link> + in this document), but the &arch; bootstrap code assumes a block + size of 8192 bytes for the root filesystem. This change ensures + that the parameters for the root filesystem are set correctly for + new installs. &merged;</para> + <para>&man.syslogd.8; can take a <option>-n</option> option to disable DNS queries for every request. &merged;</para> diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml index c8d7464..a8f8063 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -1954,7 +1954,7 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> change leads to better &man.fsck.8; performance and reduced fragmentation. &merged;</para> - <para>The default block and fragment sizes for new filesystems created + <para><anchor id="newfs-block-frag-sizes">The default block and fragment sizes for new filesystems created by &man.newfs.8; are now 16384 and 2048 bytes, respectively (the old defaults were 8192 and 1024 bytes). This change generally provides increased performance, at the expense of some wasted disk @@ -2192,6 +2192,17 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting> auto-sized partitions can now also recover the space that becomes available when other partitions are deleted.</para> + <para arch="alpha">Filesystems created from within + &man.sysinstall.8; continue to use the old default block and + fragment sizes of 8192 and 1024 bytes respectively, overriding the + &man.newfs.8; defaults. The &man.newfs.8; default parameters were + changed in &os; &release.current; (see the <link + linkend="newfs-block-frag-sizes">corresponding release note</link> + in this document), but the &arch; bootstrap code assumes a block + size of 8192 bytes for the root filesystem. This change ensures + that the parameters for the root filesystem are set correctly for + new installs. &merged;</para> + <para>&man.syslogd.8; can take a <option>-n</option> option to disable DNS queries for every request. &merged;</para> |