http://dryice.name/blog Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:01:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en before I started: root@mybox:data# fdisk -s /dev/da0 /dev/da0: 91517 cyl 255 hd 63 sec Part Start Size Type Flags 1: 63 980141652 0xa5 0x80 root@mybox:data# disklabel -A /dev/da0s1 # /dev/da0s1: type: unknown disk: ... http://dryice.name/blog/freebsd/grow-fs/ root@mybox:data# fdisk -s /dev/da0 /dev/da0: 61011 cyl 255 hd 63 sec Part Start Size Type Flags 1: 63 980141652 0xa5 0x80 root@mybox:data# disklabel -A /dev/da0s1 # /dev/da0s1: ... http://dryice.name/blog/freebsd/my-growfs-test/ on the system disk, if I turn the write cache off (sysctl hw.ata.wc, by setting in /boot/loader.conf). the dd command will take 77.78 seconds, well when turning it on (the default), it will take only 10.93 seconds. Share This http://dryice.name/blog/freebsd/write-cache-turns-a-lot/ mount_cd9660 -s 0 /dev/acd0 /cdrom Share This http://dryice.name/blog/freebsd/mount-cdvcddvd/