[Grml] Re: /etc/fstab and noatime

Michael Prokop mika at grml.org
Fri Jan 5 10:39:11 CET 2007


* T <mlist4suntong at yahoo.com> [20070105 05:15]:
> On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 11:25:31 -0500, T wrote:

> > Since more and more people are using pen drives, I think in such case it is
> > desirable to disable updating inode access time for each access to limit the
> > wear and tear.

> > So I hope that the generated /etc/fstab can have noatime for the mount
> > points, at least an option to enable so. 

> I'd like to re-open this request since I've got an USB disk that is big
> enough to hold uncompressed root file system. I'm doing grml2hd to it now,
> and hope the generated fstab would have noatime in it. 

What's the problem with adjusting /etc/fstab according to your needs
on your own?

regards,
-mika-
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