On Wednesday, April 03, 2019 08:06:37 PM bw wrote: > In-Reply-To: <201904031938.34134.rhkra...@gmail.com> > >What I don't understand, for example, is where and how relatime got set > >(and maybe some of the other parameters). > > On stretch system, man mount has under "FILESYSTEM-INDEPENDENT MOUNT > OPTIONS" a section about relatime: > > Since Linux 2.6.30, the kernel defaults to the behavior > provided by this option (unless noatime was specified), and > the strictatime option is required to obtain traditional > semantics. In addition, since Linux 2.6.30, the file's last > access time is always updated if it is more than 1 day old. > > >Finally (well, I have another question that I'll post separately), I'm > >assuming that I can include noatime in the /etc/fstab file I change the > >entry for the partition I am reformatting? (That is where noatime is set > >on my Jessie system.) > > I've used noatime in fstab for a long time that way. Check man mount and > see what wheezy says, not sure about the history there...
Ahh, it says the same thing in Wheezy's man mount -- thanks!