Dale wrote: > <<< SNIP >>> > Should I change the mounting options for this drive? I've read some > people use certain options for SSD and they are needed. This is the > options being used according to mount: > > /dev/sdj1 on /run/media/dale/8tb-backup type ext4 > (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uhelper=udisks2) > > That I guess is the default way KDE/udisks/etc does it. > > One other question, what should I look for to avoid these types of > drives? I'll go back and look but I don't recall it saying anything > about this. I'm also trying to figure out if this is a good thing or not. > > Thanks much for the info. I'll read this one again shortly. Lot of info > to absorb. > > Dale > > :-) :-) >
Finally got around to rebooting. It was a experience for sure. X wouldn't come up, the plasma thingy doing its thing. Jeepers. No wonder I hate rebooting. ROFL I enabled the options mentioned in the kernel and finally rebooted using it. This is the option and the current mount info: root@fireball / # zcat /proc/config.gz | grep DM_ZONED CONFIG_DM_ZONED=y root@fireball / # /dev/sdj1 on /run/media/dale/8tb-backup type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uhelper=udisks2) It looks the same to me. While it seems safe as is, should I be changing something to make it use either additional or other options? While it is a backup, I'd like to make sure they are worth something if the need should arise. Also, when looking for a drive to buy, what should one look at to see if it is a SMR drive? While it may be OK for my backups, I'd like to avoid them on the drives inside my rig that are used for the OS or /home. I dunno, just a gut thing. Thanks. Dale :-) :-)
