On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:45:33 +0100, Michael Kintzios wrote: > > My fstab, if anyone's wondering: > > > > /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb auto noauto,user 0 0 > > Shouldn't "/dev/sda1 /mnt/usb auto noauto,user 0 > 0" also contain async to avoid burning it out?
async is default when mounting via fstab, you can check it with "mount"
after mounting the device. automounters tend to mount sync, to avoid
filesystem damage when unplugging without unmounting. I have the
following in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/storage-policy.fdi to have them
automounted async.
<!-- Use noatime and async options for all hotpluggable or removable volumes
smaller than 2GB -->
<match key="volume.size" compare_lt="2147483648">
<match key="@block.storage_device:storage.hotpluggable" bool="true">
<merge key="volume.policy.mount_option.sync"
type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="volume.policy.mount_option.noatime"
type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
<match key="@block.storage_device:storage.removable" bool="true">
<merge key="volume.policy.mount_option.sync"
type="bool">false</merge>
<merge key="volume.policy.mount_option.noatime"
type="bool">true</merge>
</match>
</match>
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Neil Bothwick
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