On Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:41:33 +0200 Tobias Powalowski <t.powa@xxxxxx> wrote: > Am Samstag 13 Juni 2009 schrieben Sie: > > On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:19:24 +0200 > > > > > > What's the Arch policy on the new default mount options for ext3? > > data=ordered (old, safe, slow behaviour) > > or > > data=writeback (new default, faster but riskier) > > > > I read on http://lwn.net/Articles/328363/ that you can customize the > > default setting. > > Personally I'ld stick to ordered for at least until the new > > data=guarded arrives but maybe that's just me. > > > > Dieter > It is not set per default, the defaults you set in fstab are used. > greetings > tpowa > And if in fstab you set your options to be "defaults" ? then surely the kernel has predefined defaults per filesystem (which can be configured at kernel configuration time), including a "data mode" for ext filesystems, or am i missing something? Dieter
