Hi, On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 01:53:51AM +0200, Rob van Nieuwkerk wrote: > But I'm a bit worried about the kernel/ext3 doing regular writes > by itself even when there are no userspace writes. (worries are > partially caused by memories from long time ago about idle laptop > doing regular writes on disk). > > Anybody out there who knows how this works ? > > Can I use an ext3 fs without having regular "automatic" writes to > the device it is located on ? (and thus not destroy my CompactFlash > devices !) There should never be automatic writes (if you see any, tell me, it's a bug!) But there are frequently writes that come from unexpected sources that can trip you up. A common example is "atime" timestamp updates, which cause a write even when you just read from a file. Mounting the filesystem with the noatime option can avoid that. Cheers, Stephen _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
