On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 02:27:16PM +0100, Cecchi, Gianluca wrote: > > I read some threads (some of them not very recent, and perhaps not up to date) and I have not found a clear answer to these: > > Is it advisable to have /tmp set up with data=writeback option in > general? Is it again true if we are considering a laptop? Do I > have also to consider writecache of disks in this case or are they > totally non related? How to check/set the state of writecache for > disks in general and in particular for laptops and what is the > better configuration when we plan to use ext3 as the filesystem? Why bother? Generally /tmp is erased on a reboot, so there's no point using a journal for it at all. In fact, I normally mount /tmp using tmpfs, so that /tmp is stored in memory and automatically disappears when I reboot my laptop..... (This is especially true if you're using a distro which wipes /tmp on reboot by default, but even if you don't, in my experience if you assume that nothing in /tmp gets preserved across a reboot, it's much easier to keep /tmp clean.) - Ted _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
