Wouldn't this be something to be put in /etc/fstab where you normally see "defaults"? Yep, check out 'man mount', it's in the 'Mount options for ext3' section. data=writeback. Before you actually do this however, I've heard this option is fast, but not always safe in the event of a crash. YMMV. On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 02:26, Kevin McConnell wrote: > > --- Tom Ball <Tom.Ball@Sun.COM> wrote: > > Has anyone been able to boot Red Hat 8.0 with an > > ext3 root device with > > it set to writeback mode? When I add > > bootflags=mode=writeback to my > > kernel line in Grub, the kernel panics because it > > doesn't recognize the > > option. > > Where did you read about the writeback feature? Can we > look at your grub.conf file? Have you tried putting > this in your grub.conf file? -- Chris Kloiber -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
