Re: 8.2. Creating the /etc/fstab File - hdparm clarification

2011-10-19 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Jonathan Oksman wrote: > ha, my computer just completely freaked out because I forgot to add > /run to the new fstab by mistake. I transitioned from my old system > fstab and skimmed over the book fstab not realizing there was > something new to add. > > Nice work on the new bootscripts though, B

Re: 8.2. Creating the /etc/fstab File - hdparm clarification

2011-10-19 Thread Jonathan Oksman
ha, my computer just completely freaked out because I forgot to add /run to the new fstab by mistake. I transitioned from my old system fstab and skimmed over the book fstab not realizing there was something new to add. Nice work on the new bootscripts though, Bruce. It still managed to pull its

Re: 8.2. Creating the /etc/fstab File - hdparm clarification

2011-10-19 Thread Jonathan Oksman
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > The reference to hdparm in the descriptive paragraph is already a link > to the BLFS hdparm page. > Wow, so it is. I can't believe I completely missed that. My bad! > However, you probably want to run it from the host system when creating >

Re: 8.2. Creating the /etc/fstab File - hdparm clarification

2011-10-19 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Jonathan Oksman wrote: > Near the end of the chapter, the book recommends users of the ext3 > filesystem to use hdparm to test if a disk is able to accept the > barrier=1 mount feature. > > This is a good suggestion, but it doesn't say anything about hdparm > beyond that. The current instructions

8.2. Creating the /etc/fstab File - hdparm clarification

2011-10-19 Thread Jonathan Oksman
Near the end of the chapter, the book recommends users of the ext3 filesystem to use hdparm to test if a disk is able to accept the barrier=1 mount feature. This is a good suggestion, but it doesn't say anything about hdparm beyond that. The current instructions as written imply that the user alr