additional opts for partitions

zuargo · 2009-12-25 14:43:27

I have a query guys

In the section of instalation called: Manually condigure block devices, filesystems and mountpoints:

after to select a partition, the installer ask me:

if I choose yes then, after set the filesystem and mountpoints of the partition appears this:

I realize, if type the word yes the partition is formatted (unless I'm mistaken) but the question is: what additional opts can I write there?. I have searched on the wiki and don't find anything about this...

thanks in advance

Last edited by zuargo (2009-12-25 17:11:56)

fil_razorback · 2009-12-25 15:47:01

Actually you don't need to type "yes" so that the drive will be formatted. Leaving the field blank is fine.
I dont know about available options though.

hokasch · 2009-12-25 16:13:55

The additional options you can specify are simply passed on to mkfs, so check man mkfs.ext4 for valid parameters.

Last edited by hokasch (2009-12-25 18:07:18)

zuargo · 2009-12-25 16:30:48

fil_razorback wrote:

Actually you don't need to type "yes" so that the drive will be formatted. Leaving the field blank is fine.
I dont know about available options though.

are you sure? if I dont type yes the drive or partition is not formatted anyway I will try this again in the next installation

hokasch wrote:

The additional options you can specify are simply passed on to mkfs, so check man mk2fs.ext4 for valid parameters.

$  man mk2fs.ext4
No manual entry for mk2fs.ext4
$  man mk2fs
No manual entry for mk2fs

maybe: man mkfs? that works

thanks a lot guys for your answers :)

hokasch · 2009-12-25 18:06:47

Pretty sure, I always leave it blank. mk2fs was a typo; its mke2fs or mkfs.ext4

Last edited by hokasch (2009-12-25 18:08:24)

Meyithi · 2009-12-25 18:09:01

Always leave it blank as well, not sure putting yes in there is a good idea.

Gen2ly · 2009-12-25 19:40:05

The defaults will do (i.e. leaving it blank will do fine). For options and what they do the Fstab wiki page can tell you what some of them are.

zuargo · 2009-12-26 15:17:27

Gen2ly wrote:

The defaults will do (i.e. leaving it blank will do fine). For options and what they do the Fstab wiki page can tell you what some of them are.

ok

the additional options would be:

auto - File system will mount automatically at boot, or when the command 'mount -a' is issued.
noauto - The filesystem is mounted only when you tell it to.
exec - Allow the execution binaries that are on that partition (default).
noexec - Do not allow binaries to be executed on the filesystem.
ro - Mount the filesystem read only
rw - Mount the filesystem read-write
sync - I/O should be done synchronously
async - I/O should be done asynchronously
user - Permit any user to mount the filesystem (implies noexec,nosuid,nodev unless overridden.)
nouser - Only allow root to mount the filesystem. (default)
defaults - Default mount settings (equivalent to rw,suid,dev,exec,auto,nouser,async).
suid - Allow the operation of suid, and sgid bits. They are mostly used to allow users on a computer system to execute binary executables with temporarily elevated privileges in order to perform a specific task.
nosuid - Block the operation of suid, and sgid bits.
noatime - Do not update inode access times on the filesystem.
nodiratime - Do not update directory inode access times on the filesystem.
relatime - Update inode access times relative to modify or change time. Access time is only updated if the previous access time was earlier than the current modify or change time. (Similar to noatime, but doesn't break mutt or other applications that need to know if a file has been read since the last time it was modified.)

right?

R00KIE · 2009-12-26 15:24:52

There are more options and the options are filesystem dependent, but unless you really need other options just leave it blank.

Answering yes in the second screen show should format the partition (with the default options if you don't specify anything on the third screen), if it doesn't then it's a problem with the installer.

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additional opts for partitions

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Re: additional opts for partitions

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