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In looking at the output of "ps -ef" I see that I have a number of processes related to the JFS and XFS file systems running. I don't use either of these filesystems.
I am wondering where these processes are started, and whether it is safe to disable that.
I have poked around /etc/rc.* but it is not obvious to me where these particular processes are getting kicked off. Can anyone offer some pointers? Thanks.
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Are any jfs xfs modules loaded? Automounter? Hal / dbus?
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Yup, both jfs and xfs modules are loaded ... half the world is loaded - some 149 modules! I hear that the only way to resolve THAT is to rebuild my initrd, but I have seen reports in these forums that even that doesn't help.
Are you suggesting that the loading of the module also starts an associated process? I was hoping that these would be separate....
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Yes, the kernel module will start the processes. You can tweak your initrd: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ini … our_Initrd
... maybe it would be enough to mask some unwanted modules with !modulename in the rc.conf.
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Specify the filesystem module and set AUTODETECT to "1", then remake the initrd; that should be enough to clear out the unnecessary modules.
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Reading the wiki link you provided (thanks!) this looks pretty easy. When I do the "mkinitrd auto" step, does it overwrite the initrd26.img in /boot? In this case, I presume it would be prudent to save a copy off first?
Any other "gotchas" that I ought to know before I try this? thanks.
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