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jordanwb

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From: Ontario, Canada

Registered: 2008-07-01

Posts: 151

Mount params to speed up XFS partition

I have Arch installed on a LVM volume using the XFS file system. I'd like to know what mount params I could add to give it a speed boost. This is what I have so far:

# 
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system>        <dir>         <type>    <options>          <dump> <pass>
none                   /dev/pts      devpts    defaults            0      0
none                   /dev/shm      tmpfs     defaults            0      0

/dev/cdrom             /media/cd   auto    ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
/dev/dvd               /media/dvd  auto    ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
/dev/fd0               /media/fl   auto    user,noauto             0      0
/dev/system/root       /       xfs       noatime           0      0
/dev/system/home       /home       xfs       noatime           0      0
/dev/sda5           /boot       ext2    noatime           0      0

Now I know that the dump and pass params aren't correct for root. I don't know what to set that to either.

Also how would I hide the physical LVM partition from Windows XP?

Last edited by jordanwb (2008-08-27 22:14:15)

zenlord

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2006-05-24

Posts: 1,223

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Re: Mount params to speed up XFS partition

To hide that partition in XP, you can remove the drive letter in start > (right click) my computer > manage > drive management > (right click) the device or partition > remove drive letter.

Zl

jordanwb

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From: Ontario, Canada

Registered: 2008-07-01

Posts: 151

Re: Mount params to speed up XFS partition

To hide that partition in XP, you can remove the drive letter in start > (right click) my computer > manage > drive management > (right click) the device or partition > remove drive letter.

Zl

Thanks.

zenlord

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2006-05-24

Posts: 1,223

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Re: Mount params to speed up XFS partition

LOL @ the windows-advice!

You know I've been a linux convert since almost two years now (without looking back), and I'm only beginning to scratch the surface of the possibilities with linux, whereas my understanding of the (pre-vista) windows-environment was at a (very) high level. Seriously: this change of mindset (from pro to newbie) was the hardest part of the switch, and only in these last weeks I've been able to contribute to this community with some (easy) answers to problems I had encountered myself.

Glad my windows-knowledge serves someone in here

jordanwb

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From: Ontario, Canada

Registered: 2008-07-01

Posts: 151

Re: Mount params to speed up XFS partition

Well I'd go flat out Linux on my desktop but I need Windows for two things:

My HP Scanner (SANE doesn't support it)
Games, I love Alarm for Cobra 11 Nitro too much to give up.