On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 12:53:15AM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Troy Arnold ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > I understand the reasoning behind all your boot options except the > > noatime on /var/* and /tmp. What's the scoop on that ? > > Small speed advantage. Fewer timestamp updates means faster access. > (Don't forget that atime has to get updated if you merely "ls" a > directory.)
Well, yeah: but only of the directory, yes? (Brief experimentation seems to confirm this.) Seems like an incredibly small advantage. -Micah _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
