Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP3 - ARCHITECTURE-SPECIFIC, Administration Manual

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You can modify these values for each entry by editing the
/etc/fstab
file, or use the following
procedure to modify the mount options for a volume in the
/etc/fstab
file from YaST.
1 Open YaST, then click System > Partitioning .
2 Select the device you want to modify, then click Fstab Options .
3 Modify the settings as desired, then click OK to accept your changes.
Data journaling mode For journaling file systems, select the preferred journaling mode:
Š
Ordered: Writes data to the file system, then enters the metadata in the
journal. This is the default.
Š
Journal: Writes data twice; once to the journal, then to the file system.
Š
Writeback: Writes data to the file system and writes metadata in the
journal, but the writes are performed in any order.
Access Control LIsts
(ACL) Select this option to enable access control lists on the file system. It is enabled
by default.
Extended user
attributes Select this option to enable extended user attributes on the file system. It is
enabled by default.
Arbitrary option value Specify any mount option that is legal for the Mount Options column for a
device entry in the
/etc/fstab file. Use a comma with no spaces to separate
multiple options.
Fstab Option Description